As the Ivy League cancelled fall sports over coronavirus concerns Wednesday, hospitalizations continued to rise and ICU beds were quickly filling as the nation surpassed 3 million coronavirus cases. The…
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Trump Hits CDC School Rules; N.J. Requires Masks: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump, in a tweet, called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for reopening schools too “tough and expensive,” and said he would meet…
Google’s Fitbit Acquisition Hits EU Roadblock
Europe isn’t letting up on antitrust scrutiny of tech behemoths like Google. The European Commission said Tuesday it has opened an “in-depth investigation” into Google’s acquisition of Fitbit, which makes…
Founder Hits Jackpot Thanks to China’s Love of Stock Trading
(Bloomberg) — When the coronavirus put a halt on people’s lives in China in February, Justin Jin’s old university classmates thought about selling face masks to make money. The 21-year-old…
For HBCUs, the coronavirus pandemic hits especially close to home
Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities are grappling with a challenge others in higher education don’t fully share: how to reopen their campuses to a population that has proven…
Twitter Hack Hits Obama, Biden, Musk in Bitcoin Scam
(Bloomberg) — The Twitter accounts of some of the most prominent U.S. political and business leaders, from Barack Obama and Joe Biden to Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett, were hacked…