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Apple, Google plan to release contact-tracing tool this week

by Jack Stewart
Apr 28, 2020
But what assurances are there that the data is private?
The Australian government's contact tracing app, COVIDSafe. Apple and Google worked together on their own tech-based solution.
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Farmgirl Flowers CEO on how the PPP “failed” businesses like hers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 27, 2020
The direct-to-consumer flower company founder said the Paycheck Protection Program failed the small companies it was meant to protect.
Farmgirl Flowers CEO Christina Stembel at one of the company's California distribution centers.
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Small banks worry they're at a disadvantage in new round of SBA loans

by Justin Ho
Apr 27, 2020
Banks submitting 5,000 or more applications can upload one document. Banks submitting fewer have to enter information manually.
Small banks across the country reported technical problems submitting loans to the Small Business Administration.
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Why is the stock market doing well right now?

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Apr 27, 2020
Investors aren't too focused on unemployment or struggling small businesses, said Anat Admati of Stanford.
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange in 2014. Investors are focusing on government support for big companies, professor says.
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A Shanghai postcard: life after the COVID-19 economic shutdown

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 27, 2020
With masks, fever checks and health QR codes, there are signs that the coronavirus still poses a threat to daily life.
Marketplace's Jennifer Pak on a hike three hours outside of Shanghai. Before departing, she had to make sure she could return to the city without being quarantined.
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Peace Corps volunteers return home to a dismal job market and a future in limbo

by Andy Uhler
Apr 27, 2020
There’s a network of former Peace Corps volunteers trying to help current volunteers in their abrupt return.
About 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers had their service cut short in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Courtesy of the Peace Corps
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What's an "essential" business, and who decides?

by Kristin Schwab
Apr 27, 2020
Some mandates are written in clumsy legal jargon that’s hard to understand.
Golf courses in some parts of Florida are considered "essential."
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Still employed, and don't need your stimulus check? COVID-19 fundraisers want you to donate it

by Samantha Fields
Apr 27, 2020
Nonprofits and online fundraisers have seen an uptick in donations since stimulus checks started appearing in bank accounts.
People line up to pick up food at a New York City mobile food pantry in Brooklyn, New York.
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Meat processing plants are COVID-19 hot spots. What does that mean for U.S. food supply?

by Kimberly Adams , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Apr 27, 2020
Tyson Foods is warning that millions of pounds of meat could "disappear."
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New York has outlined a plan for reopening. What's in it?

by Kimberly Adams , Nancy Marshall-Genzer and Alex Schroeder
Apr 27, 2020
New York City, with the most cases in the U.S., will be on a slower timeline.
No part of the state will be allowed to open attractions that would draw lots of outside visitors.
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