California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the coronavirus could infect more than 60,000 of the state’s 100,000-plus homeless population in the next 8 weeks

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The coronavirus disease could infect more than 60,000 of California’s 100,000-plus homeless population. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the infections could occur within the next eight weeks. The number of confirmed cases in California have hit 917, and the state’s homeless residents are some of the most at risk of … Read more

South Carolina Medical Manufacturing Firm to Release 54,000 COVID-19 Tests Next Week

GREENVILLE, S.C., March 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CPT Medical, a surgical pack and kit manufacturing firm based in Greenville, SC, is now shipping COVID-19 testing kits that are available throughout the US. With 54,000 test kits in production for allocation to hospitals, nursing homes, and physician’s offices by the end of next week, CPT Medical is … Read more

Phunware Receives AVIA’s Badge for Digital Front Door Mobile App

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the “Company”), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced that AVIA has recognized Phunware’s digital front door as an AVIA Vetted Product in March 2020. These products have been proven to address mobile applications effectively based on the needs … Read more

Bitcoin IRA™ Poll: Majority of Investors Believe Bitcoin Will Rebound Past $8,000 In A Few Weeks

LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2020/PRNewswire/ — Bitcoin IRA, the world’s first, largest and most secure digital asset IRA technology platform that allows clients to purchase cryptocurrencies and other digital assets for their retirement accounts, today released results of its recent Investor Sentiment Poll to its customer base. The company’s poll results show that a vast majority … Read more

Trump’s airline bailout plan echoes Elizabeth Warren by seeking to limit executive pay increases until federal loans are repaid

Bauzen / GC / Getty / Jonathon Ernst / Reuters The Trump administration rescue plan echoes one part of Warren’s proposed guidelines for companies seeking a bailout as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus. The Washington Post first reported that the airline bailout plan would limit executive pay increases until the federal … Read more

Facebook is launching a new ‘coronavirus information center’ that will appear at the top of people’s News Feeds (FB)

Getty Images Facebook will launch a new “coronavirus information center” that will sit at the top of people’s News Feeds, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday. The center will promote official information about the spread of COVID-19 and government advice on measures like social distancing. The information center will appear at the top of people’s news … Read more

agilon health And Nine Physician Practices Apply To Participate In New CMS Payment Transformation Model

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — agilon health, in conjunction with nine independent physician practice partners, applied to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center Direct Contracting model.  The model is aimed at reducing expenditures and enhancing quality of care for seniors in fee-for-service Medicare.  The applications represent … Read more

THE FUTURE OF FINTECH 2019: The five megatrends reshaping the financial services value chain (GOOGL, AAPL, WF, GS, FNF, FB, IBM, BAC, MER-K, BCS, PYPL, SQ, AMZN, BABA, C)

Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of a five-part slide deck from Business Insider Intelligence. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here.  The pace of change in financial services has never been faster. In only the first quarter of 2019, Apple Card sent a shock wave through the credit card space, FIS’ $35 billion … Read more

Global optical chopper systems market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 5% over the forecast period from 2019-2025

NEW YORK, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The report on the global optical chopper systems market provides qualitative and quantitative analysis for the period from 2017 to 2025. Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05874248/?utm_source=PRN The report predicts the global optical chopper systems market to grow with a CAGR of 5% over the forecast period from 2019-2025. … Read more

Sherwin-Williams Announces Pricing of Cash Tender Offers for Certain of its Outstanding Notes

CLEVELAND, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) (“Sherwin-Williams”) today announced the determination of the pricing for its previously announced cash tender offers (the “Tender Offers”) to purchase up to $500.0 million combined aggregate principal amount (the “Maximum Tender Amount”) of its outstanding 2.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2.750% Notes”) and … Read more

GitHub is acquiring NPM, a small startup that provides a crucial service to 12 million developers (MSFT)

NPM On Monday, GitHub announced it will acquire NPM, a startup that provides JavaScript tools for 12 million developers. Just last year, GitHub announced a competitive product to NPM. NPM had been rocked with turmoil in the past year, as many employees and executives resigned, the leadership team tried to establish a sustainable business model, and … Read more

‘Practically stealing’: Jefferies mapped out dozens of cheap stocks worth owning in a coronavirus-stricken market. Here are 10 of their top picks.

Associated Press Equity analysts at Jefferies have compiled a list of stocks across sectors they deem attractive during this period of severe market volatility, as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. They included companies that “held up well in the last downturn, businesses that are well differentiated vs. peers and stocks that have both yield and the … Read more

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