coronavirus
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JetBlue Mandates Face Masks for All Passengers, From Check-In to Destination
This new policy will require customers to wear a face covering over their nose and mouth throughout their journey, including during check-in, boarding, while in flight and deplaning.
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New PPP Loans Lawsuit Filed Against Chase and Its Clients Ruth’s Chris and Phunware
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against Chase and two of its largest clients, Ruth’s Chris and Phunware, accusing them of profiting from the $349B COVID-19 relief program by cheating small businesses.
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Coronavirus Latest: Hawaii Paying for Tourists to Leave, $3.3B Company Gets $4.1M from PPP, Packed Flight with No Masks and More
Hawaii Tourism Authority paying for visitors to leave, billionaire explains why his $3.3B Company needs PPP cash, packed flight to NYC with people not wearing masks, Grubhub reports most popular delivery orders, Instacart hired 300K and plans to order 250K more, and Airbnb hosts getting nothing or comically small payments.
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Google and Samsung Offering Free Phone Repairs for First Responders
Samsung and Google are offering free phone repairs to health care workers and first responders during the COVID-19 outbreak. Both of them are offering the repairs in partnership with phone repair company uBreakiFix.
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Small Business Loan Applications Restart Monday at 10:30AM with $320B of New Funds
The new bill will replenished it with another $320 billion in new money. The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that Round Two of the Paycheck Protection Protection will launch at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 27.
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Capital One Giving Big Extensions for Credit Card Bonus Spending
Now Capital One is the latest issuer to offer an extension, and they are being even more generous, but with a catch.
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Get 50% Off Your T-Mobile Bill for 3 Months (3GB Limit)
If you have phone service through T-Mobile (or Sprint) you can request 50% off your bill for the next 3 months if you are affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus Latest: Ticketmaster Refunds, Largest Companies That Received Loans, Vegas Room Rates Plummet & More
Ticketmaster finally offering refunds, largest public companies that received small business loans, Lufthansa not issuing refunds, stunning flyover of parked planes, Vegas room rates plummet and earliest US coronavirus deaths were 2 weeks earlier that previously thought.
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McDonald’s Gives Free “Thank You” Meals to First Responders
Starting today April 22 and through May 5, health care workers, police officers, firefighters and paramedics can get a free meal at participating McDonald’s restaurants nationwide available at the drive thru or for carry out.
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Senate Approves New $484 Billion Relief Package, $310 Billion Going to PPP
The Senate approved a new relief package worth roughly $484 billion. The bulk of the package will go towards funding the now depleted loan program for distressed small businesses. It will also provide funds for hospitals and coronavirus testing.
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Southwest Lawsuit Says Airline Refuses Refunds for Canceled Flights
A Pennsylvania man alleges that the airline refused to give him a cash refund for a canceled flight from Baltimore to Havana, Cuba. The route was temporarily suspended on March 22.
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Delta Sued for Not Refunding Canceled Flights
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against against Delta Air Lines over the company’s refusal to give refunds for flights it canceled. The passenger, Elliot Daniels, filed the suit in federal court U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Friday.
