A formal education teaches critical thinking and introduces a broad world view through the arts, sciences and humanities.
But neither the Pythagorean theorem nor the finer points of the U.S. Constitution provide much help when balancing a checkbook, protecting yourself from identity theft, or gauging the pros and cons of a health insurance policy.
So the Natrona County Public Library, 307 E. Second St., will offer programs for facing what s known as the real world, Adult Services Specialist Adi Rodriquez said in a prepared statement. That’s why we created this series of presentations, Rodriquez said. We want all of the grown-ups (and soon-to-be grown-ups) in our community to excel at ‘adulting.
Small business owners can learn what to expect from the second round of stimulus at a free webinar Tuesday.
Lisa Beck with the Northwest Indiana Small Business Task Force said the hour-long webinar at 2 p.m. Tuesday would cover what coronavirus relief small businesses could expect in the latest round of stimulus spending. Small business owners have had a lot of questions about what to expect, she said. It s a good presentation.
With many Americans in financial survival mode, PennyGemâs Elizabeth Keatinge tells us how to get out of this state of mind.
Geri Aglipay, the Midwest director of the Small Business Majority small business advocacy group, will cover subjects such as the new round of Paycheck Protection Program loans and what s changed since it was first rolled out early on the pandemic last year. She will go over the U.S. Small Business Administration Debt Relief Program, advance grants from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, and additional resources that
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The federal government is extending $375-million in credit to Sunwing Vacations Inc. and Sunwing Airlines Inc., days after the airline agreed to suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean.
Toronto-based Sunwing is among the four airlines cancelling flights to several vacation destinations until the end of April at Ottawa’s request. WestJet Airlines Ltd., Air Canada and Transat AT Inc. also agreed to cancel flights to many sun destinations. The drastic move is a bid to slow the spread of a new and more transmissible variant of COVID-19.
The loan is being granted to the two divisions of Sunwing Travel Group under the federal government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), which was established in May to help big companies weather the pandemic. So far the program has proved unpopular, with fewer than 20 applicants and only two other loans approved: $200-million to Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd., and $120-million t
Days before Donald Trump left office, a U.S. development bank agreed to help Ecuador repay some $3.5 bln of debt in exchange for locking China out of its telecom network. Reviving relationships in the region makes economic sense, but it’ll take more than chasing Beijing away.