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Fin24.com | TymeBank and digital peers thrive in online shift prompted by coronavirus

With 1.6 million customers and 850 000 active accounts and counting, TymeBank's growth in the first year of its launch surpassed its own projections. But can the bank maintain this momentum as the novelty of trying new things wears off for digitally savvy early adopters?




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Fin24.com | SA chloroquine stocks depleted amid coronavirus rush

South Africa’s chloroquine supplies were temporarily depleted amid speculation that the drug could be used to treat the coronavirus and additional supplies to treat lupus sufferers had to be procured from India.




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Fin24.com | Northam mine reports first Coronavirus infection

The employee had travelled from Polokwane with four other colleagues who are currently in isolation at the mine's health facility.




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Fin24.com | WATCH: Pfizer begins coronavirus vaccine tests on humans

Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they have begun delivering doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines for initial human testing in the United States.




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Fin24.com | Horse racing company Phumelela files for business rescue

The company has also suspended its shares from the JSE, but maintains that there is still a "reasonable prospect" of rescuing the business.




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Business Choice Awards 2018: Routers and Servers

Only a few vendors are the best for routing your internet signals and storing your files at the office. Here are PCMag readers' top picks.




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Report: Chinese Spies Infected Apple, Amazon Using Tiny Chips

Bloomberg says People's Liberation Army operatives added tiny, nefarious microchips to server motherboards made by Super Micro and used by Apple and Amazon, among others. All three companies pushed back hard on the story.




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These Students Are Already Solving Problems for Local Businesses

An after-school program in North Carolina teaches teenagers to collaborate and problem-solve by tasking them with real work-world problems drawn from their community.




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Do You Want to Write About Your Experience Teaching Online After School Closures?

Educators are invited to write about their experiences teaching online in the age of COVID-19.




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Ridgeline Plots using SGPLOT

Ridgeline plots are useful for visualizing changes in the shapes of distribution over multiple groups or time periods. Let us look at an example of how we can create this plot using the SGPLOT procedure that is part of the ODS Graphics Procedures. For this example, we will plot the [...]

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DSHA to Hold Small Business Contractor Forum

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) will be holding a free Small Business Contractor Forum on Thursday, September 5, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Liberty Court Community Building, 1289 Walker Road in Dover.




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Transform 2016: Bringing love from the Sunshine State

During a Transform outreach in Germany, a short-term team enjoys God’s provision of good weather as they facilitated outdoor children’s programmes for refugees.




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This little light of mine

The Riverboat community sailed from port-to-port to mobilise believers into missions and share the Hope of God together. How is life after the Riverboat?




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Aloqili named College of Earth and Mineral Sciences 2020 spring student marshal

Saeed Abbas A. Aloqili has been selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ student marshal for Penn State's spring 2020 Commencement ceremony, which will be held virtually at 2 p.m. on May 9.




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Visits to campus landmarks discouraged; Lion Shrine to close for maintenance

University officials, who have discouraged visits to campus and campus landmarks due to COVID-19, are increasing signage and social distancing guidance around the sites, as visitors continue to seek photographs in those areas and appear to be ignoring health care recommendations.




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Karl Schneider named College of Earth and Mineral Sciences science honor marshal

Karl P. Schneider, a Schreyer Scholar, has been selected as the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ science honor marshal for Penn State's spring 2020 Commencement ceremony, which will be held virtually at 2 p.m. on May 9.




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International Study Finds Major Inequities in Computer Literacy

Having access to a computer or tablet doesn't necessarily make students computer literate, according to a study of computer-literacy skills across countries.




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Lenovo Expands Smart Home Lineup With 10-Inch Smart Tab M10

The Smart Tab M10 switches between a tablet and a smart display, while the Smart Frame looks to better display your photos with ambient sensors.




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Plasma medicine research highlights antibacterial effects and potential uses

Researchers in Penn State’s College of Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences and College of Medicine say direct LTP treatment and plasma-activated media are effective treatments against bacteria found in liquid cultures and have devised a way to create plasma directly in liquids.




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Weather Risk Management Club stays connected, examines pandemic impacts remotely

The Weather Risk Management Club has continued meeting via Zoom during the remote learning period, carrying on their work examining the impacts of severe weather events on the economy.




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Industrial engineering students receive scholarships for academic excellence

Three students received scholarships in industrial and mechanical engineering from the Material Handling Education Foundation for the 2020-21 academic year.




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Civil engineering faculty receives CAREER Award to enhance fracture simulation

Michael Hillman, L. Robert and Mary L. Kimball Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State, received a NSF CAREER Award to develop new computational methods to simulate fracture.




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Engineering alumnus endows graduate fellowship in memory of late wife

Mark Alpert made a generous gift $200,000 in memory of his late wife, Claire, to establish the Mark E. and Claire L. Alpert Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State.




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The Best Business Laptops for 2020

Got work to do? Laptops built for business are thinner and more powerful than ever. Our buying advice and product recommendations will help you find your next mobile work companion. Check out our favorites, along with our deep-dive reviews.




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Interior Department Grounds Drone Fleet Over Chinese Spying Risk

The department currently has a fleet of 810 drones, which are used to monitor federal lands. Of those, 786 are Chinese-made and 121 come from DJI, the leading provider of consumer drones. DJI denies that its technology poses a threat.




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Scranton business students lend time, skills to annual tax assistance program

Eight senior Penn State Scranton accounting and finance students participated in the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties’ annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, preparing about 2,250 free tax returns for low-income families and individuals throughout the region.




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Penn State to continue remote learning, online courses into summer

Given the continuing challenge and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic and to protect the health of students, faculty and staff, Penn State has made the decision to extend virtual delivery of courses into the summer. Further, the University will adjust tuition for the summer sessions in light of the ongoing pandemic and the persistent fiscal strain it is causing across Pennsylvania and the country.




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Campus counselor offers tips on dealing with quarantine stress

With Penn State Scranton students now into their sixth week of stay-at-home restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Campus Counselor Katherine Stefanelli offers some tips on how to deal with the stress, anxiety and loneliness that some may be feeling.




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Fin24.com | New tax rules will hurt small businesses

MPs have been told that some tax changes proposed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his February budget will hit small firms hard.




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Fin24.com | Short, succinct business plans do best

Entrepreneurs who seek to pitch their business plans to would-be backers should stick to facts and avoid over-optimistic forecasts, say experts.




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Fin24.com | Uptick in business owners seeking jobs

There has been a notable increase in the number of black entrepreneurs seeking to re-enter the corporate world, say recruitment agencies.




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Fin24.com | Cape businesses get Spanish boost

The City of Cape Town has partnered with Barcelona to set up an "entrepreneurship ecosystem".




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Fin24.com | Ebitda a key line

This financial acronym has become the key line in company income statements.




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How the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League will line up

The four leagues for the 2020/21 League Phase have been confirmed following an adjustment to the format.




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New Magazine Seeks to Bring 'Civil Discourse' to Education Debate

Headed up by former Los Angeles superintendent John E. Deasy, The Line will feature a variety of viewpoints on major K-12 issues.




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God's business

Running a business in Central Asia with godly principles isn't easy, but God brings one couple faithfully through what could have become a critical situation.




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Changed in only nine months

The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived.




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Hugging grandmas and businessmen

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants spend a morning sharing the gospel in a local plaza in Santiago.




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I Study How Teachers Collaborate Online. Here's How They Can Do It Better

Researcher Robin Anderson shares what happened when one online community of teachers tried to unlearn their deficit mindsets together.




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Black-White Achievement Gaps Go Hand in Hand With Discipline Disparities

As black-white achievement gaps widen in schools, so, too, do disparities in discipline rates between black and white students, according to a study published Wednesday of 2,000 schools.




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Nikon enters agreement for business transfer of Coordinate Measuring Machines business




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Department of Insurance Recovers Nearly $700,000 in Fines through Company Compliance Exams

Investigations result in discovery and correction of issues impacting consumers The Delaware Department of Insurance’s Market Conduct Examinations resulted in the receipt of nearly $700,000 in fines during 2019 from more than a dozen companies found to violate the Insurance Code or other related regulations. The fines are contributed to the General Fund, providing funding […]




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Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 2017-18 Mezzanine Gallery Solo Exhibitions

This year will feature seven Individual Artist Fellows and two National Arts Program in Delaware Award Winners Wilmington, Del. (August 22, 2017) – The Gallery presents solo exhibitions of work by Delaware artists in disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, folk, and media artists. The opportunity to exhibit is available to emerging and established visual […]




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The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Ray Magnani’s “Oxidation and The Dance” Photographs

Wilmington, Del. (September 27, 2017) – Oxidation and The Dance: Two Photographic Essays will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from October 6-27, 2017. An opening reception to meet the artist will be held on Friday, October 6 from 5-7 p.m. Magnani received a 2017 Emerging Fellowship in Photography. In this exhibition, he is […]




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State Asking For Input on Direction of Business Development

Dover, Del. (October 23, 2017) – The state of Delaware wants to hear from small business owners, community leaders and interested citizens as the new Division of Small Business, Development & Tourism charts a path forward. There will be three listening sessions this week – one in each county – to allow the public to […]




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Study Gives Delaware A+ for Small Business Friendliness

Division of Small Business, Development & Tourism hosting listening sessions statewide WILMINGTON, Del. – Delaware received an A+ rating and ranked #2 out of 50 states in the 2017 Small Business Friendliness Survey released on Thursday by Thumbtack, a web and phone application for small businesses. Thumbtack awarded the state A+ ratings in 9 of […]




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The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Jennifer Border’s Site-Specific Installation “Owing to Circumstances”

Wilmington, Del. (October 25, 2017) – Owing to Circumstances is a participatory site specific installation that will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from November 3-22, 2017. An opening reception to meet the artist will be held on Friday, November 3 from 5-7 p.m. Borders received a 2017 Emerging Fellowship in Sculpture. Borders designed […]




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Deadline Approaches for Delaware Unclaimed Property Voluntary Disclosure Agreement

The clock is ticking for Delaware companies that may wish to convert their abandoned and unclaimed property audits to a Voluntary Disclosure Agreement offered by the Secretary of State. Eligible firms have until Dec. 11, 2017 to choose a VDA conversion.




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A New Grow Delaware Fund is Announced to Mirror the Success of the Grow Wilmington Fund in Helping Small Businesses Succeed

The two funds are designed to spur job growth in Delaware Community and business leaders came together today to celebrate the success of a small business initiative which began in Wilmington a few years ago and to announce a complimentary effort that will support small businesses and job growth throughout Delaware. Facilitated by West End […]




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The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Beth Trepper’s “People You Won’t Recognize” Photographs

Wilmington, Del. (November 20, 2017) – People You Won’t Recognize will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from December 1-29, 2017. An opening reception to meet the artist will be held on Friday, December 1 from 5-7 p.m. The opening will include live music performed by Karen Mercer, the artist’s cousin. Trepper received a […]