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		<title>Starbucks Announces $3 Billion Loss Due to Pandemic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starbucks has announced that it will end up with a deficit this quarter, predicting over a $3 billion dollar loss. 200 stores will be closing in the US, mostly in the area of New York City. Despite this, Starbucks is planning to open 300 new stores in the United States. They are using this as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>United Airlines to Fire Thousands of Employees if Business Keeps Declining</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Untied Airlines has received $5 billion dollars in government aid from the CARES Act and is paying all of its employees until September 2020. The airline informed its staff members that if the pandemic continues to decrease flight numbers it will only have work for 3,000 of its 25,000 flight attendants, with possible mass layoffs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What is the Coronavirus Relief HEROES Act?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 14:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The house passed another stimulus package to help Americans with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The act barely passed, with a 208-199 split, and is unlikely to pass the senate. The new act, called the HEROES Act, would come with another round of stimulus checks and an extension of student loan interest suppression until [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Los Angeles Natives Call for a Rent Strike</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 16:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With thousands of people forced out of work due to restaurant closures across the country some have simply decided to stop paying rent. &#8220;It’s a decision that I have made personally that is both political and very much out of necessity,&#8221; says Chris Tyler, 31. Tyler lost his food service job the first week of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Boeing Cuts Loose 10% of its Workforce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Boeing had a huge loss last year when their 737 Max line was grounded by aviation authorities. This coupled with a hit from the coronavirus pandemic has led the company to downgrade its workforce by about 16,000 people. CEO David Calhoun recorded a video message that was delivered to the employees this week, saying: &#8220;We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shake Shack Returns $10 Million Stimulus Check</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a way to bolster small businesses during this pandemic, the government launched the Paycheck Protection Program. The guidelines were unclear and the project was underfunded, so many restaurants and family owned businesses remain closed. Some large corporations applied and received millions in loans, including Ruth&#8217;s Chris Steakhouse, Potbelly and Shake Shack. Shake Shack announced [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Walt Disney World Furloughs 43,000 Unionized Employees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a crushing blow for the economy of Central Florida, the shut down Disney World has put another 43,000 employees on furlough. These workers are all unionized, meaning they will still be receiving health insurance and leave with pay during this time. Another few thousand employees are not so lucky and will be put on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do Sports Organizations Have an Obligation to Pay Employees During the Coronavirus Pandemic?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Lebowitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Due to the rapidly changing landscape because of COVID-19, the overwhelming likelihood is that when you read this post, it will have obsolete information of how sports organizations are trying to take care of workers who have lost their jobs due to the outbreak and indefinite cancellation of events. This is no accident, nor is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Will the Stimulus Package Affect Individuals?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After days of back and forth, the $2 trillion stimulus package was approved, including individual checks for Americans. There are a few caveats to receiving the money, or course. An adult will receive $1200, and each child will receive $500. There is no stated cap on the number of children as far as we know. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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