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4 small-business innovations that will outlast the pandemic

By Randa Kriss Of Nerdwallet Jun. 10, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Small businesses that survived the COVID-19 pandemic still face a long road to recovery, but some of the innovations business owners adopted last year may...

FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, people make their way into the Salesforce Transit Center after it reopened, in San Francisco. San Francisco-based business software maker Salesforce says it will let most of its employees work remotely even after the pandemic, at least for part of the week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Salesforce won't force workers to go into office post-COVID

By Barbara Ortutay Feb. 09, 2021 08:17 PM EST

The logo of Microsoft is displayed outside the headquarters in Paris, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. As the pandemic raged through the U.S., Microsoft's business continued chugging ahead and beat Wall Street expectations for the last three months of 2020, powered by ongoing demand for its workplace software and cloud computing services as people worked from home. The company on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $15.5 billion, up 33% from the same period last year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)
Microsoft keeps chugging as pandemic continues

By Matt O'brien Jan. 26, 2021 04:32 PM EST

File-This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo shows the Slack app icon being displayed on a computer screen in Tokyo. Slack suffered a global outage Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, during the first day back to work for most people after the New Year’s holiday. Users reported service was down in the U.S., Asia, Latin America Europe, and India. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Slack kicks off 2021 with a global outage

By Michelle Chapman Jan. 04, 2021 12:01 PM EST

The Slack app icon is displayed on a computer screen, Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, in Tokyo. In a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion

By Michael Liedtke And Matt O'brien Dec. 01, 2020 04:12 PM EST

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Asian markets are mixed after the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 set another record. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Asian shares mixed after S&P 500 sets fresh record high

By Elaine Kurtenbach Dec. 01, 2020 12:50 AM EST

FILE - In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a United States flag is reflected in the window of the Nasdaq studio in Times Square, New York. Companies that cater to the “new normal” of working and shopping from home are rushing to go public. 2020 could shape up to be both a dismal year for economic growth and the best year for the IPO market in two decades. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
IPOs head for banner year on stock market's strength

By Damian J. Troise Sep. 24, 2020 11:38 AM EDT

Dell, Williams-Sonoma rise; Nordstrom, Salesforce fall

May. 29, 2020 04:20 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Salesforce.com Inc., down $6.31 to $174.79. ...

This April 28, 2020, photo shows a smartphone app built for the state of Utah displaying coronavirus test sites. The app tracks symptoms and shares location data for contact tracing, the process of determining who might have been exposed to the virus. The app is “a tool to help jog the memory of the person who is positive so we can more readily identify where they’ve been, who they’ve been in contact with, if they choose to allow that,” said Angela Dunn, Utah’s state epidemiologist. (AP Photo/Lindsay Whitehurst)
Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issues

By Matt O'brien May. 18, 2020 01:54 PM EDT