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Howard Schultz funding online learning program for small businesses using CreativeLive platform

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is launching a free online learning program designed to help small businesses gain the necessary skills to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Called BackTo.Biz , the program was created alongside CreativeLive, the Seattle-based makers of online learning resources. GeekWire File Photo).

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Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses

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Startup and small business owners take note: if your company has 20 or fewer full-time employees and gross annual sales of less than $5 million, there’s a new federal filing requirement that you need to know about. Insignia of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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Blue Origin gets ready to test its suborbital spaceship with COVID-19 safety in mind

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And that’s not the only new experiment for Blue Origin’s five-year-old New Shepard flight test program: This 13th test flight will be the first to be flown since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, and the first to include extra COVID-19 safety measures. Both payload flights were funded by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.

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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

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It has support from programs including the U.S. Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. The nonprofit [C]Worthy lists 19 startups in marine-based carbon dioxide removal. Banyu, which is an Indonesian word for seawater, has raised $8.5 million from investors.

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Microsoft vows to use financial strength to fuel societal change in sweeping racial justice plan

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Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500 million with those companies; double its investment activity with Black-owned financial institutions, including a $100 million FDIC program; and establish a $50 million investment fund to support Black-owned small businesses.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

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Governor McAuliffe said , “The CRCF program advances research with potential for economic growth in Virginia. The following CRCF proposals will be awarded, contingent upon acceptance of award terms and conditions: Commercialization Program. Eminent Researcher Recruitment Program. Matching Funds Program. BlueTherm Corp.

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It’s not just about bringing workers back to the office: 10 indicators of a downtown resurgence

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The Art in Public Places Program in Miami, Fort Collins, Greenville and many other cities allows artists to transform everyday spaces into artworks. The fourth indicator is for businesses, nonprofits, and the public sector to fund community-building initiatives. Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park.