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eCommerce a Covid lifeline for retailers
DUBAI, 3 hours, 13 minutes ago As Covid-19 kept consumers around the world at home, nearly everything from groceries to gardening supplies was purchased online. According to Mastercard’s latest Recovery Insights report, this amounted to an additional $900 billion being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, e-commerce made up roughly $1 out of every $5 spent on retail, up from about $1 out of every $7 spent in 2019.1 For retailers, restaurants and other businesses large and small, being able to sell online provided a much-needed lifeline as in-person consumer spending was disrupted. Roughly 20-30% of the Covid-related shift to digital globally is expected to be permanent, according to Mastercard’s Recovery Insights: Commerce E-volution. The report draws on anonymized and aggregated sales activity in the Mastercard network and proprietary analysis by the Mastercard Eco
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 The family of a 16-year-old boy fatally shot Tuesday by a Maryland state trooper released a statement on Wednesday.Maryland State Police said they received 911 calls for a person acting suspiciously who might be armed. Police said a trooper responded and confronted Peyton Ham, 16, of Leonardtown, in a driveway.According to police, Ham pointed what appeared to be a gun at the trooper, and the trooper fired his weapon, striking Ham. Police said Ham then pulled out a knife and tried to get up, and that s when the trooper fired another shot, striking Ham.Ham was taken a hospital, where he died, police said.Police said they later determined that Ham was holding an airsoft gun, which they say is a close representation of an actual handgun. The replica gun and knife were recovered at the scene, police said.Ham s family released a statement Wednesday afternoon through their attorney, saying: Peyton Alexander Ham is an incredibly smart, gifted s
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This is the official statement provided by Mr. Christopher T. Longmore, attorney for the Boyle family, for distribution on behalf of Peyton Ham’s Family, Michael & Kristee Boyle, (Birthfather Jason Ham Haight)
Peyton Alexander Ham is an incredibly smart, gifted sweet young man. Peyton is an honor student who enjoyed attending Leonardtown High School. Peyton was thrilled in his 8th grade year to be accepted into the St. Mary’s County Public Schools premier academy, The Global International Studies program, exclusively located at his home high school, Leonardtown High. Peyton is an avid history enthusiast, studying many genres to include European history, ancient monarchies, World Wars 1 & 2 and the rise and fall of the former U.S.S.R. Peyton could best be described as an “Alex P. Keaton” type personality. His love of conservative politics always taking center stage to his lively debates at the family dinner table.
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LAWRENCE Ten University of Kansas students majoring in global & international studies (GIST) will present their research at the virtual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which takes place April 12-14. The goal of the annual event is to promote undergraduate research and scholarship by providing a venue for presentations and discussions.
“Although we have students attending the national conference each year, my hat is off to this particular cohort, who had to have an immense amount of focus and sheer dedication to work through remote classes, remote research and pandemic lockdowns to accomplish their project at such a high level of quality,” said Brian Lagotte, director of undergraduate studies and assistant teaching professor, who mentors the students. “Their success is a true indication of the caliber of scholars they have become.”