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- COVID: iFoster Helps Save Semester for Foster Youth, UCLA Projects Economy Will Take 3 Years to Recover
- Media: Cameo CEO Talks Disrupting Entertainment Industry, Atom Tickets Optimistic About Movie Theaters' Future
- Startups: 'Anti-Superficial' Dating App S'More Launches in L.A., Relativity Space Gains West Coast Launch Site
- HelloOffice Bets on Returning to Offices with $20M Series A
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Amazon is once again postponing Prime Day, the company's annual sales event, due to the coronavirus. Amazon informed sellers of the delay this week, according to reports from Business Insider and CNBC.
Amazon is tentatively targeting the week of Oct. 5 for the holiday.
<p>Prime Day offers sales on hundreds of items for members of Amazon's Prime subscription service. It began in 2015 and has become a reliable revenue boost for the company.</p><p>Amazon typically holds Prime Day in July but the company's e-commerce business has been disrupted by a surge in orders from customers avoiding traditional retail due to the pandemic.</p><p>Last year, Amazon <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-prime-day-2019-protests-political-battles-record-175m-items-sold/" target="_blank">sold more than 175 million items</a> on Prime Day, a 75% increase from the previous year. Amazon didn't say how much Prime members spent over the two-day period but it did note that "independent small and medium-sized businesses" sold more than $2 billion of items during the event.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-reportedly-postponing-prime-day-october/" target="_blank">This story first appeared on GeekWire</a>.</em></p>
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Lots happened in the L.A. tech and startup community this week. dot.LA chief host and correspondent Kelly O'Grady takes you through the key stories:
- Investing: Elementary Robotics Raises $12.7M in Series A, MarsBio Fund Aims to Get Local Biotech Startups to Stay in L.A.
- Media: Newsology Seeks to Change News Feeds Based on Work Interest, Event Hub Brings Vendor Booths to Virtual Concerts
- Remote Work: GitLab's Secret to Success, How Office Life Will Change After the Pandemic with HelloOffice
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Asian, Black and LatinX tech professionals are more likely to send money to their families than their white counterparts, according to a study by TeamBlind, an anonymous social network of verified employees. The company looked at tech workers' financial obligations and how they spent.
The survey received 2,586 responses from June 25 through June 30 and asked three key questions: 1) Do you send money to your family; 2) As a percentage, how much of your annual salary do you send to your family?; 3) If you send money to your family, do you still have enough money for yourself?
<p>Here are the findings:<br></p><ul class="ee-ul"><li>46% of surveyed professionals send money to their families, with 28% of white professionals doing so compared to 70% of Asian professionals, 75% of Black professionals and 62% of LatinX professionals.</li><li>46% of professionals send up to 5% of their annual salary to their families.</li><li>14% of American Indian or Alaska Native send back all their disposable income back to their families.</li></ul><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><script id="infogram_0_f23e9d6f-a810-4218-8a4c-8dddb3cabfbe" src="https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed.js?7Jp" title="Bar Stacked Chart" type="text/javascript"></script><div style="padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px"><a href="https://infogram.com/f23e9d6f-a810-4218-8a4c-8dddb3cabfbe" style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;" target="_blank">Bar Stacked Chart</a><br><a href="https://infogram.com" style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;" target="_blank">Infogram</a></div></div><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><script id="infogram_0_75942c33-961a-43ff-b97b-0fce9f009199" src="https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed.js?73i" title="Copy: Bar Stacked Chart" type="text/javascript"> </script><div style="padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px">
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