The numbers: The cost of wholesale goods and services jumped 1.4% in March largely because of more expensive gas and food, signaling that U.S.inflation is likely to stay near a 40-year high through the spring. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 1.1% gain. The increase in […]
Shoppers Are Reeling After Inflation Hits 8.5%. Retailers Must Prepare For Another Reset.
It’s been almost two years to the day since Covid threw retailers and shoppers for a loop.Forced to adapt, both retailers and the shoppers responded remarkably well and as the threat of the pandemic diminished, retail’s 2021 recovery was remarkable as well. Retail sales advanced 14% and it seemed things […]
Kyrsten Sinema says she’ll be ‘the same person’ and not switch up her demands if Build Back Better is revived
Sen.Kyrsten Sinema says she doesn’t intend to switch up her Build Back Better demands.She says she’ll be “the same person” if Democrats try to revive their stalled agenda.Sinema may be trying to separate herself from another holdout: Joe Manchin.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, news, and […]
Covid-19 virus continues to evolve, new variants will emerge, warns WHO | World News | Zee News
According to WHO, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to evolve.With such intense transmission worldwide, further variants, including recombinants, will emerge.“This is expected.” WHO is tracking the two new sublineages (BA.4 and BA.5) as part of the Omicron variant.These variants have additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their […]
Face mask mandate extended until May 3 on planes, trains, buses
The federal transportation mask mandate, due to expire April 18, will be extended through May 3.”In order to assess the potential impact the rise of cases …the CDC Order will remain in place at this time,” reads a statement from CDC.The seven-day moving average for COVID-19 cases in the U.S.has […]
Yelp will pay for employees’ travel costs if they need to go out of state to receive an abortion – CBS News
Yelp, the app for crowd-sourced business reviews, says it will pay for employees’ travel costs if they need to go out of state to receive an abortion.The company’s new coverage comes as more state pass laws that effectively ban legal abortions. Yelp’s health insurance already covered abortion care, but next […]
China denounces Taiwan’s efforts to protect tech industry – CNA
BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Apr 13) denounced Taiwan’s efforts to prevent Chinese companies from poaching talent and stealing chip secrets as a provocative “smear”, saying this could not prevent interactions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s premier called this week for the swift passage of revisions to […]
NYC Mayor Adams floats ‘new tech,’ bag checks on subway system to detect weapons
New York City may be rolling out new technology and periodic bag checks to prevent future terrorist attacks, according to the mayor.New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday about the previous day’s terror attack on the city’s subway system.The mayor touched on the possibility […]
In wake of Brooklyn mass shooting, Mayor Adams says NYC has been exploring technologies to keep people safe in subway system – CBS New York
NEW YORK — The NYPD may have caught the man it believes is responsible for Tuesday’s mass shooting on the N train in Brooklyn , but many frightened New Yorkers are still saying “What about the next time?” It’s a good question and as CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported, Mayor Eric […]
Intel announces new projects with AT&T, Google Cloud, FedEx | ZDNet
Hardware The best Samsung phones available now 2-in-1 laptops: The top flexible, hybrid, and convertible notebooks Our favorite 3D printers under $500 The best MagSafe battery packs: Keep your new iPhone charged Intel announced a new pact with AT&T that will see the company provide silicon to deploy the telecom’s […]