Job growth around the U.S.was robust in January with employers adding 467,000 new hires, surprising economists who had forecast that the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant would dampen payrolls. The leisure and hospitality sector led the increase, adding 151,000 jobs in January, the U.S.Department of Labor said Friday.Professional […]
Major storm dumping ice and snow on much of Northeast
A major winter storm that already cut electricity to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley and caused thousands of flight cancelations nationwide will leave wide swaths of Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow Friday, forecasters said. The storm disrupted flights […]
Man Uses Wife’s Aadhaar Card To Check-in Girlfriend At A Hotel, Gets Caught Red-handed
Infidelity is hard to hide, especially if you end up screwing up like this man did.According to a PTI report, a 41-year-old man and his girlfriend were charged with an offence after the former allegedly used his wife’s Aadhaar card for identification to check into a hotel in Pune, Maharashtra.The […]
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid wants you to know your “Made in USA” beef may have been raised in Brazil – CBS News
The all-American hamburger often is not.U.S.cattle ranchers may not have had a hand in producing the cattle for burgers billed as American, and Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid wants to change that. “Have you ever noticed ‘Product of the USA’ on the label of beef in the grocery store? Would it […]
Biden trumpets strong jobs report: ‘America is back to work’ – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday hailed new jobs numbers that showed a burst of hiring in January despite a surge in COVID-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant that killed thousands and forced businesses and schools to shutter . “Our country is taking everything [the pandemic] has thrown at […]
Children of Former US Presidents: Where Are They Now?
Children of US presidents are in the public eye almost as much as their parents.Some first kids follow their parents into politics, while others steer clear of the limelight.Many remain involved with their parents’ foundations and presidential libraries.Melissa Stanger, Melia Robinson, and James Pasley contributed to previous versions of this […]
Meet Putin’s Oligarchs Most Likely To Get Slapped With Sanctions By Biden Over Ukraine
President Joe Biden’s list of Russian billionaires who’d be subject to sanctions for aggression in Ukraine hasn’t been made public.With the help of experts and our own valuations, Forbes has identified who they probably are. At least nearly a dozen billionaires, cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have already been […]
While members of the medical community have spoken
While members of the medical community have spoken out against Scott Moe’s plan to scrap vaccine requirements by the end of February, some voices in Saskatchewan’s business community are more optimistic about the news, even though some questions remain. The proof of vaccination or negative test mandate started in the […]
Ultrafast Delivery Startups Operating in NYC Including Getir and Gopuff
Gorillas, Buyk, and Gopuff are opening dozens of rapid delivery warehouses across Manhattan.Getir is the latest arrival in NYC but one of the most experienced of the rapid delivery players.The launch comes as one ultrafast player, 1520 , shut down last week.More than 100 rapid-grocery-delivery services are operating worldwide, with […]
Facebook’s $237.6 billion drop in value sets all-time record
Facebook parent Meta lost more than $237 billion in value Thursday.That’s the biggest one-day drop in value in the history of the U.S.stock market.Meta’s plunge, based on a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast , topped the prior record set by Apple , when it lost $182 billion in market value in September […]