For small biz reliant on summer tourism, extreme weather is the new pandemic -- for better or worse
For small businesses that rely on summer tourism to keep afloat, extreme weather is replacing the pandemic as the determ...
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North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs
North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldw...
Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received u...
New Zealand, whose pandemic response was closely watched, removes last of COVID-19 restrictions
New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the...
More people are opting for early dinners since the pandemic, says OpenTable CEO Debby Soo
When OpenTable CEO Debby Soo joined the restaurant reservation company in 2020, the industry was struggling through the...
Hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during pandemic worries families
Families of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they...
US employees working on-site drops from 84% to 74% in pandemic's first year
Workers in the fields of computer science, real estate, finance and insurance experienced the greatest bumps in working...
UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says
Britain's former health secretary has told an official inquiry that the U.K. was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly beca...
Farmers markets thrive as customers and vendors who latched on during the pandemic remain loyal
Farmers markets gave people something they desperately sought during the pandemic: A place to shop outdoors, and at the...
Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab slashes 1,000 jobs in biggest layoff since pandemic
Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings said it is cutting over 1,000 jobs or 11% of its workforce to cut costs and ke...
