Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times Published 8:42 p.m. ET Oct. 11, 2020 Chances are, you’ve had to cancel vacation plans in the last five months. You probably felt bummed about it _ and guilty for mourning lost trips while the COVID-19 pandemic has caused others to lose much more. It […]

Big Oil naturally is delighted when oil prices rise, but Exxon Mobil’s future seems even more tightly wound to it for an additional reason: its chemicals business. Higher crude prices are good for petrochemical producers weighted more heavily toward North America and the Middle East—such as Exxon—because those gains make […]

Sedgwick County is turning to private funds to help run its 2020 election. Sedgwick County, the second-largest county in Kansas by population, has been awarded $816,458 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a nonprofit foundation, to boost the efforts of the county election office to hold an election […]

Brady McCombs, Associated Press Published 3:20 p.m. MT Oct. 3, 2020 CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide A top leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members to make the faith an “oasis of unity” and celebrate diversity during a speech Saturday at […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China estimated that 13 million railway passenger trips were made on Thursday at the start of the Golden Week holiday, the highest for a single day since the coronavirus outbreak began in February, according to state media. Although this figure signals pent-up demand for travel now that […]

Investing in your team’s happiness is a win-win. getty I was recently asked to do a remote keynote for an organization, and I was asked if I could speak to boosting morale during a time which has been challenging for many. I’ve long focused on my mission as helping organizations […]

Some countries on the UK’s quarantine-free list require passengers to present evidence of a negative test on arrival – Getty Holidaymakers travelling with British Airways could be offered pre-flight Covid-19 tests, the airline has confirmed. Britain’s flagship carrier is contending with the global slump in air travel demand, which is […]

It’s Saturday evening in London, and I’m house shopping in Dublin, thanks to a virtual-reality headset. Temporarily forgetting she is sitting beside me, I shout to my wife: “I’m in the children’s bedroom.” We can’t go to the Republic of Ireland ourselves to do this. Travellers from Great Britain need […]

(Bloomberg) — Some slivers of light emerged for the car industry as the first week of earnings season wrapped up for European companies, while the benefits of working from home showed up in results from telecom-equipment company Ericsson AB. German car manufacturer Daimler AG said Friday it saw a gradual […]

(Bloomberg) — Some slivers of light emerged for the car industry as the first week of earnings season wrapped up for European companies, while the benefits of working from home showed up in results from telecom equipment company Ericsson AB. German car manufacturer Daimler AG said Friday it saw a […]

Los Angeles County is expecting an uptick in its supply of COVID-19 vaccines this week, providing a welcome boost to the region’s inoculation efforts. The county’s latest allocation, pegged at approximately 362,000 doses, is up nearly 39,000 from last week, according to the Department of Public Health. That number is […]

NORTHEAST OREGON — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Union and Wallowa counties’ school districts and their students to travel a rugged and harmful path the past 13 months. Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, the latest COVID-19 relief package from the federal government, however, will help put them on […]

This article is published in partnership with TexasTribune.org. As many Texas universities take the extraordinary step of canceling or significantly reducing spring break during the pandemic, some schools are hosting on-campus events and continuing the weeklong break in March despite concerns about college students using the time to travel and […]

Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Merchants in retail sectors beyond clothing and footwear are beginning to embrace buy now, pay later (BNPL) options to help consumers pay for items more flexibly. These include home decor, fragrances, pet gear and even food — as well as more whimsical goods. Australia-based […]

Changing certain habits and choosing the right accounts can make a big difference. (iStock) In March 2020, the Federal Reserve cut its federal funds rate to near zero, a record low. While this action resulted in lower interest rates for select types of loans and credit cards, it also resulted […]

“At a time when New York faces a historic budget deficit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the current online sports wagering structure incentivizes a large segment of New York residents to travel out of state to make online sports wagers or continue to patronize black markets,” Cuomo said. An industry […]

Refinery 29 UK How To Cope With “Happiness Guilt” After learning she was pregnant in April, Danielle Cadet stared down at the home test, processing what she saw. Her husband was in the bathroom about to take a shower, and Cadet debated whether she should wait until he was done […]

Airbnb is expected to boost the price range of its initial public offering as the online home-rental platform looks to take advantage of what has been a hot IPO market this year – even as the coronavirus has slammed global business and leisure travel. Citing people familiar with the matter, […]

EVERETT — Looking for a way to shop small, shop local and shop Snohomish County? County officials have launched the Support SnoCo Campaign to promote local commerce and offer a guide to area businesses. The online hub, SupportSnoCo.com, aims to introduce shoppers to businesses across the county through an extensive […]

“How the holiday season goes could make or break whether retailers on the brink of bankruptcy are forced to liquidate,” said Vince Tibone, a retail analyst at commercial-property data firm Green Street. “Black Friday is not going to be the giant in-person shopping event that it has been in prior […]