Michelle F. Davis, Bloomberg Published 3:20 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2020 | Updated 3:58 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2020 Jamie Dimon sees a need to begin returning to what work looked like at the start of 2020, but he concedes the path to normal is still a long one. JPMorgan […]
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Fed up with social distancing? Head to Sweden. On Sunday evening in Malmo I spent the best part of an hour crammed inside a very small and very steamy wooden cabin with 20 strapping men. Were we wearing masks? Don’t be silly. We weren’t even wearing underwear. Even before the […]
On the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, Americans are struggling with feelings of safety once again as another American is diagnosed with the coronavirus every 2.45 seconds. While a race to a vaccine is widely considered the only path back to a pre-pandemic way of life, Dr. Anthony Fauci […]
Rita Ora and Andrea Panconesi at the LuisaViaRoma x Unicef gala The champagne is chilled, the candle-lit tables heave with hydrangeas, the moonlight illuminates the superyachts moored adjacent to Capri’s magnificent Faraglioni rocks. The Giardini di Augusto, hired privately for one night only, is a typically opulent setting for the […]
Many people give fame a try for 15 minutes or so and decide to take a hard pass. After realizing life in the spotlight isn’t their true calling, some go on to pursue surprisingly normal careers. Last updated: Sep. 1, 2020 Geoffrey Owens In 2018, a Trader Joe’s customer snapped a […]
Photo credit: Design by Ingrid Frahm From Harper’s BAZAAR Paul Mescal was in London’s Natural History Museum when he became an Emmy nominee. He was in the middle of rehearsal for a concert with Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy. He didn’t think he’d be able to watch the nominations be announced […]
Joe Biden embraces his wife, Jill, after accepting his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) But just as the skies turned bright blue in the early days of the pandemic, when people took seriously the order to stay home — giving us an incidental […]
When South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, issued an order in early March to close all public schools to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Roslyn Clark Artis jumped into action. Artis, the president of Benedict College — a private, historically Black liberal arts school in Columbia — knew […]
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 […]
Wait! What’s that — at the end of the tunnel? Is it? Could it be… light? Make no mistake, we are still waist-deep in the COVID swamp. Most of the country still has not been vaccinated. More than 2,000 Americans a day are still dying of the virus. And for […]
(Editor’s note: Jordan on Business is a new weekly column focusing on business, development and workplace issues in New Jersey. Click here for his archive.) United Airlines in October was the first domestic carrier to test a digital health pass for international travelers just as the race to vaccinate Americans […]
Denise Beckson started lifeguarding at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood while in high school. It was her first job, back in 1985. Beckson watched swimmers at the park through college and even worked summers there after she began her career as a teacher. After graduate school, another amusement park made her […]
Whether British skiers and snowboarders will be able to travel restriction- or quarantine-free to the French Alps this winter remains to be seen. Additionally, while ski resorts have been open for other activities since mid-December, a decision on whether ski lifts in France will be allowed to open, many for […]
This is the first column in a five-part Heard on the Street series on how the American economy might look once the Covid-19 pandemic is over. With this month’s announcements of two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines, enough Americans should be inoculated over next spring and summer for normal life to […]
Text size STR/AFP/Getty Images A widely distributed Covid-19 vaccine would clearly help travel companies in 2021. But the industry won’t simply bounce back to its pre-pandemic levels, one top travel executive told Barron’s. Trivago (ticker: TRVG) Chief Financial Officer Matthias Tillmann thinks Pfizer’s (PFE) latest news about its vaccine was […]
Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account executive at a U.S. tech company, Contreras was used to traveling frequently for his employer. But nine months into the pandemic, he and thousands of others are working from home and dialing into video conferences […]
by: Editor Chris Gierowski, Photographer, Editor, & Co-Producer Bob Keet, Gayle Anderson, Reporter & Producer Posted: Nov 8, 2020 / 12:40 PM PST / Updated: Nov 8, 2020 / 12:40 PM PST It’s Sunday! How about some art and culture despite this pandemic?! Oh yes! There are some entertaining activities […]
How many times in the last few months have the words “When things get back to normal…” come out of your mouth? “When things get back to normal, I’m finally using all my vacation days and taking that trip to Italy.” “When things get back to normal, I’m never saying […]