This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The first half of 2024 left little doubt for investors — this is an AI-fueled market. With Big Tech companies accounting for the majority of both stock market gains and earnings growth in […]
Tag: PostPandemic
These Are 8 Cities Homebuyers Should Be Buying In Post-Pandemic
milehightraveler / Getty Images/iStockphoto With high interest rates, massive price increases (post-pandemic) and skyrocketing insurance costs, it’s tough to be in the housing market right now. But poor affordability and higher costs have presented some interesting opportunities for real estate investors and homebuyers. While some markets have become overheated, others are still growing. And some […]
Why Many Regret Moving to Texas Post-Pandemic
halbergman / Getty Images/iStockphoto The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 was a time of massive migration for a large portion of Americans. Those who were living in expensive, highly populated areas saw an opportunity. With the movement to online workspaces and the need for much more physical space between neighbors, city dwellers could move from places […]
Post-pandemic learning loss affecting WA students
New data is giving parents and educators a snapshot of the learning loss Washington students have faced post-pandemic. The 2024 ‘Kids Count’ Report serves as a performance indicator for America’s schools. For nearly 20 years, the group has worked to collect data from state agencies and create an annual report. The most recent Kid’s Count […]
Wisconsin bars, restaurants continue post-pandemic recovery. But impacts linger, report says
Milwaukee’s Harbor House restaurant (left) is among the city’s most prominent eateries. A new report says Wisconsin’s restaurants and taverns continue their post-pandemic recovery. Wisconsin’s bars and restaurants continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating economic effects, but some of the impacts still linger. That’s according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy […]
These 6 Potential Retirement Hot Spots Are More Affordable Post-Pandemic
Alex Potemkin / Getty Images Prices across America skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation reached a high of 9.1% back in June 2022, and it’s taken the past couple of years for it to come back down to a reasonable level of 3.4% currently. Trending Now: Here’s How Much the Definition of Middle Class Has […]
Retail theft in Bensalem up more than double post-pandemic. How police are fighting back
A guy walks into a home improvement store carrying a suitcase. What sounds like the opening for a dad joke is how authorities say a 25-year-old Brooklyn man stole nearly $9,000 in electrical items at two home improvement retailers earlier this year. Three times Noe Zapata entered Home Depot stores in Bensalem and walked out […]
UPMC to layoff at least 1,000 people, cites ongoing post-pandemic challenges
UPMC confirms to Channel 11 that it will be laying off part of its workforce. In a statement, Paul Wood, the vice president and chief communication officer, said the health care system “continues to face the realities of a still-evolving, post-pandemic marketplace” and as a response to the ongoing challenges says “limited reductions are occurring.” […]
EU releases blocked funds of $6.7 billion to Poland as part of its post-pandemic recovery package
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund, the biggest single transfer ever to the country, a government minister said Monday. Poland’s former national conservative governmen t, voted out of power in October, made changes to the […]
EU releases blocked funds of $6.7 billion to Poland as part of its post-pandemic recovery package
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union disbursed 6.3 billion euros (about $6.7 billion) to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund, the biggest single transfer ever to the country, a government minister said Monday. Poland’s former national conservative governmen t, voted out of power in October, made changes to the […]
Amazon Eyes Record High as It Rebounds From Post-Pandemic Rout
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street investors are finally doing what analysts have been recommending all along: buying Amazon.com Inc. Most Read from Bloomberg The shares of the e-commerce and cloud computing giant rose as much as 1.2% to $187.29 on Monday, putting the stock on track to surpass its closing high of $186.57 set in July […]
Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation. The iPhone maker notified 614 workers in multiple offices on March 28 that they were losing their jobs, with the layoffs becoming effective on May 27, according […]