Tag: Consumer services
NJ to give beachgoers COVID shots over Memorial Day weekend
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Beachgoers at three popular Jersey Shore spots will be able to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus over the Memorial Day...
High gasoline prices unlikely to deter holiday travelers
NEW YORK — Memorial Day weekend gasoline prices are at their highest levels in seven years, but experts don’t expect the steep prices at...
Shoppers go back to stores, but retailers face challenges
NEW YORK — Americans are going back to one of their favorite past times: store shopping.
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Indie bookstores avoid the worst — so far — from pandemic
NEW YORK — Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster.
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Best Buy raises 2021 comparable store sales expectations
NEW YORK — Three months after saying that comparable store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy on Thursday released a much more...
Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates
INDIANAPOLIS — The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began this week after the pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal...
Summer travel forecast calls for longer waits, fewer choices
After a year of coronavirus lockdowns, the start of summer beckons with vacation plans made possible by relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. But a severe worker...
Work could start this summer on delayed Terre Haute casino
INDIANAPOLIS — Construction work could finally begin this summer on a planned new casino in Terre Haute although state officials have put off approval...
Threats mount up against top European beauty spot in Hungary
SZIGLIGET, Hungary — Fishermen in small, wooden boats drift among the reeds and placid waters of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe...
Millennial Money: Set your strategy for Memorial Day sales
Last Memorial Day, Americans were dizzy from the pandemic, recession and widespread shutdowns.
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