Tag: Economy
Watchdog: Lebanon’s vaccination of refugees, migrants lags
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s vaccination campaign has been slow and risks leaving behind some of the country’s most vulnerable people, including Palestinian and Syrian refugees,...
Businesses and philanthropy unite to fight racial wealth gap
NEW YORK — The CEOs of Starbucks and Goldman Sachs will join leaders from philanthropy and academia in a new initiative to address the...
US job openings in February reached highest rate on record
WASHINGTON — The pace of job openings reached the highest level on record in February, a harbinger of healthy hiring and a hopeful sign...
EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt
NEW YORK — Good-paying jobs — many of them.
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Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook
HAVANA — If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can't find zucchini, replace it with cucumber.
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Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it...
Greece: Stores open amid virus surge to help rescue economy
ATHENS, Greece — Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country...
Liz Weston: The high price of money shame
The U.S. suicide rate has risen dramatically in recent years, and certified money coach Tammy Lally of Washington, D.C., is convinced money shame is...
GameStop finally announces a share sale
Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer said Monday that it will sell up...
Washington state apple exports drop substantially in 2020-21
YAKIMA, Wash. — Washington state apple industry officials have said the fruit's exports have dropped substantially compared to recent years' figures.
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