U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisle are calling for Senate leaders to broaden an important economic aid provision as the chamber considers the $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package in the week to come, CNBC reported. Legislators wrote to Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate...
The vaccines are here, and while rolling them out has presented some logistical hurdles across the country, employers have been ramping up efforts to get their respective workforces vaccinated in the bid to return to (some semblance of) normal. Some have even extended financial rewards to...
In a move that furthered a leading focus for President Joe Biden in the direction of a complete House vote, the budget committee of the U.S. House green-lighted legislation with $1.9 trillion in further pandemic aid. The effort moved through the panel on a 19...
Despite the plummeting number of new COVID-19 infections in the United States, “we’re not out of the woods yet,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview broadcast Sunday (Feb. 21) on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” Asked...
Google is partnering with the European Investment Fund (EIF) and two other organizations in Latin America and Asia to extend $75 million in funding to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) suffering from the impact of COVID-19. The funds are part of an $800 million initiative...
Lower-income recipients of COVID-19 relief payments are quickly spending the money they get, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Feb. 14), citing data gleaned from tracking of usage of debit and credit cards. The federal government began sending a new round of stimulus payments to...
A homegrown currency known as “BeanCoin” is out to help bars in the New Orleans at a time when city officials have closed the establishments for Mardi Gras, Bloomberg reported. Krewe of Red Beans, a local organization, rolled out a crowded-funded effort this week, which...
With vaccines being rolled out and an end in sight, the temptation is to start whiningly asking “are we there yet?” when it comes to the world getting back to normal. As a growing number of Americans are slowly getting vaccinated and travel passports being...
Is it safe to travel yet? As the COVID-19 vaccine is (slowly) rolling out, the answer to that question is inching ever closer to yes — but ensuring that everyone who chooses to travel has been inoculated remains a tricky goal. It’s a challenge that...
