As the deliberation over another pandemic-related stimulus continues, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s open to a $500 billion package, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Faced with the mounting costs of battling COVID-19, state governors across the United States are pushing for more federal relief as coronavirus infections soar and local hospital systems scramble to make room for patients the Associated Press reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
After what feels like a never-ending stream of bad news about the COVID-19 pandemic, a bit of good news started to trickle into the market last week with an announcement by Pfizer that it had achieved a better than 90 percent success rate with minimal...
Despite recent positive progress that a COVID vaccine is moving closer to becoming a reality, when it comes to the resumption of the activities, sports and shows that constitute “normal life,” event planners say they still lack the visibility and confidence to safely stage large,...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden called a conversation with business and labor leaders “encouraging” at a press conference following a Monday (Nov. 16) call, noting that all agreed that they wanted to get the economy back on track. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
With COVID-19’s worldwide case count officially exceeding 11 million and waves of closures sweeping U.S. states in an attempt to stifle the resurgent threat, an island of good news has appeared in what looks increasingly like a sea of bad tidings. Following Pfizer’s announcement last...
On the same day that COVID-19 cases in the U.S. topped 10 million and hit 50.5 million globally, the world got news that Pfizer and BioNTech had successfully completed Phase 3 trials of a COVID-19 vaccine on 43,000 people — and achieved an astounding 90...
Fears of economic freefall are mounting as the U.S. continues to post an alarming increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases without word of any additional government stimulus, according to a report in The Financial Times (FT) on Monday (Nov. 16). Get the Full...
Ticketmaster, which handles off-site ticket sales for a huge portion of the country’s music and sports events, is developing a system to assess fans’ Covid-19 vaccination and testing status but will let local promoters set standards for attendance, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Get the...
