Surveys show that the pandemic changed people’s financial habits, particularly when it comes to credit card spending. However, a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic... Read more »
Following an appeal against the vaccine mandate, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has suspended the mandate. This news comes after the US government announced the removal... Read more »
With the COP26 summit underway, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden have announced a global partnership to support a pledge to cut emissions of the greenhouse... Read more »
In the run-up to the climate talks in Glasgow, a recent report by the United Nations shows that greenhouse gas concentrations reached a record high last year. The agency also says that... Read more »
In August, the US government announced its plans to eventually start allowing travelers into the country after closing its borders to most of the world early on in the pandemic. At the... Read more »
In the US, all medical products are regulated by the FDA, including e-cigarettes. Now, the agency has approved an e-cigarette for the first time in its history. Three products under the Vuse... Read more »
Now that it’s become the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon has announced plans to expand its High Street presence in the UK by opening its first non-food retail store. The shop, which... Read more »
Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic found in a variety of industries, including biotechnology, cosmetics, agricultural fertilizers, and washing products. The effects are widely unknown, and despite calls for a ban, some... Read more »
After a major outage on Monday affecting tens of millions of users around the world, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are now officially back online. All of the Facebook-owned platforms crashed early... Read more »
Now that most social restrictions have ended, spending at US restaurants and fast-food chains has quickly rebounded from the lows of the pandemic. In fact, according to data from The NPD Group/CREST,... Read more »