Americans, beset by product shortages, rising prices and the arrival of omicron, sharply cut their spending in December after a burst of early spending in the fall that helped bolster the holiday season.
Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 1.9% in December compared with the previous month when sales increased 0.3%, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday.
Private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday, as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
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Customer experience can make or break your company. How you and your employees treat customers directly reflects your brand’s values. But the truth is, positive customer experiences can be difficult to implement.
With countless channels that buyers can communicate through (Instagram, Facebook, Google reviews, etc.), if your brand and customer experience strategies are not in perfect harmony, consumers may move on to something better.
It looks like residents across Orange County will be paying $50 more a year for their electricity bills after board members of the county’s first community choice energy program finally picked preliminary rates.
Despite multiple studies over the past three years pledging the new utility would be able to offer power at a premium price, the agency barely broke even with Edison’s offered rates for some of its new customers.
The Orange County Power Authority launched near the end of 2020, and spent the last year getting ready to launch a competitor to Southern California Edison with plans for cleaner power and more local control.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued mixed rulings in a pair of cases challenging Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates, allowing the requirement for certain health care workers to go into effect while blocking enforcement of a mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees.
While there are positive aspects to social media, there's evidence it can pose risks to teens' mental health.
Rising inflation levels continue to be a concern for the U.S. economy. Per the latest Labor Department report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December rose 7% year over year, on par with the Dow Jones estimate, according to a CNBC article. The metric came in at the highest level since June 1982 and covers a basket of products, ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents. It also increased 0.5% for the month, surpassing the 0.4% Dow Jones estimate.
Millions of investors, speculators, and crypto hobbyists have bought and sold cryptocurrency in the past decade or so, hoping that crypto would be both a powerful investment and a currency of the future. As a result, the cryptocurrency market is booming.
The number of American workers filing weekly jobless claims—a proxy for layoffs—rose by 23,000 from the prior week in what could be a sign of an impact from the Omicron surge, though the number of people continuing to claim benefits hit a multi-decade low, suggesting further labor market tightening.
The Tesla CEO voiced his opinion on a new solar tax being proposed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
According to the Tesla Silicon Valley Club, the new proposal (dubbed NEM 3.0) would slam customers with a “grid access” fee that would cost them $8 per kW of installed solar each month, on top of other extraneous fees that could add up to an additional $80 per customer per month.
The U.S. insurance industry recorded net premiums of $1.28 trillion in 2020, with life/annuity insurers accounting for 49%, according to the data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Moreover, there were 5,929 insurance companies in the U.S. in 2020, including 843 life/annuities and 995 health companies. Let’s take a look at the ten biggest life insurance companies.
In what ways does an annuity benefit you? This is an important question that needs to be answered before you buy one.
Besides offering a steady and guaranteed stream of income, accumulate tax-deferred over time and don’t have contribution limits like 401(k)s and IRAs. Additionally, annuities offer riders that allow money to be transferred to beneficiaries at death.
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) own and invest in properties. They allow you to buy shares in commercial real estate portfolios and earn money from them without having to buy or manage the property. You can buy publicly traded REITs in direct methods or purchase them through mutual funds and ETFs. Let's walk through a couple of options you may want to consider.
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"The most likely time that you're going to be infectious is those 5 to 6 days. We ask that you mask afterwards, we ask that you remain diligent."
"We have to be somewhat realistic about what people are willing and able to do," said Barocas, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting consumers, particularly senior citizens, about fraud schemes related to the coronavirus.
Scammers are getting more and more creative at getting your hard-earned money. It can be frustrating.
We spoke with Lechelle Yates from the Better Business Bureau to learn what new tactics scammers use and how you can protect yourself.
People who consume more than 1/2 a tablespoon of olive oil a day are less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or lung disease.
Hybrid working exposes organisations to increased print security risks and costly data breaches, a study from Quocirca has warned. In its research for the Global print security landscape report 2022, the analyst asked IT decision-makers whether they had implemented any of 11 common security measures to protect the print infrastructure.
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2021 was a year of financial strain for many Americans: Household debt and the overall cost of living increased, while median household income decreased, according to NerdWallet’s annual household debt study.
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Unauthorized testing kits are popping up online as scammers try to take advantage of the demand for COVID-19 testing. Here’s what the Federal Trade Commission suggests to avoid falling for a scam: Only buy tests authorized by the FDA — you can find a list of those on the FDA’s website Check the FDA’s list of fraudulent COVID products to ensure the test you’re about to buy isn’t on there Look at a variety of sellers and compare reviews from expert sources If you do buy a testing kit online — use a credit card ...
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