Airlines are upgrading the importance of once marginal destinations as they redraw route maps to focus on flights where demand remains strongest in the aftermath of Covid-19. Despite travel restrictions in some regions, people have still been travelling to visit family or friends scattered across the world, airline executives say, offering a resilient stream of […]
OPINION: David Solomon didn’t mess about. Homeworking is “an aberration that we’re going to correct as quickly as possible”, the Goldman Sachs chief executive and chairman said recently. “I don’t want another class of young people arriving [remotely] that aren’t getting more direct contact, direct apprenticeship, direct mentorship.” The comments were jarring for professionals who […]
Last summer, a staff of more than 150 people started putting together “NewsNation,” a three-hour prime-time cable news show that was billed as a throwback to the just-the-facts news programs of TV’s golden age. Unlike the prime-time shows on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC filled with partisan monologues and fiery discussions, “NewsNation” would serve up […]
If the tightly interlocked, orgiastic mass of bodies wasn’t enough to make the point, the trail of spit probably did the trick. As envisioned by a batch of new ads from a variety of companies, people should be prepared to mingle — really mingle — once millions of vaccine shots have been delivered to millions […]
Todayʼs women earn, save and invest more than their mothersʼ generation. While they are financially more independent, one thing remains unchanged. In most homes in Singapore, women are still the primary care-giver. Women tend to prioritise the needs and well-being of their loved ones. A recent Prudential survey found that 52 per cent of married […]
Consumers’ pandemic reliance on online ordering benefited the giants. For many independent retailers, it helped keep the doors open. By Amy Haimerl A chair sits in the middle of Holiday Market, a specialty grocer near Detroit, and if customers are lucky, they’ll find Tom Violante Sr. sitting in it. The 91-year-old founder still comes to […]
Unless you are prepared to pay more, the days of consulting private doctors who are not on your insurers’ panels for hospital treatment will soon be over for most people. Instead of just making co-payment compulsory in new “riders”, which are add-on policies to the main private medical plans, the six major insurers – AIA, […]
(NYTIMES) – When Penguin Random House said last year that it planned to buy Simon & Schuster for more than US$2 billion (S$2.7 billion), the entire publishing industry snapped to attention. The merger of two of the largest publishers in the United States – Penguin Random House is already the biggest by almost any metric […]
When Amy DeGraaffiled her first unemployment claim at the start of the pandemic, she did not ask the Colorado labor department to withhold taxes. DeGraaf, a single mother who supports her family as a waitress in Gunnison, knew she would owe at the end of the year, but “I needed every dime,” she said. And […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks slumped in volatile trading on Friday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq heading for its worst week since March 2020, as fears over rising borrowing costs offset optimism about a strong economic rebound following blowout monthly jobs report.Slideshow ( 2 images )The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields hit a new one-year high of […]