Company Insights
The food service industry and the long road ahead
Investors believe the restaurant and food retail industry is in-store for prolonged growth, so long as companies continue to keep up the changes they made because of the pandemic.
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Stocks
Rideshare Apps Fall Short Of Demand, Stocks Sink
By Jo Constantz Ridesharing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have seen their stocks stuck in neutral as the S&P 500 motors ahead.
Stocks
Airlines Still Have Turbulence Ahead
by Aria Velasquez It’s going to be a while before America’s airline stocks can turn the seatbelt sign off.
Stocks
The movie theater sector will be one of the last to recover. Skittish investors agree.
By Jessica Lerner The movie theater sector continues to grapple with how to recover from the pandemic-induced devastation of the coronavirus as investors continue to think cinemas will be one of the last industries to recover.
Company Insights
Thriving in the pandemic, mass merchants are the stock market’s big winners
Over the past six months, BJ’s (BJ), Costco (COST), Target (TGT) and Dollar General (DG) have all eclipsed the recent high-powered performance of the S&P 500 Index.
Company Insights
Uber CEO: End of Its Current Model Is “The End of Flexibility”
By Angel Adegbesan The CEO of Uber Technologies Inc.
Farmers Markets
The Pandemic Is Ending, but Its Boost to the Online Farmers’ Market Will Last
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Rhea Choi, a freelance digital marketer based in New York City, went into survival mode and stocked up on whatever food and toilet paper she could find in large supermarkets.
Personal Finance
Mum’s the Word: Are mothers choosing to give up their careers or being booted out of the labor force?
“Having to choose between supporting the students at my school and supporting my son was very frustrating,” said Jennifer Anderson, 41, a mom from Merrillville, Ind.
Personal Finance
As Pandemic Endures, Impact on Households is Here to Stay
David Goldstein’s wife, Amy, is a healthcare worker. He hates when people call her a hero. “‘Hero’ is what you call someone when you’re okay with them dying,” Goldstein said.
News
Fed up, Desperate and Daring Enough to Unionize
Restaurant workers forfeited safety and security to keep their jobs in 2020.
Company Insights
Nvidia’s next frontier isn’t gaming, it’s data and supercomputers
The world of gamers that spend countless hours fighting zombies and cowboys is a far stretch from that of scientists fighting the coronavirus and climate change.
Personal Finance
From Ballooning Rent to Skyrocketing Student Debt: College Educated Millennials’ Expenses Are Keeping Them From Saving Money
Savanna Sullivan, a 27-year old artist from Portland Me., knew that pursuing a degree in painting from a prestigious art academy would be a difficult and expensive journey.