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Will the boom in shipping last after the pandemic?
by
Justin Ho
Dec 17, 2020
As FedEx reports its quarterly figures, what may be in store for companies trying to fulfill the demand for e-commerce deliveries?
Australian company first to develop fully at-home COVID test
Dec 17, 2020
Everything needed for the test — which the FDA gave emergency authorization — is inside the box, except for a smartphone.
Essential worker parents struggle with remote school
Dec 17, 2020
Those who work outside the home must often rely on family or pay for help to supervise kids.
Losing a job hasn't translated to losing health care — so far
Dec 16, 2020
Most people who've lost jobs during the pandemic didn't get health insurance at work.
Number of Americans moving homes hits lowest level in 73 years
Dec 16, 2020
Migration patterns could change in a work-from-home world brought on by the pandemic.
"We're definitely counting on a comeback"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Alli Fam
Dec 16, 2020
That's what the president of Mississippi-based Golding Barge Line says he's hoping for in the new year.
How we shop for the holidays is different this year
Dec 16, 2020
People are shopping online more, buying gifts for fewer people — and in some cases, changing up what they usually give.
For public good, not for profit.
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in 7 months
Dec 16, 2020
It's a sign Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season.
One way for college athletics departments to make up for lost income: gambling partnerships
by
Andy Uhler
Dec 16, 2020
It's an attractive — if contentious — revenue stream for schools.
Pharmacy chains will lead vaccine delivery to seniors in long-term care
Dec 16, 2020
Many of the companies already work with those facilities to supply drugs and provide flu shots for residents.