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Amy Scott is joined by Brian Cheung of Yahoo Finance and Catherine Rampell with the Washington Post to chat about the emerging COVID-19 variant, Jerome Powell’s renomination, inflation and more.
What’s behind the trend and how long it might last?
Low pay is still an obstacle to bringing people into the field, where employment is 10% lower than before the pandemic.
AT&T and Verizon spent tens of billions to get the latest 5G technology up and running. But airlines say it could impact plane safety.
Rather than waiting a day or two for an online order, ultra-fast delivery apps are promising orders can be delivered in as little as 10 minutes.