Vanishing teller jobs threaten women’s banking entry point
For years, women have gotten a foot in the door to the finance industry by becoming bank tellers. Now that path is disappearing. The number of tellers — a job...
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Inflation on the menu as US restaurants pass on soaring costs
U.S. restaurants, faced with higher food and labor costs, are raising menu prices at a much faster pace than historical rates, insistent on preserving profits after an arduous year. From...
Amazon Prime Day 2021 is big but no blowout as shoppers spend less per order
Amazon.com shoppers in the U.S. spent less per order during the first 32 hours of the annual Prime Day sale than the previous two years, according to Numerator, suggesting shoppers...
American Airlines cancels nearly 1,000 July flights as travel surge stretches staff
American Airlines has dropped about 1% of its scheduled daily flights in July after a faster-than-expected surge in summer travel has led to crew shortages. The airline will cancel 950...
American Airlines blames ‘unprecedented weather’ for continuing flight cancellations
The series of flight cancellations from American Airlines this weekend will continue to plague Monday travelers. Almost 100 flights from the airline have already been canceled for June 21, according...
Opioids rip through US workforce, with deaths at record level
Before the COVID-19 pandemic was the drug epidemic. Its relentless toll added a record 90,722 overdose deaths in the U.S. for the year through November 2020, a grim number obscured...
Airfare bargains vanishing as airlines seize on surging summer demand
The days of bargain basement airfares are ending as the U.S. vaccine supply unleashes a wave of pent-up travel demand. A rebound in trips to visit friends and family coupled...
How climate change aids a bacterial pathogen that could threaten the future of apple growers
Patrick and Sara McGuire have been growing apples since they were married 25 years ago. Their 150 acres in Ellsworth, Michigan — dubbed Royal Farms — are a mix of...
Drugmaker with nothing on the market is top biotech performer, thanks to potential Alzheimer’s drug and day trading meme
Cassava Sciences Inc., a drugmaker with no products on the market after 20 years, is the top biotech performer in 2021 with an increase of 911%. Behind this meteoric rise...
US student loans, frozen but not forgiven, are coming due again soon
For millions of Americans, there's an unwelcome side of the return to business-as-usual after the pandemic: They'll have to start repaying their student loans again. More than 40 million holders...