Coronavirus

Many of these stores have been deemed essential during the past year due to their ability to deliver essential supplies to consumers, many companies are recognizing the need to give their employees the day off. 

The president CEO of Greyhound has written to the head of the Department of Homeland Security, calling for the agency to provide proof that any undocumented asylum-seekers boarding its buses after release from DHS be COVID-free.

The findings in part contradict recent recommendations from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that two masks were better than one

Wells Fargo will offer up to eight hours of paid time off beginning March 8 to encourage all eligible global employees to get COVID-19 vaccines 

The European Union executive wants to force employers to be much more open about how much their staff earn to make it easier for women to challenge wage imbalances and close the gender pay gap.

U.S. travel demand remains low even as tens of millions of Americans get vaccinated for COVID-19, with just 12% planning a spring break trip this year, the industry said on Thursday.

Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is hopeful that the government can recover from “the partisan sniping that's going on now.”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation could temporarily rise as the U.S. economy reopens from the coronavirus-induced shutdowns.

More than 16 million Americans will no longer qualify for a third stimulus check under stricter eligibility parameters endorsed this week by President Biden. 

President Biden is open to making the temporary expanded child tax credit included in the latest coronavirus relief package permanent.

The Labor Department's data on weekly jobless claims shed light on the economy's recovery from the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Small-business requests for money from the federal government’s signature Covid-19 relief initiative are running well below last year’s heady pace, prompting changes in the program’s final month to reach the hardest-hit businesses.

The Labor Department will report its tally of new claims for unemployment benefits

The venues can reopen at 33 percent capacity with up to 100 people indoors and up to 200 people outdoors, Cuomo said in a statement.

More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the viral pandemic, according to a study being released Wednesday by the philanthropy research group Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Miss., said Wednesday that he is lifting most coronavirus restrictions in his state because “for us to utilize the heavy hand of government to mandate things, it had to be justified.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday argued that “some states” are being too hasty in relaxing restrictions as COVID cases continue to decline.

U.S. stocks see headwinds as investors eye rising bond yields.

California health officials say that despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to equitably distribute the COVID vaccine to the state’s nearly 40 million residents, people who live in poorer communities are receiving the vaccine at lower levels than those who live in richer areas.

A Federal Reserve survey of business conditions across the United States has found that economic activity was expanding at a modest pace in February.