Company executives, in a shift from early this spring, say they want their employees — largely sent home to work during the pandemic — to return to their offices by Labor Day or sooner. (Photo: Getty Images) Many company executives, in a shift from early this spring, say they want their employees — […]

Ed Sheeran is back and showing off some “Bad Habits.” The 30-year-old singer dropped his new single “Bad Habits” at midnight Friday, along with an accompanying music video that shows the “Shape of You” crooner embracing an edgier, more bloodthirsty look. In the video, Sheeran takes on the role of a dapper vampire, complete with […]

"Consumer mobility shot through the roof and … we started seeing traffic increasing in our stores," Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson told CNBC's Jim Cramer in a "Mad Money" interview. He also said that Starbucks' same-store sales are surpassing pre-pandemic levels in regions where consumers are being vaccinated. In this article […]

MILWAUKEE – John Collins loves to dunk on opponents. He did it multiple times in Atlanta’s 116-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. The most impressive and bold dunk came on a lob from Trae Young … off the backboard … in traffic […]

The NCAA’s legal problems regarding its limits on compensation for college athletes continued Thursday, when a federal judge denied its request to dismiss a lawsuit that not only challenges any limits on athletes’ ability to make money from their name, image and likeness, but also brings into play the prospect […]

New York on Thursday lifted the COVID-19 State of Emergency that Governor Andrew Cuomo declared in March 2020 to contain the spread of coronavirus. “New York’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end tomorrow (Thursday). Fighting COVID and vaccinating New Yorkers are still top priorities, but the emergency chapter of this […]

Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Friday, following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street, with support from technology stocks which mirroring their peers on the tech-heavy Nasdaq. The markets were also dragged after crude oil and bullion prices tumbled on the US dollar’s surge. The markets also remain […]

Khalid Usman and Bruce Spear are both partners in Oliver Wyman’s transportation and services practice specializing in airline economics. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own. Probably nothing speaks more to the post-pandemic economic recovery in the United States than the dramatic rise in demand for leisure air […]

Philadelphia-area manufacturing activity expanded at a slightly slower rate in the month of June, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Thursday. The Philly Fed said its diffusion index for current general activity slipped to 30.7 in June from 31.5 in May, although a […]

Market players became more confident about the future and stability of the EU as well when leaders announced in July that the European Commission would be tapping the markets on their behalf. However, the wind could soon be blowing in a different direction as Germans prepare to choose their new […]