After Constellation Brands agreed to invest in minority companies, Constellation Brands took its first step and acquired a stake in a black-owned rosé company. Constellation is now backing La Fête du Rosé through its venture capital arm to support black Latin American and minority-owned companies with $ 100 million through 2030. The company’s goal is…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a televised press conference at 10 Downing Street on February 22, 2021 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that the variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in India, has the potential to…

Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California. Yalonda M. James | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Marqeta has grown into one of the hottest companies in digital commerce, although few consumers have ever heard of it. His name becomes much better known. The company went public on Friday and announced in its…

Exterior view of a Walmart store on August 23, 2020 in North Bergen, New Jersey. Walmart saw profits jump in the most recent quarter as e-commerce sales soared during the coronavirus pandemic. VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Walmart said Friday that customers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are not required to…

Phil Murphy, New Jersey Governor, second from left, greets the police sergeant during a tour of the Morris County’s Covid-19 vaccination facility at Townsquare Mall in Rockaway, New Jersey, USA, on Friday, January 8, 2021. Sarah Blesener | Bloomberg | Getty Images New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Friday that the state had maintained its…

Andy Slavitt Tom Williams | CQ Appeal, Inc. | Getty Images Andy Slavitt, a senior advisor to President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team, confirmed on Friday that he will be leaving his role in early June. Slavitt, whose temporary position on Biden’s Covid panel is known to expire next month, said that while the government…

Shirley Chung prepares a dish at Michael Muller’s HEAVEN presented by The Art of Elysium on January 5, 2019 in Los Angeles. Phillip Faraone | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images When the pandemic hit, chef and reality TV star Shirley Chung quickly turned her restaurant business to deal with the crisis. Dealing with anti-Asian…

Caroline Nicolls will receive an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by Sister Amy Nash at Madejski Stadium in Reading, west of London, on April 13, 2021. STEVE PARSONS | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – UK is preparing to have vaccinations and tests carried out in areas where the new variant of Covid-19,…

Health workers with personal protective equipment care for Covid-19 patients in a banquet room that was temporarily converted into a Covid care center in New Delhi on May 7, 2021. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images India’s total Covid-19 cases surpassed 24 million as the country battled a devastating second wave of infections that…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing a congressional investigation into the mismanagement of the pandemic. Andressa Anholete | Getty Images News | Getty Images Health experts fear the Brazilian Covid-19 disaster could get worse in the coming months, while a parliamentary investigation into the government’s response to the pandemic is likely to increase political pressure…