Kristen Deptula, Center, with her husband and two children, says paying an hourly wage of $ 15 helped them grow their business in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Little did they know when Kristen Deptula and her husband bought the Canalside Inn in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in October 2019 that the upcoming summer season in the coastal…

June 2021, people are standing in front of a vaccination center in Sydney as residents have largely been banned from leaving the city in order to stop a growing outbreak of the highly contagious Delta-Covid-19 variant in other regions. SAEED KHAN | AFP | Getty Images The “Delta variant” dominated the headlines after it was…

The Tokyo Paralympics this summer offer companies an opportunity to attract a severely underrepresented segment of the workforce and support the global coronavirus recovery, experts said. The decades of games, which showcase the athletic talents of leading disabled athletes, have helped break taboos around often “shunned or excluded” members of society, Mike Peters, CEO of…

Fans in the audience react as The Foo Fighters reopen Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2021 in New York City. Kevin Mazur | Getty Images As the U.S. pushes ahead with its reopening, easing mask mandates and lifting public health restrictions, much of the rest of the world is seeing an alarming surge in…

A health worker prepares a vial containing a Chinese Sinovac vaccine for Covid-19 coronavirus disease at a movie theater that was converted into a vaccination center in suburban Taguig City, Manila on June 14, 2021. Ted Aljibe | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Asia was the first epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak and could…

The Anthem music venue in Washington, D.C. pleading with the Small Business Administration to release aid for shuttered independent venues. CNBC The Small Business Administration plans to process most of the aid applications from its Shutter Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program by early July, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said Wednesday. More than 14,000 small businesses…

Gary Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines Co., speaks during an event in the new Southwest Airlines Co. International Terminal at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, will step down in February and spend more than 17 years at the…

FREDERIC J. BRAUN | AFP | Getty Images Job hunting has been dampened in 12 states that have opted out of federal unemployment programs in the past few weeks, suggesting new analysis suggests policies may not work as planned. States have ended the pandemic-era benefits – including an additional $ 300 per week – since…

The racial wealth divide between white and Black families in the U.S. is more of a chasm than a gap. In 2019, the median household wealth for white families was nearly $190,000, almost eight times higher than that of Black households, according to Federal Reserve data. “Baby bonds” are one proposal to help close the…