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The financial consequences of empty offices

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Jul 13, 2023
Offices are at the epicenter of seismic pandemic shifts, per McKinsey's Aditya Sanghvi. They need to become places where people want to be.
Almost every company is reevaluating its relationship with commercial real estate, says Aditya Sanghvi of McKinsey.
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The pandemic restaurant trends that are here to stay

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Jun 26, 2023
A Deloitte survey finds consumer preferences for things like ordering online and self-checkout aren't going anywhere.
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Bank regulators expected to propose higher capital requirements

by Justin Ho
Jun 23, 2023
The plan would require big banks to keep more assets on hand. It could also affect regional banks, like the three that failed this year.
Fed policymakers use data from household surveys, financial markets, professional forecasters and the labor market to set interest rates, says Rice University economist Zach Bethune.
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Some districts are trying year-round school to alleviate learning loss

by Stephanie Hughes
Jun 15, 2023
But having some students on a different schedule comes with challenges both societal and economic.
There’s an idea that year-round schooling prevents what educators call “summer melt:” forgetting fractions or nouns over the summer.
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As Americans catch up on care they skipped during COVID, health insurance could get pricier

by Lily Jamali
Jun 15, 2023
Patient numbers have bounced back to prepandemic levels.
Procedures like hip and knee surgeries have bounced back.
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Make-A-Wish works to cut backlog of "wishes" to Disney World

by Leoneda Inge
Jun 5, 2023
The pandemic drastically slowed down the number of critically ill children the Make-A-Wish Foundation could send to its top destination.
“More than half of our wishes are Disney wishes," said Chris Winter, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina.
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After high school years interrupted by COVID, students calculate the cost of college differently

by Stephanie Hughes
May 25, 2023
This spring, there were 14.2 million undergraduates in the U.S., about 9% fewer than in spring 2019.
This spring, there were 9% fewer undergraduate students in the U.S. than there were in spring 2019.
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Americans started new businesses at a record pace during the pandemic. They're still at it.

by Henry Epp
Apr 19, 2023
Experts are not sure why entrepreneurship has remained high despite a low unemployment rate.
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Employers want everyone back in the office — for real this time

by Kristin Schwab
Apr 4, 2023
A less robust job market has made corporate leaders' preference easier to implement.
Companies like Meta are pausing the hiring of remote workers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the data suggests that engineers who started at the company in person generally perform better than people who trained remotely.
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Moderna will charge around $130 for its COVID vaccine — and Congress isn't too happy

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 22, 2023
But the pharma company promised that individuals won't pay the full amount.
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel listens to Sen. Bernie Sanders during a committee hearing on the price of COVID vaccines.
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