New York (CNN Business)Vanguard, one of the world’s largest asset managers, is offering employees $1,000 to get vaccinated. The incentive shows how aggressively some companies are moving to encourage workers to get vaccinated as concerns about the Delta variant mount. All of Vanguard’s approximately 15,500 US employees are eligible and must show proof of vaccination by October 1. “Vanguard recognizes […]

Despite Clorox's earnings miss and disappointing 2022 sales forecast, CEO Linda Rendle remains confident in its long-term prospects. "If you look at the fundamentals of our business, our brands have never been stronger," she said in a "Mad Money" interview. The CEO said Clorox was "taking all the necessary actions" to combat cost pressures that hurt gross margins in the […]

In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing homes were ravaged by the virus as it spread among staff and closely grouped elderly people with compromised immune systems. Those communities were prioritized once vaccines came along, and infections dropped markedly there. No more. With the high level of Covid spread occurring across Los Angeles, the county is now experiencing […]

President Joe Biden name checked The Walt Disney Company, Netflix, Google, Fox Corp. and other private companies for instituting new vaccine requirements for their employees. As he referred to the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases as the “pandemic of the unvaccinated,”  the president also sought to single out major corporations that in recent weeks have instituted their own types of […]

Disneyland rolled out new program called “Magic Key” on Tuesday. It is meant to replace the much-loved annual pass program and to signal, according to a Disneyland announcement, that “You belong to the community of core Disneyland fans who all share a passion and love for the parks.” Magic Key passes go on sale August 25, 2021. There are four […]

By Charlie Dreaver of RNZ The Government has admitted it got the settings wrong for First Home Grants and as a result the scheme is heading for the lowest number of grants paid out since it began. The grants aim to help first home buyers raise a deposit but price caps are widely seen as far too low in an […]

CNBC's All-America Economic survey showed 48% of American adults approved of the job Biden is doing as president, up a point from the first quarter. But his disapproval numbers grew as well, to 45% from 41%. Views on the president's handling of the coronavirus and the economy declined, the survey showed. Just 22% give the economy positive marks now and […]

Eighty homes in a $110 million south Auckland terraced house project were pre-sold on Saturday and real estate agent says the Government’s landlord tax law changes was possibly one of the driving factors. James Law of James Law Realty said the places sold on Saturday are to be built at The One, Flat Bush, south-east Auckland and demand took everyone […]