The FDA expanded emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12-15 on May 10. Expert in pediatric infectious diseases Dr. Debbie-Ann Shirley addressed concerns parents may have. She says the vaccine will work, it appears to be safe, and no severe reactions have been reported. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The Food and Drug Administration […]

New York (CNN Business)The great reopening and return to pre-pandemic life is a tale of two timelines — and parents are caught in the middle. Offices are itching to get back to normal thanks to the vaccine rollout, but the rest of the world hasn’t necessarily caught up. Major companies have made clear they’re expecting workers to return to the […]

When the Covid pandemic hit, small business owners across the country scrambled to stay afloat. Those who managed to stay open were the fortunate ones. As of May 5, the number of U.S. small businesses that are open decreased by 33.8% compared to January 2020, according to Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based economic tracker. Here's how four businesses pivoted in order […]

Google significantly upped the stakes in its bid to dazzle the developer crowd tuning into the Google I/O developer conference, taking place this week. The Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company dropped a slew of announcements extending across shopping, Android, Wear OS and more. For the Wear OS wearable software platform, in particular, this edition marked a major turning point. Google […]

Mortgage applications to purchase a home fell 4% last week from the previous week. The average purchase application size hit $411,400 — the highest since February. The average rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 3.15% from 3.11% Sky-high home prices mean demand for ever bigger mortgages, but those prices may also be causing a pullback in homebuying overall. Mortgage […]

A handful of major restaurant chains across the nation have recently announced that they are raising wages in a bid to attract workers as they finally begin to reopen at full capacity. As the coronavirus pandemic eases and patrons — fueled by pent-up demand and stay-at-home fatigue — flock to eat out, some workers and advocates see this apparent labor […]

MOSCOW — The Russian parliament’s lower house voted Wednesday to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities following the U.S. departure from the pact. The Russian exit from the Open Skies Treaty is yet to be endorsed by the upper house of parliament and needs to be signed by President Vladimir Putin to take effect. Moscow […]

Cost of technology and the impact it can make on the farmers are two big question marks. As India looks to scale up use of technology in agriculture, a recent study has found that with just 2 per cent of the cultivators in India using mobile applications for farm-related activities and real-time alerts, adoption of tech solutions such as Internet […]

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