A survey of primarily Asian and Latinx workers in California looked at their pandemic experiences. Almost half of respondents worried they couldn’t support themselves or family if they fell ill. A third of all respondents didn’t feel comfortable reporting COVID-19 symptoms to employers. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Asian and Latinx workers in California making less than the […]

Confidence in Social Security and Medicare hit all-time highs among workers and retirees, according to a survey published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. It is the group's 31st iteration of the annual study, which measures retirement confidence. But public confidence doesn't always align with reality. The programs paid consistent benefits despite the Covid pandemic, likely fueling the enthusiasm. Confidence […]

Everyday consumerables, such as grocery and order-in food items are the key buyout sector, analysts say, and a major reason for kirana stores’ digitisation push. When Paytm, the biggest player in consumer and merchant digital payments, launched a QR-code scanner with voice capability in February 2020, little did it know that the IoT (Internet of Things) device would become a […]

Following a year in which many Americans were forced either by restrictions or by good sense to stay home more, several consumer discretionary industries have prospered. Streaming video services, home delivery of food and groceries and, of course, technology to help with school and work from home were among goods and services in high demand last year. Looking at the […]

15 people (all women) have now developed blood clots after receiving the J&J vaccine, three of which were fatal.  The US paused distribution of the shot earlier this month after six cases of blood clots were reported.  A panel of experts is meeting today to discuss what to do with the vaccine, including potentially attaching a new warning label.  See […]

CEO Orion Hindawi told Insider that Tanium has hired a new CFO who is assessing IPO readiness. The 14-year-old startup has debated going public for years, and some former employees have doubts. Tanium said the company is no longer unilaterally buying back employee stock, which irked workers. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The $9 billion-plus cybersecurity startup Tanium […]

Right or wrong, there is an impression that younger generations of workers are more likely to move from company to company and even career to career. After the COVID-19 pandemic kept people, for the most part, in the jobs they had pre-pandemic, recently 26% of people have considered leaving their current positions, according to Prudential Financial. A review of the […]