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The owner of an ice cream shop in Mashpee told The Wall Street Journal that he’s struggling to hire employees.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images Customers in a 45-minute line for a Massachusetts ice cream parlor, the owner told the WSJ. He told WSJ he expected the shop to be busy, but didn’t think there’d be no job applicants. The owner added that it was a “scary” position to be in ahead of peak summer season in June. The owner of an ice cream shop in Massachusetts said that… Source link

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Summer is right around the corner and experts are predicting a surge in travel. Google Trends Expert Justin Burr joined Action News 5′s Amanda Hanson at the digital desk to talk about the top travel destinations and new tools for tracking vacation prices. Watch the full interview in the video player above. Copyright 2022 WMC. All rights reserved. Click here to sign up for our newsletter! Click here to report a spelling or grammar error. Please include the headline. Source link

Here comes even more expensive ticket prices for spring breakers and summer travelers. “Ticket prices are strong now. Probably not really related to oil — demand is so strong, we have full planes. I think our fares are as good as they have been for us. We are talking about prices 4% or 5% higher than they were in 2019,” said Alaska Airlines CFO Shane Tackett on Yahoo Finance Live. Domestic airlines are seen increasing fares by 7% on average each month until June, according to the latest Source link

The Olympics have a men’s hockey problem. It isn’t very good. That is said with all due respect to the former NHLers, career Euro leaguers and college kids who play as hard and as well as they possibly can to represent their countries. This isn’t even their fault. Part of the low quality of play stems from the fact these guys were thrown together on makeshift teams, given about three practices and told to hit the global stage. The IOC, true to its well-established arrogance, has always taken the… Source link

The Federal Reserve met last Wednesday, Jan. 26, holding interest rates near zero but reiterating its intentions to raise them later this year in an effort to quell record inflation. One factor contributing to the surging inflation levels continues to be global supply chain issues — a problem that the Fed does not have a significant amount of influence over and one that may extend well into 2022. According to Cetera Investment Management CIO Gene Goldman, however, the easing of supply-chain… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Homebuilder confidence hits a 13-month low in July The housing market has been in a frenzied state for over a year now, but the cracks in this market have been evident for some time.  And on Wednesday, we got another sign that the COVID-related boom in this market is starting to wane.  Homebuilder confidence as measured… Source link

A likely summer of concerning COVID-19 Delta variant headlines sets the stage for an ugly stock market in the near-term, said Keith Lerner, Truist Advisory Services’ chief markets strategist.  “Our view is we’re seeing another corrective period within a bull market trend,” Lerner said in a note to clients after Monday’s brutal start to trading. “While the Delta variant complicates the near-term picture, and is likely to lead to a continuation of sloppy trading through the seasonally-weak… Source link

The bitcoin price was once again yo-yoing on Wednesday morning. Photo: Edward Smith/Getty Images The bitcoin (BTC-USD) price shot back above $40,000 (£28,346) following sessions of losses, but is treading water as fund managers say the cryptocurrency is in a bubble despite the price crash.  According to a Bank of America survey, 81% of fund managers say bitcoin is still a bubble. The flagship crypto fell around 37% last month and its price is down 38% from its $64,829 mid-April peak. The… Source link

Google highlighted several new Android features coming soon that have relevance to accessibility. Google Images Google on Tuesday published a blog post in which the company detailed six features coming to Android this summer that focus on safety. They include an earthquake alert system and richer Android Auto customization. The goal with these updates is to ensure users are “protected at every turn,” writes Android product manager Fiona Lee. Of the six features, two are… Source link

With the U.S. labor market likely to bounce back strongly this summer from a surprisingly tepid April showing, the risks of an overheating economy remain on the rise.  “I do think there is a very good chance it [economy] will overheat,” said Jefferies Chief Financial Economist Aneta Markowska on Yahoo Finance Live. “I expect us to reach a roughly 3% unemployment rate by the end of next year.” As Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung explains in the latest edition of Yahoo U, there is no official… Source link