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U.S. restaurants hoping to stay afloat during the pandemic have seen a “massive slow down” in dining as the Omicron variant and chilly temperatures cause another wave of disruption for the hospitality industry. “We are being forced into situations where we don’t have enough staff to open the restaurants, we’re seeing a slowdown,” Gabe Stulman, founder and CEO of Happy Cooking Hospitality, a restaurant group in New York, told Yahoo Finance Live on Friday. Citing a litany of reasons Source link

The news of a new COVID variant Omicron comes at a time where the U.S. is heading into the winter, adding a dose of uncertainty at a time when cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising as people increasingly gather indoors. “The winter months already were a time that we were expecting to have some surge, just by the nature of people going indoors, the cold dry air, which makes it more easily transmissible with viruses,” Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, an emergency physician at UM Capital… Source link

COVID-19 cases are rising in a number of U.S. states ahead of the holiday season, and it’s prompting warnings of a coming winter wave, as health care officials point to rising cases in Europe as a sign of what’s to come in the United States. “Sadly, I do think that we’re at the beginning of a wave,” said Dr. Taison Bell, assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of Infectious Diseases and International Health and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Virginia,… Source link

Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a huge following online with a prolific posts and initiatives touching on communications, sports, and digital advertising. But these days he’s all in on crypto – specifically the world of non-fungible tokens (NFT). His project, called VeeFriends, is built around collecting these digital assets and then cultivating an “extraordinary community” around them. It’s where he is putting his energy even as he predicts that “an NFT… Source link

Severe supply chain disruptions forebode a “brutal winter” for markets, which could suffer from heightened uncertainty if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling well ahead of a December deadline, Citigroup (C) CEO Jane Fraser told Yahoo Finance at its All Markets Summit on Monday.  She expressed optimism that the supply-demand imbalance could pass next year, but acknowledged that disruptions “could become more sustainable.”  “We’re probably in for a bit of a brutal winter, particularly in… Source link

BofA warns oil could hit $100 this winter and spur crisis — protect yourself this way The worldwide energy crunch could push oil prices above $100 a barrel for the first time in years and trigger a global economic crisis, Bank of America warned on Friday. “[O]il prices could spike and lead to a second round of inflationary pressures around the world,” analysts including Francisco Blanch wrote in a note. “Put differently, we may just be one storm away from the next macro hurricane.” Of… Source link

With coronavirus cases in the U.S. topping 15 million and experts warning of another surge after Christmas, more Americans have likely retreated back into their homes. And that inevitably means you, and millions of other people, will pile back into Zoom (ZM) chats to, at least virtually, see someone, anyone, who doesn’t share the same four walls as you. The service, which Yahoo Finance named its Company of the Year 2020, exploded in popularity this year thanks to its free 40-minute chat… Source link

Google is rolling out five new Android features in the weeks ahead that enhance Maps navigation, Gboard emoji mashups, Voice Access, Google Play audiobooks, and Nearby Share file sharing. Google is also making Android Auto available in 36 more countries. To start with, Google is giving Maps a new Go tab that lets you quickly navigate to favorite places without entering the address. Pin driving destinations to school or work, for example, and the Go tab will show directions, live traffic… Source link