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India’s economy lighting up on peak festive season demand

Shoppers in India are back in force online and in stores, splurging this festive season after the coronavirus pandemic damped celebrations and consumption in previous years.

The Times of India

Employers can't fill vacancies, but many do surprisingly little to help workers return after a long illness

The UK was supposed to be facing a spike in unemployment after the pandemic furlough schemes ended, but instead the job market is the tightest in a generation. Given that there are also more vacancies than active job seekers and many sectors are struggling with skill shortages, you might expect…

The Conversation

Sophie Ellis-Bextor to headline Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2022 as iconic event returns

The Murder on the Dancefloor singers has been confirmed as a headline act as Edinburgh Hogmanay event is returning to the city centre after the iconic celebrations in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the covid pandemic.

Edinburgh Live

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Commentary: New COVID strains are coming. It’s no time to let down our guard

Winter is coming, and so are new COVID-19 variants. Based on the last two years, expect a botched national response when, not if, the winter surge comes.

Los Angeles Times

Death Cab for Cutie talks hometown shows, new album 'Asphalt Meadows' and Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE — A lot has changed over the course of the pandemic, and with live events suspended for a time, some musicians were forced to take up 9-to-5s. The members of Death Cab for Cutie weren't exactly pushing paper while touring was on ice, but the Seattle indie rock kings…

Tribune News Service

IHG bemoans recruitment crisis among hotel staff

Hospitality businesses throughout the UK have been struggling to fill roles since the end of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Once grounded by pandemic, road warriors return to the skies

ATLANTA — When Eric Goldmann took his first business trip after 15 months of being grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, the avid road warrior sensed he was getting back to his true self.

Tribune News Service

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Flu and cold season looks different because of the pandemic. Here are some tips to protect kids from viruses this winter

PHILADELPHIA -- Pandemic prevention practices such as masking and social distancing have upended expectations for the arrival of “sick season,” the traditional wave of colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses that rise as temperatures fall, doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Retail sales fall in UK after shops close due to Queen funeral

Brits are now buying less than before the pandemic

Wales Online

Aberdeen office market bouncing back from pandemic

Knight Frank says 47,926 sq ft of office space was transacted in Abderdeen in third quarter

Insider UK

Remote learning to cost NSW kids $16.1b

A new report says NSW kids will suffer the cost of remote education for their entire lives due to disengagement, worse mental health and developmental delays.

AAP

Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets.

As the harmful effects of extended pandemic school closures become more apparent, some educators and parents have regrets

The Independent UK

Australia failed to rescue citizens during the global Covid emergency – we can’t let it happen again

Many Australians living overseas wanted or needed to return – yet we made it impossibly difficult for tens of thousands of people

The Guardian - AU

Burnout and isolation: Why employees and managers can’t ignore the social and mental health impact of working from home

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred on a variety of workplace maladies, including “the great resignation,” “quiet quitting,” “overemployment,” labour shortages and conflicts between managers and employees over returning to in-person work.

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Bangkok Post

Omni-channel retail evolution

E-commerce has grown rapidly over the past five years, with expansion accelerating since the pandemic. Though growth has moderated from pandemic highs as restrictions on activity recede, the property services firm CBRE expects future expansion in Asia-Pacific to continue to outpace the rest of the world.

ABC News

Malcolm Turnbull, an architect of stage 3 tax cuts, still backs them, despite higher costs

The prime minister who originally introduced the stage three tax cuts to the parliament says you would probably not legislate them today, given their growing cost and the deteriorating budget position.

The New Daily

Madonna King: Pandemic response leaves lingering distress for nation’s children

The pandemic response might be just as big an ogre as COVID-19 itself. That’s a key take-out of a stellar report into Australia's handling.

The Conversation

Reviving the UK's textile industry could help replace fast fashion with homegrown clothes, but there are barriers

The world has experienced massive disruption to supply chains in recent years as a result of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This has restricted the availability of a wide array of goods, including essential items such as food, medicines and fuels.

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The Independent UK

Covid positive case rates soar above 20 per cent in New York City

A month after Joe Biden declared the pandemic was over, cases are on the rise in New York

The Independent UK

US home sales fell in September for eighth straight month

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in September for the eighth month in a row, matching the pre-pandemic sales pace from 10 years ago, as house hunters grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates, rising home prices and a still tight supply of properties on the market

Salon

Melting glaciers may cause new pandemic

Rushing water flowing out from glaciers could spread viruses and bacteria at a much faster rate across species

Benzinga

If You Invested $1,000 In JetBlue Stock At Its Covid-19 Pandemic Low, Here's How Much You'd Have Now

Investors who bought stocks during the Covid-19 market crash in 2020 have generally experienced some big gains in the past two years. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others since the pandemic bottom.

Axios

College enrollment falls for third straight year

The drop may be cooling after reaching historic levels during the pandemic.

Benzinga

Can Corporate Greed Explain Historic Inflation? Lawmaker Says She Found The Answer

A unique characteristic of America's pandemic economy emerged for nearly every business in the country: Customers were willing to pay extra for the goods and services they wanted to purchase.

Inverse

Climate change could make an unexpected remote region a breeding ground for pandemics

Scientists find climate change increases the risks of interactions between viruses and new hosts in the High Arctic, creating potential conditions for a pandemic.

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