Tag: Day
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Job growth gives inflation-saddled Democrats a lifeline heading into Election Day
The final jobs report before Tuesday’s midterm elections gave President Biden a thin lifeline for a closing campaign argument, but it was likely too little, too late to ease voters’ year-long concerns about historically high inflation and eroding wages. Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday, a performance better than Wall…
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Rising airfares, new cancellations loom ahead of Labor Day travel
Travelers may have to endure another ugly holiday experience at the airport over the fast-approaching Labor Day weekend, according to recent reports. Airfares for the long Sept. 2-5 weekend are up and demand is down from years past as a new round of flight interruptions looms, booking service Kayak said Monday. The average price for…
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Yankees resume annual Old-Timers’ Day after pandemic pause
NEW YORK (AP) — Nostalgia again took over in the Bronx as Old-Timers’ Day returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2019. This time it looked a little different. The New York Yankees called off the annual playful reunion game because too many of the retired players in attendance are recovering…
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‘Day by day’: Trade bans, inflation send food prices soaring
Soki Wu’s food stall, tucked in a food court in a shopping mall in Singapore, is a crowd favorite for its fresh, juicy “chicken rice,” a national dish. But customers recently began complaining that his chicken didn’t taste quite as good as it used to. Wu was forced to switch to frozen chicken after Malaysia…