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With the new COVID-19 variant out travel stock tumble as outlined by Statista: While the world was holding its breath, waiting for new information on the latest, possibly more dangerous strain of COVID-19 that was discovered last week, markets reacted nervously on Friday. Stock prices sank and safe haven assets… Read More »More Troubles in the skies

This year trouble has been brewing in the skies, as outlined in USAFacts Article: And while skies are a little more crowded, the friendly skies are less friendly since the pandemic started, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration. As of mid-November, there was 5,240 unruly passenger reports and 3,798… Read More »Federal Aviation Administration

The US tech companies just dominate market cap compared to the largest European companies. As outlined by this article by Statista: As the following chart shows, the power and financial clout wielded by the five companies often summed up as Big Tech is unmatched in Europe. While Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet… Read More »Market Cap of US vs Euro Companies

As we touched on yesterday travel is up, not quite 2019 levels however up as reported by Axios: Air travel is closing in on pre-pandemic levels, Axios’ Hope King reports. What to watch: The total number of people traveling for Thanksgiving this year — by car, bus, train or plane… Read More »TSA Thanksgiving Throughput

Air travel is creeping back up to 2019 levels. As outlined by Statista: In the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of Americans who plan to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays is expected to only be around 5 percent lower than in 2019. In 2020, the number had still… Read More »2nd Pandemic Thanksgiving Travel

As outlined by USAFacts Core Inflation is up. The definition of Core inflation is: The overall CPI, also known as “headline” CPI, is measured by the percent change in these categories from one period to another. Since food and energy categories are typically much more volatile than the other parts… Read More »Core Inflation Is UP

The aggregate transition from store to online is not unheard of but interesting to see the break down. In some ways this is not different than the deliveries made by store owners, just on a more global scale. As outlined in this article in Statista: With Black Friday offers now… Read More »Where Do Shoppers Go?

Necessity is the mother of all innovation, in many cases this is not a good thing, however creating a good environment for Entrepreneurs is vital for a prosperous world regardless of sex. As outlined by Statista: According to a study carried out in 43 countries and territories by the Global Entrepreneurship… Read More »Female Entrepreneurs

Everything is up this year and Thanksgiving will be no exception. As outlined by Axios: Thanksgiving inflation, according to new estimates by the American Farm Bureau, is even greater than the overall increase in the cost of food, Axios’ Sam Baker, Sarah Grillo and Will Chase write. Why it matters: Inflation,… Read More »Thanksgiving Will Costs 15% More This Year