Business

After the state of emergency was announced in Monroe County, Governor Kathy Hochul is sending members of the National Guard to Monroe County to help alleviate nursing home staffing shortages. Yesterday, Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin made the announcement for Monroe County in Rochester. Benjamin stated: “We are also looking at more folks of the National […]

Now that those who are 18 and over can receive the booster shot, Pfizer is requesting ages 16 to 17 to be able to receive the same option. Yesterday, Pfizer CEO and Chairman Albert Bourla tweeted out their announcement of a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the emergency use authorization […]

Since the rise of COVID cases and hospitalizations, Monroe County has declared a State of Emergency and “common-sense” approaches. According to Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, there are 511 new COVID cases, 443 hospitalizations (up 14 from Monday), 108 of those patients are in the ICU (up by four from the previous day), and that […]

Some Old Spice and Secret brand aerosol sprays were voluntarily recalled after the manufacturer, Procter & Gamble, found the presence of a cancer-causing chemical, benzene, in some of its products. Daily exposure to benzene in the recalled sprays at the levels detected are not expected to cause adverse health consequences based on cancer risk assessments […]

Three former employees of Google have teamed up in a lawsuit against the company, claiming that Google’s motto “Don’t be evil” amounts to a contractual obligation that they have violated. According to the suit, the three former software engineers at Google, Rebecca Rivers, Sophie Waldman, and Paul Duke, signed conduct rules that included a “Don’t […]

Now that the new COVID-19 variant omicron has made an appearance in Canada, New York Governor Kathy Hochul gave a briefing yesterday to address upcoming concerns. Since there is a concern of a holiday surge, Hochul and the New York Department of Health instructed hospitals to limit non-essential surgeries to ensure capacity. This cease will […]

Jocelyn R. of Monroe County is among others the first-round winners for the state’s ‘Vaccinate, Educate, Graduate’ vaccine incentive program. This new incentive program allows for parents and guardians of ages 5-11 to take their child to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by December 19 in order to be entered into a drawing for […]

Some numbers are coming in from over the Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend. According to MasterCard, online sales from Black Friday were up 10% this year.  And now that many stores have reopened, in-store sales took a huge jump as well. MasterCard says in-store sales went up by 43%. Analysts for the company say the increase […]

One store that will not be open on Thanksgiving this year is Target. The company said it will close all of its stores for Thanksgiving 2021 and each year thereafter. Last year Target closed on Thanksgiving due to the pandemic and said it would close all of its stores this year also. Target’s CEO Brian […]

It has been 35 years since the Dollar Tree chain committed to selling almost everything for $1, but now that is all set to change. The discount store will be surpassing the dollar and will now be $1.25. Since each year the value of a dollar is affected by inflation, which makes the maintaining of […]