Month: September 2021

Economy

Local Businesses Experience ‘Déjà Vu’ as Delta Variant Prompts New Wave of Event Cancellations

September 1, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off on Local Businesses Experience ‘Déjà Vu’ as Delta Variant Prompts New Wave of Event Cancellations

NBCnews.com: Patton’s Caterers, a family-owned catering service based in Slidell, Louisiana, has served up crawfish beignets and oyster patties to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, or “JazzFest,” attendees since 1991. “We have people that […]

Stock Market

Stocks Shake Off Bad News to Rally for Seventh Month Straight

September 1, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off on Stocks Shake Off Bad News to Rally for Seventh Month Straight

NYTIMES.com: With expectations that interest rates will stay down and government spending will stay up, the stock market has learned to live with the pandemic, even as cases increase. Bad news doesn’t seem to bother […]