CT Post – Experts say the vaccine rollout may be one reason people are not wearing masks as often, washing their hands as diligently or maintaining six feet of distance, regardless if they have been vaccinated themselves.
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Finance Experts, Rookies Watch Cautiously As Reddit Users Snap Up GameStop Stock
UConn Today – When adjunct finance professor Jeffrey Annello ’10 (BUS) met with his students Wednesday night, everyone wanted to talk about GameStop stock, which had soared more than 17-fold in the previous two weeks.
Spurred on by a Reddit message board, small investors snapped up shares of the retailer, spurring an investment frenzy. But what was the logic behind it? GameStop has been floundering, with only one profitable quarter in the last six. Gamers have been skipping brick-and-mortar stores and purchasing entertainment online.Continue Reading
CT Residents Brace for a Lump of Coal in Their Stockings
CT economy will struggle until at least 2030 to recover from COVID, UConn report warns
Young people and people of color have become unemployed at disproportionate rates amid the pandemic
UConn Journalism – Nearly 80 percent of registered voters say the economy is an important issue, according to an August 2020 Pew Research Center study. In the same study, 88% of President Donald Trump’s supporters ranked the economy as “very important,” the most of any of the issues they asked about.