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Placekey: The new standard identifier for physical places is adopted by world’s largest organizations, goes no-code Published December 17, 2020 Done DENVER, CO. – December 17, 2020: ​Placekey, the new universal standard identifier for physical places launched in October with the backing of over 500 organizations, today announced the arrival of its no-code solutions for Google Sheets and Excel, as part of a larger strategy to make its identifier available to the wider world. The move brings Placekey’s free, universally-accepted industry standard to more o...

AP National Writer Month after dismal month, Americans have been inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Tens of million unemployed. By mid-December, five in every 100 Americans Ñ more than 16 million Ñ had been infected by COVID-19. Those numbers testify to a historic tragedy. But they don’t fully capture the multitude of ways, large and small, that the virus has upended and reconfigured everyday life in the U.S. For that, there are a host of other numbers. Some may be less familiar than others, yet...

Provided by Dow Jones By Harriet Torry Retail sales declined by 1.1% in November, the first drop in seven months as consumers pulled back during the holiday season. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had forecast that retail sales decreased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in November from a month earlier. The U.S. economy continues to recover, but at a slower pace. Hiring growth slowed in November while worker filings for unemployment benefits recently increased. Overall consumer spending, which includes retail and services consumption, has continue...

U.S. Retail Sales Fell 1.1% in November -- 3rd Update 12/16/2020 | 12:34pm EDT Send by mail : Message : By Harriet Torry The holiday shopping season got off to a muted start as U.S. consumers reined in November spending amid a surge in virus infections and new business restrictions in some states. U.S. retail sales, a measure of purchases at stores, restaurants and online, dropped a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in November from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. October sales were revised to a decline of 0.1% from an earlier estimate of a 0.3% increase. Sales wer...

A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying by Adam Geller, The Associated Press Posted Dec 16, 2020 12:31 am EDT Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 12:43 am EDT Month after dismal month, Americans have been inundated by an ever-rising tide of devastating numbers. Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Tens of million unemployed. By mid-December, five in every 100 Americans — more than 16 million — had been infected by COVID-19. Those numbers testify to a historic tragedy. But they don’t fully capture the multitude of ways, large and small, that the virus has upended and reconfigur...