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Study: US Housing Market Slows Down As Homeowners Stay Put Longer

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Housing inventory has fallen to its lowest level in 37 years, with homeowners staying the longest in Salt Lake City, Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Dallas, more than eight years longer than they did in 2010. “In

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Apprehension Lingers Around COVID Vaccine

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In Houston, according to NPR reports , some medical staff are expressing wariness about actually showing up for their shots. And that sense of reticence, notably, extends beyond healthcare workers in Houston. And that rather large subset of holdouts on getting vaccines is showing up in data other than PYMNTS' studies.

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How Pharmacies Are Driving Retail Innovation

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A study from The American Journal of Medicine indicates that market pressures in the industry are pulling doctors away from primary care and into sub-specialties. And that figure, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study , can vary depending on the age of the person. Delivery Programs. Delivery is another area of change.

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Singapore’s TiffinLabs To Launch 1,000 Smart Kitchens For Food Delivery

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kitchens are slated to open in San Francisco , Chicago , Los Angeles , Houston and Austin, according to the release, and will offer a selection of food from TiffinLabs’ digital-first restaurant brands. Now, Tiffin Labs wants to expand to the U.S. and Europe. The first U.S.

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Will Medical Services Be Pharmacies’ Secret Weapon?

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A study from The American Journal of Medicine indicates that market pressures in the industry are pulling doctors away from primary care and into sub-specialties. And that figure, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study , can vary depending on the age of the person. The AAMC noted that primary care will be hit the hardest.

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Retail Rents Falling From Manhattan To Los Angeles

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The worst results came from Lower Manhattan’s Broadway/Houston Street/Broome Street area, where average asking price per square foot tumbled 25 percent year on year. Study author Jerry Nickelsburg wrote that while retail “struggled” even during the pre-COVID economic expansion “the current recession tripled down on that struggle.”.

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State Governments Deliver Mixed Messages On Reopening Retail

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It eased all restrictions on May 1 but has been criticized for ignoring significant increases in the infection rate around one of its biggest cities, Houston. A new research study from the MIT Sloan School of Management aims to give governors more guidance as they consider (and reconsider) reopening plans. By Monday it jumped to 9,978.

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