PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Healthcare spending has grown from $75 billion in 1970, as measured by Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of National Health Expenditure Data , to as much as $3.5 Spending has been growing at double-digit percentages through the past few years, far outpacing economic growth. All told, $3.5 trillion is a pretty big pie to divvy up.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

While many patients are avoiding office visits over fears they could catch COVID-19, doctors say the primary reason jobless Americans are staying away from healthcare providers is because they can’t afford to seek medical care, The New York Times reported. Hartman is among the growing number of U.S. This is a real worry.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Ron Holt, founder of Two Maids and a Mop , a house cleaning franchise service operating nationwide, said the short-term headwinds of economic and healthcare crises are considerable, but the long-term picture is bright.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

A recent report from the Financial Times offers one of the better descriptions of the project, meant to ease certain pressures on the South African healthcare system and provide more options for consumers to get the medication they need without having to take too much time off work or waste time traveling to, and waiting inside, doctors’ offices.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

We are experiencing right now an unprecedented healthcare crisis , which has also triggered an economic crisis,” Silverman said. All in: For the first quarter of 2020, consolidated GMS for Etsy, Inc. was approximately $1.4 billion, up about 32 percent year over year from 2019. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

But, of course, how we get there could involve a number of pathways. He pointed to CommonPass, the healthcare-focused app developed by The Commons Project, The World Economic Forum and a broad coalition of public and private companies that lets users share lab results and vaccine information (with the individual’s consent and control).

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For Shivam Kumar , finance director for Southeast Asia & Taiwan at pure-play consumer healthcare company Haleon , the future approach to finance leadership boils down to focusing on the fundamentals: consistent, competitive, sustainable and profitable growth for revenue, profit, and cash with equal emphasis on growth of the Finance team.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In a year filled with unexpected challenges and a COVID-era economic climate that proved fatal for many companies, PYMNTS was lucky to hear directly from the front lines how scores of company leaders and industry experts were coping with the crisis and turning conflict into opportunity. Purchases, events and trips are being canceled. “We

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The proposed Raise Up New York legislation—which would index annual statewide increases to inflation and labor productivity—would help protect workers’ economic security as prices rise, and prevent inequality from widening as the economy grows. an hour and $62,400 at $15 an hour), but still short of real economic security. More than 2.9

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

With interest rates already taking a toll on housing, consumer spending and business decisions on hiring and investment remain critical to the economic outlook. Overall, the AIER Leading Indicators Index remained well below neutral in the latest month, signaling economic weakness and sharply elevated risks for the outlook.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

The blockchain is making inroads into healthcare. Earlier this week, five healthcare firms operating across the U.S. insurance landscape said they’re launching a pilot program that will help boost the management of healthcare provider data. Optum and UnitedHealthcare are part of UnitedHealth Group).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

healthcare facilities found that close contact with persons with known COVID-19 or going to locations that offer on-site eating and drinking options were associated with COVID-19 positivity. 5 that, “The number of consumers who report missing the physical store shopping experience have dropped by 20 percent since April.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

The stimulus bill designed to combat the economic ravages of COVID-19 is massive. Getting that aid into the hands of affected families — wracked by swelling unemployment numbers, and of course, an ongoing healthcare crisis — will be slow going. If ever there was a time to kill the check, that time would be now.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The headline numbers exhibited a 7.6 Bringing eCommerce – And The Shopping Cart Model – To Healthcare. eCommerce could help solve the healthcare payments puzzle. Whether or not a recession is around the corner — the economic white water currently swirling is not going to be an immediately solvable problem.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Still, labor force participation and average hourly earnings both increased, with the professional and business services, healthcare, transportation and warehousing industries seeing the greatest job gains for the month. economics at Renaissance Macro Research, in a statement provided to Yahoo Finance last week. percent to 3.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

After 15 consecutive weeks of falling, the number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased last week as new cases of COVID-19 surged. Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com, said the latest unemployment claims numbers, while disappointing, are not surprising.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

It was that shortage of ventilators, hospital beds and other necessary equipment, Karen Webster noted in a conversation with ResMed ’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Carlos Nunez, that ultimately drove the economic shutdown we are all now living through.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. The dip in consumer spending reflected decreases in services led by healthcare and clothing and footwear. million for the second consecutive week, as the number of Americans filing for unemployment rose as new cases of COVID-19 continued to surge. percent in the first quarter.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 12, 2022

From there, we have several articles on Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) trends: M&A activity so far in 2022 is set to exceed 2021’s record pace despite economic headwinds, meaning there could simply be a ‘new normal’ of higher activity regardless of the economic environment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Of that number, more than $30 billion in approved PPP loans has been returned or canceled by businesses, a senior administration official told CNBC. Breaking down the loans, the number of companies that received a loan of $50,000 or under was 3.2 million, 67 percent of the total number of contracts. percent; construction, 12.3

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

payments volume in May declined slower than the previous two months, which could be indicative of a slight economic recovery as consumers spend more. Coronavirus’ Economic Impact Could Last 10 Years, Cost $8 Trillion. The Machine Learning Fix For Healthcare Disbursement Delays. Visa‘s total U.S. trillion to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Consumers are both seeing their earnings increase — for the first time in years for many — and are feeling confident that their employment status is stable, Rupkey noted, telling Reuters, “The consumer is always in the driver’s seat when it comes to stoking the fires that run the engines of economic growth.”. economic activity, jumped 0.6

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The 1% levy on buybacks , which takes effect in January, could cost companies billions of dollars, but a number of executives say they expect to continue repurchasing company stock. Given the excise tax that takes place in ’23, it makes more economic sense to do more in ’22,” Mr. Mastercard declined to comment.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

His thought was simple, if only they could problem solve and fix the water crisis, then they would ultimately eliminate existing healthcare problems because of the lack of water. Not only when it comes to clean water production, but John and his team help individuals implement economic principles in their everyday lives.

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Future CFO

MARCH 19, 2024

Biotechnology firm, Cytiva, formerly known as GE Healthcare, developing many products for scientists, clinicians and big pharma, including end-to-end solutions from equipment to software to reagents, as well as automated data collection, and digital traceability. Tan has a different view.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, cited four aspects of security that people could count themselves as lucky to have right now: access to paid leave, access to healthcare, the ability to work from home or via the computer, and decent wages.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Retail spend captures about 31 percent of a household’s paycheck for things like food, clothing, electronics, healthcare products and furniture. We then built a data model and used statistical techniques to refine the model and project 2018 numbers using conservative assumptions. We estimated Amazon has, today, captured 6.4 Amazon’s 2.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

For the second consecutive week, the number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased last week as new cases of COVID-19 continued to surge. Department of Labor (DOL) reported Thursday (July 30) that the number of seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims was 1,434,000, up 12,000 from the previous week’s revised level.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Finance teams found their way in 2024 to keep up with the ever-changing market landscape brought about by a number of factors. With the pandemic shifting the economic landscape of many countries, the appetite for more cost-effective and efficient measures intensifies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Businesses are not only working with budgetary blind spots but are also struggling to pay their bills during the economic slowdown. The virus’s spread has triggered a healthcare crisis and led to record unemployment levels, with pay cuts shaking individuals’ financial stability and making them wary of spending.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

The estimate is based on a 10 percent fraud and abuse rate applied to the $260 billion expansion in jobless benefits under the federal, multitrillion-dollar economic rescue package, also known as the CARES Act, the Labor Department IG noted.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In terms of possible economic factors for the changes, Hurricane Florence reached North Carolina in September. As has been widely reported, and as recounted by the site, consumer spending accounts for roughly two thirds of economic activity in the United States. Sales at gas stations dropped by 0.8 percent than one year before.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Back in late March when the pandemic first started to lock down retailing, PYMNTS published the first in a series of tracking reports showing clear evidence that the overwhelming factor in economic recovery would be one thing: COVID-19 and the ability to mitigate its effects. economist at Oxford Economics, wrote in an analysis on Thursday.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

The hiring slowdown was indicative of employers’ difficulty in finding enough workers, as well as worldwide economic trepidation and lingering effects of the 2018 tax cuts. Warehousing, transportation and manufacturing all saw their numbers shrink. Construction also had a good month, adding 20,000 workers.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Southeast Asia’s strong consumer base, growing middle class, and strategic importance in sectors like real estate, healthcare, and renewable energy remain attractive to investors," says Hwee Ling Tay , accounting & reporting assurance leader at Deloitte Southeast Asia. "As For the first 10.5 billion raised across 163 IPOs in 2023.

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Castle Corporate Finance

MARCH 4, 2021

So far, I’ve predominantly been working on two deals, the first being the major re-financing for a client to source a more flexible debt package that not only provides the business with a source of finance for its future working capital needs but also some additional cash headroom as they seek to undertake a number of strategic acquisitions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

30) that private-sector companies added 749,000 new jobs in September, led by increased hiring in the trade, transportation, manufacturing and healthcare sectors. There are a number of risks and we are going into the fall without much insulation,” Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, told MarketWatch. “I

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