Category: slow

Deliveroo Warns of Slower Consumer Spending After Posting 12 Percent Rise in Order Value

Britain’s Deliveroo said on Tuesday that consumer spending could slow for the remainder of the year after the food delivery firm reported higher order values for the first quarter. The warning comes as Europeans face a cost-of-living squeeze due to higher energy bills and soaring inflation, exacerbated by the Russia–Ukraine crisis. The quarterly 12 percent…


Newsom Says Just One Percent of Californians Vaccinated: ‘It’s Gone Too Slowly’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that only about one percent of California’s 40 million residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, an immunization rate that he decried as “not good enough.” Newsom made the remarks at a briefing on Monday, during which he said the number of new COVID-19 infections on Sunday was nearly 30,000,…