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San Francisco's downtown is still struggling to recover from the pandemic as the impending closure of retail behemoth Nordstrom looms. What's happening: Downtown activity is just 32% of what it was before the pandemic. • That's according to anonymized mobile device connectivity data analyzed by researchers at the University of Toronto's School of Cities. Why it matters: Downtown San Francisco

Despite stubbornly high inflation, consumer spending in Mexico increased by 6.5% annually in 2022, according to data published by the national statistics agency INEGI on Monday. The data is based on INEGI’s monthly indicator of private consumption (IMCPMI), which measures household spending on domestic and imported consumer goods and services. This is one of the most important components of

FLORIDA — Nine Florida restaurants — including three in the Tampa Bay region — have been included in a new list of 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots for 2023 . The list, compiled by online reservation website OpenTable just ahead of Mother's Day, is based on the analysis of more than 13 million diner reviews. Mother’s Day was the second-biggest dining day of 2022, and the majority of reservations

If you’re wanting to add a four-legged ball of love and affection to your life, start with these Danbury area animal shelters for a pet to take home. Over 6 million pets and other companion animals are surrendered or taken in each year by adoption facilities nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. However, only around half of all shelter animals