BEIJING (AP) — Companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity while Japan on Tuesday announced restrictions on visitors from the country as infections surge. The ruling Communist Party’s abrupt decision to lift some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls comes as it … Read more
Dec. 26, 2022Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 11:19 a.m. A passenger checks her phone as an Air China passenger jet taxi past at the Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. China will drop a COVID-19 quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from abroad starting Jan. 8. The National Health Commission announced the change Monday, … Read more
Local residents Daniel Gifford and Gilberto Vergara are opening their new Seattle-style Teriyaki shop at the University Heights shopping center in San Antonio. San Antonio, TX (RestaurantNews.com) The people of San Antonio have spoken, and they want one thing: teriyaki. And who’s got the bowls big enough to step up to the plate and deliver? … Read more
Andrew Manning has spent some time working on Rainey Street in the last few months. Recently, the owner and chief artist at Manning Signs, took on a weeks-long project hand-painting striping murals across nine floors in a parking garage adjacent to a high-rise. Nine floors, 20 lines, each one 40 feet in length, every one … Read more
David Mongeau was not looking for a job when the University of Texas at San Antonio started recruiting a founding director for its School of Data Science, which welcomes hundreds of students into a new $98.1 million downtown facility in January. But for a full year, the Roadrunners’ recruiter kept calling. Mongeau agreed to talk … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Two men were arrested after they tried to steal from a business on the South Side, according to San Antonio police. Police said that on Sunday morning, a person called 911 and said two men were seen on a surveillance camera attempting to steal a safe from the business in the 3100 … Read more
When my sister and I launched an online beauty products business in San Antonio in 2019, we knew we would be forced to hand over a slice of every sale to a third party. That’s because Wall Street banks and global credit card networks charge merchants a percentage of the transaction to process payments. And … Read more