Day: January 4, 2022

Source: Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits Discovered on: 2022-01-04 23:09:00 Prices are going up for some of the cheapest and most popular at-home Covid-19 test kits in the U.S. Walmart Inc. WMT -1.83% and Kroger Co. KR 2.17% are raising their prices for BinaxNOW at-home rapid tests, after the expiration of a deal with the White House to sell the test kits at cost for $14. The two U.S. retail giants and Amazon.com Inc. agreed with the Biden administration last summer to discount the tests, which are made by Abbott Laboratories ABT -2.35% and generally cost $24 or more for a box with two t...

Source: Canada Reaches $15 Billion Settlement With Indigenous Peoples Discovered on: 2022-01-04 21:48:00 OTTAWA—Canada said Tuesday it had reached a tentative agreement with indigenous advocates and communities to pay roughly $15 billion in compensation to indigenous children placed in a child-welfare system that a quasi-judicial body ruled violated human rights.The development caps a nearly 16-year legal battle between advocates for indigenous children and the Canadian government. It represents one of the largest financial awards a developed nation has said it would pay members of its indigenous community. The settlement marks another step by the country’s Liberal government to accelerate efforts on indigenous reconciliation after the discovery last year of more than 1,000 unmarked grav...