• Yesterday (Thursday) Marvel’s Black Widow has taken $13.2 million in preview sales which is the highest of any film released during the Covid pandemic
• Analysts have expected the film to garner a total of $80 million to $110 million in total box office receipts just over this weekend
• With these advanced ticket sales, even though fans have the option of watching the film on Disney+ for $30, analysis think fans will see it in theaters instead

Employers improve child care benefits to attract new workers 

• Many companies have begun tweaking their child care benefits to offer tutoring and stipends for babysitting in order to win over workers
• The benefits also come with reduced hours or days where the employee works from their home

Daimler Truck, Traton group, Volvo to invest $593M in long-haul electric truck chargers across Europe

• Three of the largest Transport giants have planned to invest $593 million (US) into a European charging network for long-haul trucks
• The companies and their joint venture would be based in the Dutch city of Amsterdam and will work together to meet the increased demand to charging infrastructure

CDC updates guidelines: Fully vaccinated students & teachers have no mask mandate indoors

• Today (Friday), The CDC has updates their guidelines concerning public health for schools were fully vaccinated students and teachers will no longer need to wear masks indoors
• Those teachers and students who have not been inoculated are still urged to wear their masks indoors 
• Students under the age of 12 will likely not be affected at all as they cannot receive the vaccine yet in the US

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