Amid the COVID-19 crisis, cable giant Charter Communications announced that it will not lay off or furlough any employees for at least the next 60 days. “We are making this commitment to reassure our employees during this unprecedented time that we are …
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Lenders to Envision Healthcare Corp. are protesting a debt swap designed to put the private-equity-backed company on firmer financial footing, according to people familiar with the matter, as the coronavirus upends the business of medicine. A group of …
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Walmart had more than 1 million applicants for 150,000 new jobs to keep up with demand during COVID-19. Now, the retailer is hiring for 50,000 more jobs. Walmart is looking to hire an additional 50,000 employees to keep up with high consumer demand …
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HOUSTON — Workers at Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Gallup, N.M., are turning off the valves. Oil companies in West Texas are paying early termination fees to contract employees rather than drill new wells. And in Montana, producers are shutting down …
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The nudge came in an email in early March from an Italian friend alarmed by how fast the deadly coronavirus was spreading in his country. A shortage of ventilators, he told Scott Cohen and Marcel Botha, was a critical problem in Italy, and he warned that it …
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