Starbucks wants landlords to give it a break on rent for at least a year as coronavirus social distancing measures batter sales at the Seattle-based global coffee chain. “Effective June 1 and for at least a period of 12 consecutive months, Starbucks will require …
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Continue Reading Below. The tunnels for Elon Musk’s underground transportation system in Las Vegas were finished Thursday. Musk’s Boring Company — which is …
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The chairman of the House Transportation Committee called on airlines Thursday to dramatically cut back the number of seats they offer on aircraft to promote social distancing. Rep. Peter DeFazio said he was acting after seeing a tweeted photo from a …
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An Amazon warehouse worker in Indianapolis, Indiana, has died of COVID-19, the company confirmed. The death brings the known total of COVID-19 deaths at Amazon warehouses to seven, but Amazon’s process for notifying workers makes the true number …
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(Adds comments, details, background, recasts first paragraph). By Ann Saphir. May 14 (Reuters) – Even with tens of millions of jobs lost and a historic decline in output projected this quarter, the U.S. economy could still pull off a relatively quick recovery, Dallas …
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