Police in Leicester, Massachusetts are trying to identify a woman who allegedly sprayed Lysol disinfectant at a Walmart cashier after being told of a purchase limit on the item. According to a Facebook post by police, the woman sprayed the disinfectant in the …
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(Adds CEO quote; updates shares). By Trisha Roy and Manas Mishra. April 6 (Reuters) – British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will invest $250 million in Vir Biotechnology Inc and collaborate to develop potential antibody treatments for COVID-19, the disease …
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More than $6 million in unemployment compensation was paid last week by the Alabama Department of Labor to more than 22,000 workers in the state who are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency’s head said Monday.
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The large-scale economic shutdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has affected long-time Birmingham company Royal Cup Coffee and Tea. The company says it has had to reduce its workforce and eliminate some positions. The reductions in travel and …
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Mortgage rates have dipped and are now very close to a new all-time low in a popular weekly survey that goes back nearly half a century. Rates have fallen so far that U.S. homeowners altogether could save a mind-blowing $61 billion a year by refinancing, …
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