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Business Stories from May 16, 2020 (Change date)

Kroger announces new bonuses after cutting hazard pay

Associated Press
May 16, 2020 4:00 pm - CINCINNATI, Ohio - Just days after announcing it would end hazard "hero" pay to front-line workers, Kroger says it will give them extra "thank you" bonuses, the Cincinn...
The Deal at 30: Study suggests Hoffman would have grown without Sears

By David Bernstein
May 16, 2020 11:30 am - This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses ...
Vectren seeking to pay customers less for excess solar power

The Associated Press
May 16, 2020 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A utility that serves about 145,000 customers in southwestern Indiana is seeking approval to significantly reduce financial credits given to peop...
Houses of worship gain audience by going online during virus

By ANDREW SELSKY
May 16, 2020 7:00 am - On a rainy evening in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis delivered a special blessing, asking God for help against the coronavirus. The square in Vatican City would norma...
Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.

Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post
May 16, 2020 6:22 am - The last time Americans faced an economic crisis, it was called a "Mancession." As millions of people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, 70 percent were men, many i...
Video-chatting tips from Al Roker and other pros

Travis M. Andrews The Washington Post
May 16, 2020 6:20 am - The transition of our personal and professional lives to video chat came swiftly and without much of an instruction manual. Suddenly, Zoom, Skype, Facebook and Google Ha...
The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopen

Craig Timberg The Washington Post
May 16, 2020 6:19 am - Federal and state officials are using smartphone location data to inform what amounts to a high-stakes public health experiment in reopening the economy while a lethal p...
In the pandemic era, the new hiring manager is now a chatbot

Shelly Banjo Bloomberg
May 16, 2020 6:18 am - Tara Lindstrom doesn't know when she'll be able to fully reopen the 56 restaurants she runs across California and Utah. But the minute coronavirus restrictions lift, she...
Buzzing bracelets could become a workplace accessory in the coronavirus era

Cat Zakrzewski The Washington Post
May 16, 2020 6:10 am - Are you standing or sitting too close to your co-worker? Soon a bracelet might vibrate to let you know. Companies are rolling out wearables that will buzz or light up wh...
Facebook is quietly helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle Washington

Tony Romm The Washington Post
May 16, 2020 6:00 am - Facebook is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry, ...

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