Articles filed under Bloomberg
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Walgreens ends buybacks, cuts jobs as profit misses; shares fallJul 13, 2020 8:26 am - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. plans to cut about 4,000 jobs in the U.K. following a sharp drop in its business there and suspend stock buybacks, as the coronavirus pande...
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Where the Class of 2020 is finding job opportunitiesJul 06, 2020 8:43 am - Some 2020 graduates are finding jobs, even in this economy. Luck plays a role, sure, but so does a willingness to compromise. Halle Steinberg said she wasn't surprised w...
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Jack Ma's new chieftain lays out plan to fend off TencentJul 06, 2020 8:43 am - Billionaire Jack Ma's newest chieftain is accelerating Alipay's evolution into an online mall for everything from loans and travel services to food delivery, in a bid to...
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Ex-cons confront labor market that's likely to leave them behindJun 29, 2020 10:46 am - Eric Hughie felt lucky to land a job making eyeglasses in January. Then his job vanished, along with 40 million others, as the coronavirus tore through America. But Hugh...
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Eerie calm settles on housing market, defying doomsayers for nowJun 29, 2020 10:46 am - The U.S. housing market, which seemed headed off a cliff in April, now looks like it's returning to some semblance of normal. The quiet may not last long. The initial ch...
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As they reach retirement age, wind farms become prime investmentsJun 30, 2020 2:22 pm - One of the world's iconic energy technology sites is soon to become an energy technology artifact. The Mesa Wind project, built on federal land not far from Palm Springs...
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Pandemic internet aid is ending, but digital divide remainsJun 29, 2020 10:46 am - In March, Rakia Akter was confronted with a serious parenting problem. As the coronavirus pandemic grew worse, schools in Buffalo, New York, where she lives, were shutti...
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Empty hotels create $17 billion budget hole for local projectsJun 22, 2020 2:09 pm - Empty hotel rooms are leaving gaping holes in state and local budgets. A sharp decline in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic will cost governments roughly $17 billion i...
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America's reopening strains businesses hunting for safety gearJun 23, 2020 8:07 am - First came the dash to equip U.S. hospitals with protective gear when the coronavirus swept across the country. Now companies are scrambling to get a limited supply of m...
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Analysis: As work has moved home, so has harassmentJun 23, 2020 8:07 am - Working from home should have liberated employees from toxic workplace behavior such as bullying and harassment. Amid the lockdowns, gone are undesired office encounters...