Image copyright Getty Images The boss of Next has warned that the retailer faces a “very significant drop in sales” as a result of the effect of coronavirus on the business. Lord Wolfson said online sales were “likely to fare better” than the shops, but would also suffer “significant losses”. “People do not buy a […]
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The Olympic flame from Greece is set to arrive in Japan even as the opening of the Tokyo Games is in doubt By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer March 19, 2020, 7:01 AM 4 min read TOKYO — The Olympic flame from Greece is set to arrive in Japan even as the opening of the
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This was supposed to be the presidential primary race in which the progressive wing of the Democratic Party put it all together. The left was coming for power, not only moral victories. One popular podcast promised that the party’s moderates would soon “bend the knee,” as working Americans flocked to a left-wing presidential agenda. But
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WASHINGTON — Over a frenetic two weeks, as the coronavirus has upended American capitalism and changed every aspect of life, the Federal Reserve has taken drastic steps to keep money flowing throughout the financial system. It has cut interest rates to near-zero, introduced a huge bond-buying program, revamped a crisis-era emergency lending program to calm
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BEIJING — Last month, Wuhan was overwhelmed with thousands of new cases of coronavirus each day. But in a dramatic development that underscores just how much the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe and the United States, Chinese authorities said Thursday that the city and it’s surrounding province had no new cases to report. The news
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Prince William certainly isn’t joking about spreading coronavirus now. The Duke of Cambridge issued a message Wednesday about COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in a video on behalf of the U.K.’s National Emergencies Trust. The NET was established in 2019 following the Manchester bombing and Grenfell fire tragedies and works to help
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“Leadership is about enabling others to be their best” When Vasant Narasimhan was told he was being considered for the top job at Swiss drugs giant Novartis, he thought there had been a mistake. “It didn’t seem plausible, at the time I was only 40,” he says.
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Baylor star Lauren Cox has been trying to process that her college basketball career is over ever since she heard the NCAA Tournament was being canceled By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer March 19, 2020, 6:16 AM 3 min read NEW YORK — Lauren Cox is still trying to process that her college basketball career
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For more than two years, Andrew Yang traveled the country as a presidential candidate trying to convince voters that a crisis was coming. The economy was going to evolve, he warned, jobs would be automated away in droves and many Americans were going to find themselves at home without a paycheck. “And now,” Mr. Yang
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BANGKOK — Shares in Asia failed to hold onto opening gains on Thursday, skidding further after the latest selloff on Wall Street. Stocks fell in Tokyo, and all other Asian markets on Thursday. Share prices have been sinking as investors shift to cash as fears of a prolonged coronavirus-induced recession take hold. Japan’s Nikkei 225
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