The nation’s food supply chain is showing signs of strain, as increasing numbers of workers are falling ill with the coronavirus in meat processing plants, warehouses and grocery stores. The spread of the virus through the food and grocery industry is expected to cause disruptions in production and distribution of certain products like pork, industry […]
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People are driving less due to stay-at-home orders to stop the coronavirus from spreading, and consumer groups say that should mean lower auto insurance premiums By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer April 13, 2020, 10:20 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article DETROIT — Interstates and city streets
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HOUSTON — The agreement by major oil producers on Sunday to reduce their daily production by 9.7 million barrels was the largest cutback in history and a feat of remarkable coordination by more than 20 nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia with unusual mediation from the United States. But it probably still won’t be
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Banks and industrial companies led a slide in stocks on Wall Street Monday that erased some of the market’s gains after a big rally last week April 13, 2020, 8:46 PM 2 min read Banks and industrial companies led a slide in stocks on Wall Street Monday that erased some of the market’s gains after
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Two McDonald’s workers in Florida are filing a $500 million class action lawsuit against the company, claiming a “systemic sexual harassment problem” at company-owned stores By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer April 13, 2020, 6:23 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Two McDonald’s workers in Florida are
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He said the U.S. economy faced a “China shock” that could eclipse what it experienced in the early 2000s, after China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Mr. Navarro points to the research of David H. Autor, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist whose 2017 paper found a relationship between the surge of Chinese exports
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Colorado has made online sales of recreational marijuana legal during the coronavirus epidemic, fulfilling one of the pot industry’s biggest wishes By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press April 13, 2020, 4:38 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article DENVER — Colorado has made online sales of recreational marijuana legal
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MADRID — As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a highly contagious virus and making sure they can still make a living or even have enough to eat. Workers in some nonessential industries were returning to their
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Stay-at-home orders and social distancing requirements tied to the pandemic have put restaurant dining on hold, forcing many to close and leaving others barely hanging on By JIM SALTER Associated Press April 12, 2020, 2:13 PM 4 min read O’Fallon, Mo. — Charlene Gulliford at the Gandy Dancer never figured there would come a day
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BALTIMORE — It’s been two weeks since President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package that will distribute money to struggling individuals and businesses. It feels like a lot longer than that to James Stearns of Gulfport, Mississippi. His job installing vinyl floors was reduced to just one day a week
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