Alina Selyukh
Stories
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Arts & Life
For Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me... Hand Sanitizer, Because It's 2020
All year, cleaning products have been flying off the shelves — now, they're flying straight into Christmas stockings and wrapping paper.
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National
Amazon Warehouse Workers In Alabama Plan Vote On 1st U.S. Union
A labor board hearing is expected to hash out how and when a vote might take place to potentially form the first U.S. union at one of America's largest employers.
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National
Shoppers Stayed Away From Stores And Restaurants, Sending Sales Last Month Lower
As new coronavirus surges restricted outings to stores and especially restaurants, retail sales dipped 1.1% in November compared to a month earlier.
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Politics
Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: How Life In America Adds Up
In the pandemic, a third of Americans struggle to pay usual costs, even some earning over $100,000. But living on the edge financially is nothing new in the U.S. Three households share their budgets.
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National
U.S. Shoppers Might Spend $13 Million Per Minute During Cyber Monday Peak
Despite the pandemic recession, holiday sales are expected to set a new record, topping $755 billion.
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Business
Masked And Undeterred, Shoppers Line Up For Black Friday Sales
Even as coronavirus cases surge in the United States, some shoppers can't seem to stay away from shops and malls on Black Friday.
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Food
Restaurants Reinvent Themselves For Thanksgiving And Beyond: 'You Just Pivot'
A Japanese café sells plants and green-tea pie. An Italian restaurant caters a prime-rib dinner. A steak-and-fries chain delivers free meals for the elderly. "Fight or flight," one manager says.
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National
Amazon Wants To Sell You Prescription Medications
Amazon launches an online pharmacy, sending shares of CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid tumbling. Amazon has pushed to compete with Walmart and major pharmacy chains that have long offered home delivery.
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National
Retail Sales Barely Budge Ahead Of Critical Holiday Season
Shoppers kept buying electronics and home improvement supplies, but sales overall rose only 0.3% in October.
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Technology
Amazon Faces Antitrust Charges From European Regulators
EU accuses Amazon of exploiting data collected from other sellers for its own benefit. These are the first formal charges against the retail giant in a spate of antitrust probes in Europe and the U.S.