Alina Selyukh
Stories
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National
Amazon Doubles Profit To $5.2 Billion As Online Shopping Spikes
The company's sales went through the roof between April and June, hitting close to $89 billion — a 40% increase from a year earlier. Amazon added 175,000 new hires to help keep up with the demand.
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National
Exact Change Please: Walmart, Kroger, CVS Are Feeling The Coin Shortage
Stores, supermarkets and gas stations are grappling with low supplies of pocket change. The national shortage is due in part to people going out less to spend money during the pandemic.
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National
America Went Shopping For Clothes Again In June
U.S. stores and restaurants got a boost in June as retail sales jumped 7.5%. Spending on clothes doubled. But this was before a new surge in the coronavirus prompted renewed shutdowns in some states.
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Technology
Facebook Boycott Grows: Ford Joins Coca-Cola, Starbucks And Other Brands
The list of major advertisers pulling out of Facebook continues to grow as the company weathers criticism over its handling of racist, violent and other hateful rhetoric on the platform.
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Business
Target Makes Extra Coronavirus Pay Permanent, Boosts Hourly Minimum To $15
The company is making permanent a $2 bonus it created during the pandemic, as many retailers have been phasing out "hazard pay." Target previously planned to raise its pay minimum by the end of 2020.
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Food
Acknowledging Racial Stereotype, Aunt Jemima Will Change Brand Name And Image
Quaker Foods says the 130-year-old pancake and syrup brand has been updated over the years, but "we realize those changes are not enough."
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National
Retail Sales Bounce Up 17.7% After Record Drop As States Reopen
Spending is still nowhere near last year's. But as more states and cities reopened restaurants and shopping centers, May saw a big swing from a historic collapse in March and April.
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Technology
Jeff Bezos May Testify Before Congress For The First Time This Summer
Amazon has long resisted calls for such testimony, but a new letter to the House Judiciary Committee suggests Bezos is open to joining other tech CEOs at an antitrust hearing.
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National
Who Is Responsible For The Safety Of Workers And Customers Upon Reopening
NPR's business correspondent answers listener questions about safety at the workplace as more and more businesses are reopening around the country.
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National
Who Is Responsible For The Safety Of Workers And Customers Upon Reopening, Continued
NPR's business correspondent answers listener questions about safety at the workplace as more and more businesses are reopening around the country.