Alina Selyukh
Stories
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National
Walmart Plans Bonuses For Workers, 150,000 New Temporary Hires
The retail giant is also gearing up to pilot drive-through parking-lot coronavirus testing in Chicago over the weekend.
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Food
Supermarkets Add 'Senior Hours' For Vulnerable Shoppers
Target, Safeway and others are restricting their opening hours, limiting purchases per each shopper and setting off time for seniors and other high-risk individuals to shop.
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National
Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'
Amazon plans to add full- and part-time U.S. workers for warehouses and delivery as more customers turn to online shopping for supplies because they're isolated at home.
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National
'Who's Going To Help Them?': Caregivers Brace For The Spread Of Coronavirus
For millions of workers, remote work is not an option. Among them are home and health aides, who look after some of the most vulnerable, often themselves without health insurance and earning little.
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Business
Demand For Wipes, Sanitizers And Bleach Spikes Amid Coronavirus Fears
Across the board, companies that make or sell cleaning and sanitizing products are seeing spikes in demand. Clorox shares hit an all-time high during the week of a major stock-market slump.
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National
Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft
Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy.
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National
British Airways Sets Record, Crossing The Atlantic In Under 5 Hours In Strong Winds
Propelled by the jet stream, Flight BA112 topped a ground speed of 800 mph, by one expert's estimate. It traveled from New York's JFK to London's Heathrow in 4 hours, 56 minutes overnight Saturday.
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Health
Starbucks Closes More Than 2,000 Stores In China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The coffee chain has temporarily closed the stores locations to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has sickened more than 4,500 people.
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Business
The Cost Of Free: Casper Pays A Price For Generous Mattress Returns
Casper changed mattress shopping with the promise of a 100-night "risk-free" trial and easy returns. Now the cost of those returns is being scrutinized as the online company prepares to go public.
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Arts & Life
Scrunchies Are Cool Again. Hair's How They Staged A Comeback
A 2003 Sex And The City episode ridiculed the bulky hair tie as profoundly unfashionable. But now scrunchies are back, baby! How does a trend go from being so passé — to stylish again?