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JCPenney said on Wednesday it would cut about 1,000 jobs and shutter 152 stores as the US department store chain looks to emerge from Chapter 11 protection and the COVID-19 crisis. The layoffs would affect corporate, field management, and international roles and eligible departing employees would receive a severance package. The company is also in …
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Nicole Thea, a social media star with more than 230,000 Instagram followers, died Saturday and her family has revealed the cause of death pending the official autopsy report. The 24-year-old was eight months pregnant and her family believes she — and her unborn son — died due to a “massive heart attack,” the Daily Mail …
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She’s the mother of reinvention. Almost three decades ago, Kathy Jacobs was a wide-eyed Ford model who landed the cover of Woman’s World. After years of modeling in New York, the married mother of one turned to a career in baking and making her own beauty products. Now, at the age of 56, Jacobs is …
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Chipotle Mexican Grill said on Wednesday it plans to hire as many as 10,000 employees over the next few months to help support the expansion of drive-thru lanes at its restaurants. The COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed dining-in at restaurants across the US, resulting in a surge in online orders. Chipotle intends to cater to this …
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UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday warned of rising costs later this year as Americans catch up on less urgent surgeries delayed by the coronavirus pandemic but stuck to its full-year forecast after posting a near 102 percent surge in quarterly profit. Shares of UnitedHealth, the first US health insurer to report second quarter results, were down …
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Simon Cowell is to take full control of “Got Talent” and “The X Factor” producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a …
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Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements. The company said the policy will go into effect on Monday to allow time to inform …
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A third of the world’s small businesses slashed jobs as the coronavirus ate into their sales and forced many to shut down, a new survey shows. The figures released Tuesday detail a bleak landscape for small merchants around the globe as they grapple with COVID-19 and the massive economic crisis it has caused. Some 33 …
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Amber Heard “threatened” an assistant into lying to Australian authorities after the actress was busted smuggling her two pooches without proper paperwork, a UK court was told Wednesday. Heard, 34, had been arrested in 2015 — at one point facing up to 10 years in prison — for illegally taking Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo …
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A federal judge in New Jersey has denied movie theaters’ pleas to reopen across the Garden State. The move comes after a group of the nation’s top theaters led by AMC, Regal and Cinemark sued the state over “unconstitutional closers” last week. The group was looking for a temporary restraining order to force New Jersey …
JCPenney said on Wednesday it would cut about 1,000 jobs and shutter 152 stores as the US department store chain looks to emerge from Chapter 11 protection and the COVID-19 crisis. The layoffs would affect corporate, field management, and international roles and eligible departing employees would receive a severance package. The company is also in …
