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Disney is delaying the release of some of its biggest blockbusters, including “Mulan,” “Star Wars” and “Avatar,” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wrack the globe. “Mulan,” the live-action remake of its animated classic, has been postponed indefinitely, the company said on Thursday. It had been slated to kick off the reopening of movie theaters …
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The Nationals will be without star Juan Soto as they open the 2020 season. He tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the team’s Opening Day game Thursday night against the Yankees. Soto, still just 21, was not included in the team’s Opening Day 30-man roster. Despite previously testing negative, Soto was quarantined for …
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Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones to the “latter half of October.” The tech giant was forced to push back its traditional September keynote address due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to a tech blog. Apple is now on track to release its 5G …
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the payroll tax cut President Trump has pushed for will not be in the fifth coronavirus relief package Senate Republicans are crafting. “It won’t be in the base bill,” Mnuchin said in an interview with CNBC. “One of the problems with the payroll tax cut is it takes time, …
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California recorded its largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and surpassed New York as the state with the highest number of cases. As of Wednesday, the state’s total number of cases stood at more than 422,000, eclipsing the 413,000 cases recorded in New York, the early epicenter of the pandemic. California also counted …
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Senate Republicans are at odds over whether to extend the expanded unemployment benefits Congress passed in March to mitigate the economic toll on workers who were laid off during the coronavirus pandemic. Americans who have recently lost their jobs are currently receiving an extra $600 a week in jobless benefits, which are due to run …
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Danielle Bernstein is breaking down over backlash related to her WeWoreWhat brand. Earlier this week, the influencer, 28, was accused of ripping off a design for face masks with an attached chain after requesting samples of a similar item from small company Second Wind. Now, Bernstein says she’s being targeted and harassed over the accusations. …
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Unilever’s overall business dipped only slightly in the most recent quarter despite the coronavirus crisis, propped up by surging demand from hunkered-down consumers for ice cream, soup and hand sanitizers. The Anglo-Dutch consumer-products giant said its underlying sales in the second quarter fell just 0.3 percent overall despite a massive plunge in the company’s wholesale …
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Tom Brady has finally arrived at his new home. For the first time since signing with the Buccaneers this offseason, Brady reported to the team’s training facility at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning. In a video posted by ABC Tampa, the six-time Super Bowl champion can be seen wearing a mask and entering a trailer to …
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Twitter reported its strongest-ever user growth as people took to the social network to chatter about the coronavirus, but its ad sales suffered. Shares of the San Francisco-based company spiked as much as 6 percent in early morning trading after Twitter said that monetizable daily active users (mDAU) increased 36 percent year-over-year to 186 million, …
Disney is delaying the release of some of its biggest blockbusters, including “Mulan,” “Star Wars” and “Avatar,” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wrack the globe. “Mulan,” the live-action remake of its animated classic, has been postponed indefinitely, the company said on Thursday. It had been slated to kick off the reopening of movie theaters …
