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New York Fashion Week founder-turned-consultant Fern Mallis told us she applauds IMG for trying to make the shows happen in September. This week, designers were surveyed about various NYFW options, including online or in-person shows. “I applaud them for trying to create some business or some sense of normalcy,” Mallis told us. “I trust that …
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Some of the Tower of London’s Beefeaters may soon be facing layoffs amid falling tourist numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Britain’s Historic Royal Palaces confirmed that a voluntary redundancy plan had been introduced. It said staff had been told that cuts were likely among the 37 members of the body formally named the Yeoman …
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If NBC and Lorne Michaels have their way, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this fall could move from being produced from cast members’ homes to being made the old-fashioned way — “from New York.” Michaels and his team are making plans to bring the show back to NBC’s Manhattan studios for the venerable late-night program’s 46th …
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Aby Rosen, the multi-millionaire whose company owns the landmark Empire State Building and Park Avenue’s gleaming Seagram Building, got a PPP loan of between $1 million and $2 million of public money — and has been posting pictures of his luxury homes in the Hamptons and St. Barts. View this post on Instagram Tv 📺 …
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The union representing pilots at Delta Air Lines said Monday that 2,235 pilots volunteered for an early departure package ahead of a Sunday deadline. News of the buyouts comes amid the crushing blow the coronavirus has dealt to the air travel industry in the US and beyond. In May, Delta and the Air Line Pilots …
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Uber Technologies has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19, company officials told Reuters. The service, offered free of charge, could help burnish the image of the ride-hailing giant, which recently launched a new …
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The snack loophole has been closed. Less than 10 days after reopening, Disney World has had to update its face mask policy to close a glaring loophole: Patrons are now explicitly required to stay in place and away from others if they remove their mask to eat. “Please bring your own face coverings and wear …
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British drugmaker Synairgen says it has developed a new coronavirus inhaler treatment that helps prevent hospitalized patients from getting seriously ill. The company announced results Monday from a small clinical trial of its drug known as SNG001 that it called a potential “major breakthrough” in the fight against the bug, even though the study reportedly …
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China is using Uighur labor as part of the global supply chain for personal protective equipment in an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The workers are assigned as part of a Chinese program to turn Muslim minorities in Xinjiang Province, mostly Uighurs and Kazakhs, into factory workers …
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Coronavirus cases continued to rise throughout the country as President Trump attempted to reassure Americans that the outbreak would be brought under control. Florida reported over 12,000 new cases on Sunday, the fifth straight day in which the state saw over 10,000 daily new cases. Various areas of California including Los Angeles and San Francisco …
New York Fashion Week founder-turned-consultant Fern Mallis told us she applauds IMG for trying to make the shows happen in September. This week, designers were surveyed about various NYFW options, including online or in-person shows. “I applaud them for trying to create some business or some sense of normalcy,” Mallis told us. “I trust that …
