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Walmart has partnered with Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify, as the world’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailer ramps up its efforts to capture a bigger slice of the coronavirus-driven surge in online shopping. US and Toronto Stock Exchange shares of Shopify, which have doubled in value this year and briefly made the company the most valuable Canadian company …

New York City’s coronavirus contact-tracing force are not asking those who test positive for COVID-19 whether they recently attended a Black Lives Matter demonstration, a city spokesperson confirmed. “No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest,” Avery Cohen, a spokesperson for de Blasio, told THE CITY about the directive. “If a person …

The US mattress business has bounced back after months of shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic kept customers away. Sales at Holder Mattress Co. were up about 30 percent last month, compared with a year ago, after the company started letting people back into its two northern Indiana stores, said Lauren Taylor, president and granddaughter of …

Several states across the country saw record spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations as many continue to reopen their economies. Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, and South Carolina all saw record highs of coronavirus cases last week, while Alabama saw its fourth straight day of record cases on Sunday. Cases have …

Marlo Hampton is not taking any risks. Even though Atlanta has re-opened amid the coronavirus pandemic — and former co-star Kim Zolciak Biermann, as well as daughters Brielle and Ariana, have rushed to get their hair, nails and Botox done — “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Marlo Hampton has made a vow not to visit …

Systemic racism is choking the US economy by preventing all Americans from fully participating in it, top central bankers say. The heads of two regional Federal Reserve banks recently made economic arguments against racism amid both raging protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic that has disproportionately affected black people. The Fed chiefs contend …

BP expects to slash the value of its assets by up to $17.5 billion after predicting the coronavirus pandemic will depress energy prices for years to come. The British energy giant on Monday said it will take billions of dollars in impairment charges and write-offs thanks to the lasting effects of the COVID-19 crisis, which …

US stocks were poised to sink Monday as fears about a second wave of the coronavirus rattled Wall Street. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 641 points, or 2.5 percent, to 24,895.00 as of 7:08 a.m. after several US states reported spikes in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Futures linked to the S&P …

The coronavirus pandemic has been strangely good to New York City restaurateur Garry Kanfer. At a time when most Big Apple eateries are struggling to survive, Manhattan sushi restaurant Kissaki has been thriving, according to Kanfer — thanks to some pointed business decisions like importing fish directly from Japan, making a takeout-friendly menu, and investing …

DUNEDIN, New Zealand — They call one section of the stadium The Zoo, and it’s easy to see why: thousands of university students in team colors standing on their seats, steadying trays of beer, swaying to music and erupting with joy when their team scores. “Craziness,” is how 20-year-old student Charlotte Power described the scene. …