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Amazon said it plans to house more than 2,000 employees at Manhattan’s historic Lord & Taylor building under a nationwide expansion of its corporate offices. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant said Tuesday it will hire the workers to fill the landmark tower on Fifth Avenue over the next few years as it grows its Big Apple …

Moviegoers will get the chance in select cities to see Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” early, three days before its Thursday, Sept. 3, opening date. Warner Bros. is offering early access screenings on Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and Sept. 2. The announcement was made today by Jeff Goldstein, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Domestic Distribution. Goldstein said, “Warner Bros. …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo is writing a book about his experience managing the coronavirus pandemic and his relationship with the Trump administration, his publisher Crown announced Tuesday. “American Crisis,” set to be released October 13, chronicles “the ingenuity and sacrifice required of so many to fight the pandemic,” the publisher said. The book will …

Seth Meyers is heading back to 30 Rock slightly sooner than expected. The “Late Night” host revealed on his show last night, during his “A Closer Look” segment, that he only has three more shows left to film in his in-laws’ attic before heading back to Studio 8G. This comes after “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy …

America’s leading CEOs got paid 14 percent more on average in 2019 — and their paychecks could grow again this year even amid the coronavirus pandemic, researchers say. The chief executives at the top 350 US companies by sales raked in an average of $21.3 million last year, up from about $18.7 million in 2018, …

The S&P 500 hit a fresh all-time high Tuesday as the US stock market continued its dizzying rally in spite of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis it has caused. The benchmark index climbed about 0.3 percent to a peak of 3,394.02 in early trading, surpassing the previous intraday record of 3,393.52 reached on Feb. …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo turned his Democratic convention speech into an extended metaphor in which he compared President Trump to the coronavirus. “We know that our problems go beyond the COVID virus: COVID is the symptom, not the illness,” Cuomo said in a live speech broadcast without a physical audience. “Our nation is in …

Japan on Monday reported its worst drop in GDP on record, with its economy shrinking a record 7.8% from April to June as the coronavirus pandemic severely slowed economic activity in the country. The decrease translates to an annual rate of decline of 27.8%, the worst quarter the world’s third largest economy has recorded since …

An East Village hotspot is fighting back after it was shut down for allegedly flouting COVID-19 regulations by hosting secret after-hours parties for teeming crowds. Page Six is told that Cloister Café is suing the state liquor authority, claiming that it didn’t properly investigate the alleged violations — and just cribbed the claims from a …

A deep-pocketed venture-capital firm run by Jared Kushner’s brother watched some of its tech startups rake in millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief loans — despite the fact that it urged them not to take the cash, The Post has learned. Five tech firms backed by Thrive Capital — whose 35-year-old, Harvard-educated founder Joshua …