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Uber Technologies Inc said demand for its food delivery service more than doubled in the second quarter as many users remained largely homebound, while demand for ride-hailing trips was only marginally recovering from pandemic rock bottom. The company said that despite those larger challenges it is sticking to its goal of being profitable on an …
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Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic. But little notice was paid …
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Angelina Jolie stepped out in the ultimate COVID-19 accessory. The actress, 45, was photographed running errands with 12-year-old son Knox in Los Feliz, Calif., on Wednesday wearing a simple black sundress and a face mask designed by Virgil Abloh. The Off-White accessory features the brand’s signature arrow logo and retails for $105; however, hypebeasts have …
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CBS’ late-night talk shows “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show With James Corden” are returning to the studio. The shows have been filming remotely since the COVID-19 production shutdown in March but will return to some level of normality from next week. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish revealed the news on …
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On Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to a release sent by his office, DeWine tested positive after undergoing a coronavirus test as a part of the procedure for President Donald J. Trump’s visit to Northeast Ohio on Thursday. DeWine was set to greet Trump on …
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Weekly unemployment claims fell last week to their lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began, although claims continue to be filed at a rate unprecedented before the U.S. outbreak began. Initial jobless claims totaled 1.186 million for the week ending August 1, below the 1.42 million economists had expected and about 249,000 less than the …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor for the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, said Wednesday that the country can overcome the coronavirus without shutting down the economy a second time. “There seems to be a misperception that either you shut down completely and damage a lot of things, mental health, the economy, all kinds of things, …
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ViacomCBS, home of “Survivor” and MTV, saw a 12-percent slump in sales last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sent ad sales down 27 percent. The declines were offset, however, by growth in the media company’s streaming business, which saw revenues rise 25 percent as more consumers hunkered down at home during the pandemic. Despite the …
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Happy birthday to Todd! Kandi Burruss embraced social distancing while celebrating her husband Todd Tucker’s birthday by having scantily clad dancers perform in boxes on Wednesday. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, 44, shared a look at one of the entertainers in a now-deleted Instagram story, joking in the clip: “When you want to have …
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Jeff Bezos is cashing in on the coronavirus. The 56-year-old Amazon CEO on Wednesday sold $3.1 billion worth of stock in the e-commerce juggernaut, bringing his total stock sales for the year over $7 billion. The world’s richest man sold exactly 1 million shares of Amazon Wednesday — a week after the company shattered expectations …
Uber Technologies Inc said demand for its food delivery service more than doubled in the second quarter as many users remained largely homebound, while demand for ride-hailing trips was only marginally recovering from pandemic rock bottom. The company said that despite those larger challenges it is sticking to its goal of being profitable on an …
