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2020-05-19 16:38:12
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Tuesday that the company is considering COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing for its employees. Amazon has said it expects to spend $US1 billion in 2020 to develop employee testing.
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2020-05-19 16:34:51
Biking is gaining more traction in the US as Americans look for transportation and exercise alternatives during the coronavirus pandemic. Bike shops are running low on inventory and preorder lists continue to grow because of the boost in demand.
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2020-05-19 16:29:00
In 2018, I interviewed Piers Constable, a managing director at Deutsche Bank who travelled 10 days per month for work, about what a typical day in his life looked like.
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2020-05-19 16:28:59
Oregon is holding its presidential and House primaries on Tuesday, May 19. There are competitive Republican and Democratic primaries to replace retiring Rep. Greg Walden in Oregon's 2nd congressional district, a safe Republican seat.
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2020-05-19 16:28:53
Kohl's says it has a handful of advantages over its competitors as it moves into the next phase of the pandemic era. One advantage is that the vast majority of its stores are located outside of malls.
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2020-05-19 16:24:41
Some craft projects that conjure positive memories of a simpler time can make for hours of entertainment. Spending time on a creative activity each day can yield some benefits for psychological wellbeing, according to a study from the Journal of Positive Psycholog...
Australian retailers just had their worst ever month, with the 'unprecedented' fallout far from over
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2020-05-20 04:07:23
Australian retail sales suffered their biggest monthly fall on record, dropping 17.9% in April. It came as the supermarket splurge seen in March fell by the wayside, and spending on clothes, footwear, cafes and restaurants halved on last year's levels.
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2020-05-20 03:52:20
General Motors and LG Chem have named their joint venture "Ultium Cells LLC." "Ultium" is the name that GM revealed earlier this year when the car company announced its battery technology.
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2020-05-20 03:19:05
Heavy rainfall has caused the failure of two dams in Michigan, prompting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to declare a state of emergency. "Please, get somewhere safe, now," Whitmer said in a Tuesday evening address. "This is serious and it is time for people to take action."
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2020-05-20 02:15:01
Share trading platform eToro has cut its commission to zero for Australians trading US stocks. It has also introduced fractional investing, allowing Aussies to buy fractions of a share in US companies like Amazon which typically carry a prohibitive share price.
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2020-05-20 01:56:48
Seventy per cent of coronavirus cases in Israel could be linked to the US, according to a new study on the virus' genome. The study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, compared the sequence of the virus from more than 200 randomly selected patients and compared th...
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2020-05-20 01:54:59
Coles has opened its first local 'boutique' store in Sydney. The store is in Rose Bay and provides products from local bakers, butchers and cafes.
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2020-05-20 01:28:08
On the hunt for some audio gear? You're in luck. As part of Click Frenzy Mayhem, Bose is offering up to 50% off on headphones and speakers. Some particularly solid deals right now.
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2020-05-20 00:38:37
Qantas could "easily" return to 50% domestic capacity by July if government restrictions were to ease, CEO Alan Joyce has claimed. Speaking to media on Tuesday, Joyce put pressure on the state governments to loosen up their barriers to interstate travel.
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2020-05-20 00:32:31
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Texas must allow all voters to cast absentee ballots without an excuse in its upcoming elections for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-05-19 23:52:14
Doug Loverro, who led NASA's human spaceflight division, has resigned after just six months on the job. Loverro quit a week before SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers - two NASA astronauts - on a mission called Demo-2.
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2020-05-20 16:58:20
New analysis by Russian outlet Mediazona found that healthcare workers in the country make up 7% of COVID-19 fatalities, equal to one in every 15 deaths from the virus.
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2020-05-20 16:58:00
There's been a steady decline in births in the US, and 2019 recorded the fewest number of births in 35 years. Experts have warned the trend could lead to a "demographic time bomb."
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2020-05-20 16:57:11
Latvian design studio Zeltini created the Z-Triton, an amphibious tiny home. The electrically powered vehicle can travel over land or water, and has a tiny kitchen and room to sleep.
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2020-05-20 16:53:37
Facebook surged more than 6% Wednesday to a record high of about $US230 per share. The company announced a day earlier it would roll out Facebook and Instagram shops starting Wednesday.
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