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San Francisco Bay Area to open for manufacturing, curbside retail
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area may open for manufacturing, retail with curbside pickup and warehouse distribution, health directors of five...
May 18, 2020
U.S., UK want trade deal to include services, investment and digital commerce: UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States both have "high ambition" to reach agreement on services, investment and digital trade as part of bilateral trade talks that began this month, Brit...
May 18, 2020
Lucky U.S. chickens fly the coop as pandemic hits egg demand
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 1,000 lucky chickens flew on two chartered cargo planes to a California sanctuary from an Iowa farm that has been euthanizing its flock as the coronavirus out...
May 18, 2020
Bank of England not ruling out negative rates in future: Tenreyro
By Andy Bruce and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England official Silvana Tenreyro on Monday talked up the benefits of negative interest rates, in comments likely to fuel expectations that Br...
May 18, 2020
J.C. Penney to permanently shut about 242 stores as part of bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc plans to trim its store count by 29% to about 604, as the U.S. department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two ...
May 18, 2020
Walmart trailed supermarkets amid peak panic-buying: data
By Reade Levinson and Melissa Fares LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans increased their visits to supermarkets far more than to Walmart Inc stores as panic-buying peaked in mid-March, a Reuters anal...
May 18, 2020
AmEx says employees can work from home through 2020
(Reuters) - American Express Co employees that are able to work from home should continue to do so for the rest of the year, Chief Executive Officer Steve Squeri said in a video message on LinkedIn as...
May 18, 2020
SoftBank’s Son hopes ‘winged unicorns’ can save crumbling tech empire
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday pinned his hopes on a small group of "winged unicorns" to save the performance of his $100 billion Vision Fund - althoug...
May 18, 2020
Uber to lay off 3,000 workers in second cut this month
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,000 jobs, in addition to the 3,700 it had announced earlier this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions sap demand for ride-hailing services, Chief E...
May 18, 2020
Amazon’s French warehouses to resume work with 30% of staff on Tuesday: unions
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon's French warehouses are set to re-open on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, following an agreement with staff representatives last week. The e-c...
May 18, 2020
