Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found.
Category: Business
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Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Works Well and May Curb Virus Spread
F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals.
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Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis
Partners decided not to keep Kevin Sneader in the top job. Weeks earlier, McKinsey had reached a historic settlement agreement in the U.S. over its advice to drugmakers.
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Report: New York City’s Arts and Recreation Employment Down by 66 Percent
The New York State comptroller’s office details the effects of the pandemic’s devastation and says a full recovery would be made only with government assistance.
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Fry's Electronics Is Closing, Another Retail Victim of Pandemic
The big-box retailer attributed the shutdown to “changes in the retail industry and the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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Fry’s Electronics, a favorite of tech enthusiasts, will cease operations.
The big-box retailer blamed the shutdown on “changes in the retail industry and the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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Biden Looks to a Consensus Builder to Heal a Democratic Rift on Trade
Katherine Tai, the Biden administration’s nominee for trade representative, will set the course for the Democrats’ worker-focused approach to trade.
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Workhorse Plunges After Losing Postal Van Contract
Workhorse, an Ohio company with a factory in Indiana, was counting on the postal contract to provide a surge in revenue.
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New York Times Calls for Workplace Changes in Diversity Report
“The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues,” the report found. People of color described “unsettling and sometimes painful day-to-day workplace experiences.”
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Polk Awards Honor Pandemic Reporters
The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat, took the public service award for a yearlong chronicle of the coronavirus and its effects.
