Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
Read More »Florida’s top regulator discusses how to open bars safely
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida’s top business regulator said Saturday it planned to organize meetings with bar owners to discuss how they can safely reopen their businesses, as the Sunshine State outnumbered New York State in the total number of cases of coronavirus. Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Florida Department of …
Read More »Texas bar owners plan to reopen despite COVID-19 shutdown
Hundreds of Texas bar owners promise to reopen Saturday in violation of a state order established in June when the coronavirus began to emerge in Lone Star State. About 800 barkeeps say they will defy Governor Greg Abbott’s order and participate in what they call “Freedom Fest,” according to the …
Read More »Governor Cuomo defends the food with drink mandate
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday defended his strict requirement for food with drinks as a way to stifle alcohol consumption on the sidewalk, saying the rule has always existed, like state law. “There is no bar that only serves alcohol,” Cuomo said at a press conference at his Manhattan office …
Read More »Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New Bar Rules Are Killing New York Businesses
New York City in June had at most 40 percent of the food service and bar jobs it had last June, and Governor Andrew Cuomo appears to intend to kill more with his dictatorial decree that customers of Bars can’t drink without dinner. “Outdoor dining is now allowed across the …
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