The company, which makes brands like Tide laundry detergent, Dawn dish soap and Charmin toilet paper, said Thursday that sales increased 5% to $ 17.7 billion in the three months ended June 30, compared to the same period of the previous year. Excluding the impact of transactions and currency fluctuations, …
Read More »Welcome to the only city in America where unemployment is falling
Of the 389 metropolitan areas tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is the only city in the country where the unemployment rate has not increased in the past year. City officials blame that on their top employers: healthcare providers, bourbon and tobacco producers, and manufacturers of personal protective …
Read More »Woman who destroyed the mask exhibit at Target: “Mental illness has really been something that has not been addressed as a result of this pandemic”
Stress and fear of COVID-19 can take its toll. Melissa Rein Lively, the woman who was filmed destroying a mask in early July on a Target TGT, + 1.18% in Scottsdale, Arizona, and posted it on social media, says he spent a week at a mental health center after the …
Read More »McDonald’s partners with Mayo Clinic to assist in coronavirus safety
Mark Peterson | Corbis | fake pictures McDonald’s is partnering with the Mayo Clinic as the global fast food giant tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The medical center will offer McDonald’s advice on best practices to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and review the company’s environmental health and safety …
Read More »Beer sales are rebounding again, says AB InBev
Anheuser-Busch InBev (OUTBREAK) reported Thursday that its global sales volume rebounded in June after three months of declines due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The restrictions related to the coronavirus crisis had been strongly affecting the brewery’s business, reducing global sales volume by approximately a third in April and a fifth …
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