NEW YORK — Sandy Jensen’s customer-service job at a Sam’s Club in Fullerton, California, normally involves checking member ID cards at the door and answering questions. But the coronavirus has turned her into a kind […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence […]
NEW YORK — Neiman Marcus has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain to do so and the second major retailer to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic. The move by […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Three counties on North Carolina’s tourist-reliant Outer Banks announced plans Wednesday to lift coronavirus-related visitor restrictions, although they warned of the need to continue to practice social distancing amid the ongoing pandemic. In […]
RALEIGH — On May 5, Governor Roy Cooper announced that phase one of his proposed plan to reopen North Carolina for business would start on Friday, May 8 at 5 p.m. and will run for […]
RALEIGH — Over the past two months, government efforts to contain the coronavirus have brought national and local economies to a screeching halt. Consumer spending and consumer confidence are at their lowest since the 1950’s […]
RALEIGH — With large meat processing facilities closing in the Midwest, concerns have been raised over meat supply chain disruptions in North Carolina, a major supplier of pork and other meat products. Smithfield’s facility in […]
RALEIGH – At a media briefing from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the first of his three-phase plan to re-open North Carolina’s economy will begin Friday at 5 p.m. Gov. […]
RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper signed the COVID-19 relief package passed by the General Assembly into law. The package spends $1.5 billion in areas such as health care, education, and business support. “I am signing […]
NEW YORK — The owner of J.Crew is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just over three months after the first person in the U.S. tested positive for COVID-19. More bankruptcies across the retail sector are […]
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