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The U.S., U.K. and Canada on Thursday accused Russian state-backed hackers of attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine research. APT29, a hacking group known as “Cozy Bear” or “the Dukes,” which government officials have said is almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services, has been targeting British, Canadian and American health care organizations to steal …
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US retailers continued their swift recovery from the coronavirus crisis last month — but a recent surge in infections could sicken merchants once again. Retail and food service sales climbed 7.5 percent in June, to $524.3 billion, beating economists’ expectations for a 5 percent gain on the heels of May’s record 18.2 percent surge, the …
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Kohl’s has joined retail heavyweights like Walmart and Best Buy by requiring all customers at every store to wear masks beginning Monday to fight the spread of coronavirus. “As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, face covering mandates have grown to apply to approximately 70 percent of our store base — therefore we’ve made the decision …
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Bennie’s Thai Cafe is about to become the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus in Lower Manhattan. The popular eatery at 88 Fulton St. is calling it quits on July 26 — the 24th anniversary of its opening in 1996. “We made it through the dark days of 9/11, the recession and Superstorm Sandy, but …
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The number of initial jobless claims recorded last week stood at 1.3 million, down 10,000 from the previous week and signaling a possible stall in labor market recovery. While initial claims have declined drastically since the coronavirus pandemic caused mass closures of businesses, the decline has leveled off in recent weeks, according to data released …
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Georgia governor Brian Kemp issued an executive order Wednesday overruling mask mandates put in place by local governments in the state to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, calling such rules “unenforceable.” Kemp’s order, which extended the state’s COVID-19 restrictions through July 31, prohibits local municipalities from enforcing mandatory mask orders that are more restrictive than …
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Alabama governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, issued a statewide order for residents to wear face masks in public spaces. The order, which will take effect on Thursday, follows a surge in coronavirus cases in the state, with a concomitant rise in hospitalizations in several areas including Montgomery, Madison, Jefferson, and Mobile counties. Residents will be …
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Disney’s theme parks and movie studios won’t be back in full force until at least the middle of next year, according to a Wall Street analyst’s gloomy prediction. Cowen analyst Doug Creutz said Thursday that Disney’s theme parks and its box office-busting movie division — which includes its namesake studio, Marvel, Pixar and 20th Century …
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Slack shares tanked after Google announced new Gmail features designed to compete with the popular work-messaging app. The search giant announced this week that Gmail for businesses is getting a major upgrade which will see a slew of new features added to the email app. Corporate Gmail users will receive integration for Google Chat, Docs, …
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Some 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic kept the US job market under pressure, new data show. That means workers have submitted more than 51 million initial jobless claims in 17 weeks amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression — a number larger than the populations …
The U.S., U.K. and Canada on Thursday accused Russian state-backed hackers of attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine research. APT29, a hacking group known as “Cozy Bear” or “the Dukes,” which government officials have said is almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services, has been targeting British, Canadian and American health care organizations to steal …
