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Going against its tech industry peers, Apple is set to bring workers back to its global offices soon. The California-based technology company will bring employees back in phases over a few months, according to a report. The first phase has begun at some of the company’s locations worldwide and will expand to its major offices …
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The Broadway shutdown continues with the coronavirus pandemic affecting some 87,000 jobs in the process. The Actors Fund, which launched its COVID-19 emergency relief fund in March, has come to the community’s rescue — distributing more than $10 million to displaced theater personnel in just eight weeks. The record-breaking fund, which totals $10,500,000, provides basic …
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Versatility has proven a trademark of the Tampa Bay Rays, who unleashed super-utility man Ben Zobrist on the baseball world and introduced us to openers. I doubt they’ll take any credit for Blake Snell’s words and actions Wednesday. Yet the Rays southpaw managed to establish a novel versatility plateau. Who knew one could exhibit tone …
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“Frozen the Musical” will close on Broadway, Disney announced Thursday, making it the biggest theatrical demise caused by the coronavirus pandemic so far. The $30 million musical becomes the third show to prematurely shutter during the crisis, following the plays “Hangmen” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” starring Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett. Those shows, …
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TV’s most Unconventional. Upfront. Week. Ever. continued on Thursday with the release of The CW’s heavily asterisked schedule for the 2020-21 TV season. The CW is postponing the official launch of its new season until January 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a call with reporters on Thursday, however, network boss Mark Pedowitz said …
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During a fundraising Zoom session on Thursday, Brian Cashman was asked if he believed owners and players will agree on compensation and if there will be a season this year. “I don’t represent the players or the Players Association. There are a lot of hurdles everyone is trying to navigate and certainly finding common ground …
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Top luxury brands from Chanel to Louis Vuitton have increased prices of some of their most coveted products as they seek to make up for sales lost during weeks of coronavirus lockdowns. High-end houses have all reported brisk business in South Korea and the key Chinese market, where shops began to reopen in March, partly …
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US stocks rebounded from an early selloff Thursday as investors assessed how long it will take for the economy to recover from the coronavirus. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped as much as 458.35 points, or 1.9 percent, to 22,789.62, following its 500-point tumble on Wednesday. But rallying financial stocks helped the blue-chip index claw …
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A secretive hedge fund that has become the biggest owner of New York City taxi medallion loans is showing signs that it may come to the table for an emergency deal to save the city’s cash-strapped cabbies, city officials say. Marblegate Asset Management — a Greenwich, Conn.-based fund that owns roughly 4,300 taxi medallions and …
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McDonald’s has asked its US franchisees to make a series of changes in restaurants before reopening to diners in an effort to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The world’s largest fast-food chain’s new reopening guidelines push restaurant owners to encourage social distancing among diners and more …
Going against its tech industry peers, Apple is set to bring workers back to its global offices soon. The California-based technology company will bring employees back in phases over a few months, according to a report. The first phase has begun at some of the company’s locations worldwide and will expand to its major offices …
