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Less than half the US jobs lost to the coronavirus crisis will be recovered by the end of next year, a new survey shows. Economists expect non-farm payrolls to shed a monthly average of more than 4.5 million jobs from April through June as the pandemic keeps the economy largely frozen, according to the National …
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Edie Falco called on New York City to shut down all live animal markets and slaughterhouses amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Brooklyn-born “Sopranos” actress and PETA representative sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio Friday comparing the city’s live poultry shops to the wet markets of Wuhan, China, where experts believe the virus originated. …
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Every day there is civil war, raging in our hearts, seething in our souls, fulminating our conscience. We know what we are supposed to do, and mostly we have done that. We have stayed home. We have masked up, and gloved up, whenever we venture to grocery stores. We have kept our social distance. But …
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United States sports leagues may be itching to return to action but 72 percent of those who responded to a Seton Hall poll said they would not feel safe to attend games until a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is developed. Asked what they would do if the leagues resumed play before there was a …
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Dana White was determined to stage UFC 249 next weekend, but even the president of the UFC has to bow to the power of his network partner. White on Thursday announced the cancellation of UFC 249 after he received calls from the “highest levels” of ESPN’s parent company, Disney, to “stand down,” he said in …
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The New York Stock Exchange quietly used its trading floor to take a company public late last month — days after it had shuttered the famous pit because of a coronavirus outbreak, The Post has learned. The Big Board took a group of people onto the trading floor of its historic building at 11 Wall …
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Harvey Weinstein is coronavirus-free more than three weeks after being diagnosed with the deadly illness, a report said Thursday. The convicted rapist overcame symptoms of the disease, including a cough and fever, and was released from his 14-day quarantine, according to The Daily Mail. Weinstein, 68, is “being monitored for his various medical conditions” in …
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The long lines at Costco stores last month resulted in big sales increases at the warehouse club. Panicked consumers fueled a 12.3 percent spike in comparable sales at the retail giant for the five weeks ended April 5 as shoppers loaded up food, paper products and cleaning supplies, the company reported. But the long lines …
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Frontline worker? Get to the front of the line. This week, Costco announced a new “priority access” policy for certain frontline workers, specifically first responders and health care workers, which allows them to skip straight to “the front of any line to enter the warehouse.” The new policy is just one of many implemented over …
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Billionaire investor Cliff Asness has spent his quarantine watching $43 billion disappear. Asness’ AQR Capital — which managed $186 billion at the end of 2019 — has updated its Web site to reflect that its assets under management as of March 31 now stand at $143 billion. It’s unclear how much of the massive 23 …
Less than half the US jobs lost to the coronavirus crisis will be recovered by the end of next year, a new survey shows. Economists expect non-farm payrolls to shed a monthly average of more than 4.5 million jobs from April through June as the pandemic keeps the economy largely frozen, according to the National …
