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The Royal Caribbean cruise conglomerate has dropped the word “cruises” from its name as the industry takes a beating from the coronavirus pandemic. The Miami-based travel company announced Thursday that it changed its name from Royal Caribbean Cruises to Royal Caribbean Group. Chairman and CEO Richard Fain called it a “simpler, fresher and more modern” …
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Comcast said its second-quarter revenue slumped 12 percent as the impact of the coronavirus squeezed its NBCUniversal entertainment division. The Philadelphia-based cable-TV giant had some bright spots in the quarter — namely an uptick in internet customers and the launch of streaming service Peacock, which has garnered 10 million sign-ups since April, even as cord-cutting …
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Herman Cain, a former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, has died at 74 after contracting the coronavirus and battling the infection for nearly a month, his staff announced Thursday. “Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away,” wrote Dan Calabrese, who edits Cain’s website. “We …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, suggested Wednesday that Americans consider wearing goggles or an eye shield in addition to face masks to ensure more complete protection against the coronavirus. “If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it,” he said in an interview with ABC News on Instagram …
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Upper East Side restaurant Nello has lost its liquor license for violating COVID-19 regulations. The New York State Liquor Authority posted the suspension on the doors of the exclusive eatery on Wednesday for violating three executive orders that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had put into place amid the pandemic. Investigators with Cuomo’s task force “observed at …
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to a broadside from Bill Gates by tweeting “Billy G is not my lover,” and “The rumor that Bill Gates & I are lovers is completely untrue.” The late-Wednesday quip came after a Twitter user alerted him to a CNBC interview in which the 64-year-old Microsoft co-founder took issue with Musk’s …
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Babysitters will soon be hitting the road with MLB teams. In light of the Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak, the league will now require teams to travel with a compliance officer to make sure players and staff follow protocols, ESPN reported Wednesday. MLB is also encouraging players not to leave their hotels except for games and requiring …
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Some 1.43 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, pushing the number of initial jobless claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic above 54 million, new data show. Last week marked the second consecutive week with an increase in new jobless filings, a further indication that the economic recovery from the pandemic is faltering. “Jobs …
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The US economy suffered its worst blow since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, the feds said Thursday. The nation’s gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced here — plunged by an annual rate of 32.9 percent from April …
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Clorox developed a better reputation than any other big American company as consumers depended on its disinfectants to ward off the coronavirus, a new survey shows. Americans’ trust in the California-based company’s wipes, cleaners and bleach during the pandemic helped it land the No. 1 spot on the annual Axios-Harris Poll 100 Corporate Reputation Rankings …
The Royal Caribbean cruise conglomerate has dropped the word “cruises” from its name as the industry takes a beating from the coronavirus pandemic. The Miami-based travel company announced Thursday that it changed its name from Royal Caribbean Cruises to Royal Caribbean Group. Chairman and CEO Richard Fain called it a “simpler, fresher and more modern” …
