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Jumbled Covid-19 Border Rules Baffle Companies, Stymie Tourism

July 13, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Jumbled Covid-19 Border Rules Baffle Companies, Stymie Tourism
Business leaders want to get the global economy back on track, but rising coronavirus levels in places such as the U.S. have governments tapping the brakes.

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MultiPlan to Go Public in Merger With Churchill Capital Entity

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on MultiPlan to Go Public in Merger With Churchill Capital Entity
Health-care-services provider MultiPlan Inc. is merging with Churchill Capital Corp. III, a special purpose acquisition company, in an deal worth $11 billion, including debt.

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Analog Devices in Talks to Buy Rival Maxim for About $20 Billion

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Analog Devices in Talks to Buy Rival Maxim for About $20 Billion
Semiconductor maker Analog Devices is in negotiations to buy rival Maxim Integrated Products for roughly $20 billion in what would be one of the largest merger deals of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Target, MTV Blocked Ads From News Mentioning ‘George Floyd’ and ‘Protests’

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Target, MTV Blocked Ads From News Mentioning ‘George Floyd’ and ‘Protests’
Terms related to protests were on “blocklists” companies use to avoid ad placements in sensitive content. News publishers say such moves effectively punish media companies for covering important issues.

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Quit Chrome. Safari and Edge Are Just Better Browsers for You and Your Computer.

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Quit Chrome. Safari and Edge Are Just Better Browsers for You and Your Computer.
Could this be the year when you pack up your bookmarks and switch from Google Chrome to another browser? Joanna Stern weighs alternatives like Microsoft’s Edge and Apple’s Safari.

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Virus Surge Pressures Food Supplies

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Virus Surge Pressures Food Supplies
Grocers are having trouble staying stocked with goods from flour to soups as climbing coronavirus case numbers and continued lockdowns pressure production and bolster customer demand.

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Fed Discloses More Corporate Bond and ETF Purchases

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Fed Discloses More Corporate Bond and ETF Purchases
The Federal Reserve purchased about $1.3 billion in face value of corporate bonds from June 17 to June 26, boosting its purchases under a market-stabilization buying program to about $1.5 billion at the time.

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Breaking Down the Pandemic’s Toll on the Job Market

July 12, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Breaking Down the Pandemic’s Toll on the Job Market
In the first half of 2020, we saw a decade’s worth of employment gains wiped out in two months, and then about a third of the 21 million lost jobs recovered. Here is a look at who and what kinds of jobs were impacted.

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Disney World Reopens With Masks and Without Lines

July 11, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Disney World Reopens With Masks and Without Lines
Disney fans visiting the company’s Orlando theme park, which reopened Saturday, are finding the limited capacity and strict protocols reassuring but unsettling. “It’s like a Twilight Zone dream.”

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Covid-19 Hits Cruise-Ship Crews Hard

July 11, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Covid-19 Hits Cruise-Ship Crews Hard
Cruise-ship workers suffered from more confirmed cases of Covid-19 than passengers, according to newly released government data.

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