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Robots on the rise as Americans experience record job losses amid pandemic
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA They can check you in and deliver orange juice to your hotel room, answer your questions about a missing package, whip up sushi and pack up thousands of subscription boxes. And, perhaps most importantly, they are completely immune to Covid-19. While people have had a hard time […]
Emptied Sports Stadiums Tackle Losses With New Experiences
Darryl Dunn, the chief executive and general manager of the Rose Bowl Operating Co., would have been preparing to receive the biggest crowd of his year around now, had this year been normal. The 90,000-plus college football fans that usually flock to the Rose Bowl’s stadium in Pasadena, Calif., for […]
Coronavirus Deaths, Job Losses Hit Pennsylvania Hardest of 2020 Battlegrounds
It hasn’t been a good year for John Stemler. The brew master and co-founder of Free Will Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County has had to lay off employees because of the coronavirus pandemic and figures his annual revenue will drop by 25%. “We’re being very careful about how we operate […]
House builder’s profit slumps, losses deepen at Galliford Try and Zara sales slide
Here are the top business, market, and economic stories you should be watching today in the UK, Europe, and abroad: House builder’s profit slumps House builder Redrow (RDW.L) saw its profits slump by two thirds last year as COVID-19 disrupted construction and sales. Pre-tax profit at the business fell 66% […]