At San Quentin State Prison, about two-thirds of the inmates have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Even as new infections decline, it still needs help recovering from the outbreak.
In 2019, Pier 1 was facing competition from every angle and doing what it could to stem the losses. While overall sales grew from nearly $517 million in 1990 to more than $1.5 billion in 2019, same-store sales had fallen for three straight years — in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Advertising trade groups are condemning amendments to a California consumer protection bill, claiming it would "have a chilling effect on commercial speech, the availability of digital content, and online commerce."
While markets rallied on the sentiment that the new policy would keep short-term rates anchored near zero well into the future, there also was plenty of skepticism that the Fed would be able to reach its goal.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows again did not meet her request to increase the cost of the White House's coronavirus stimulus offer to $2.2 trillion.
Ford remains under federal investigation as part of a multi-year probe into corruption of the United Auto Workers union, according to the case's top prosecutor.
Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris, unloaded on President Donald Trump for his response to the coronavirus. More than 180,000 Americans have died so far from Covid-19.
President Donald Trump is slated to formally accept his party's nomination in a live speech on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention.
The U.S. government wanted a technology provider as the lead bidder on a deal for TikTok, pushing Walmart toward Microsoft and away from a consortium with SoftBank and Alphabet.
Selling through the Amazon marketplace was "hard to give up, sort of like smoking," said Powell's CEO Emily Powell. But when Amazon prioritized essential supplies over books in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, that sealed the deal.
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Instacart, claiming the grocery delivery service deceived customers into thinking that an optional service fee would be used as a tip for workers.
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