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Remote work start-up Deel scores $14 million investment led by Andreessen Horowitz

Venture capital funding in general has dried up as investors have become skittish in placing new bets, particularly for early-stage companies.

5 years ago

Could coronavirus help Amazon workers unionize?

Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility. So did workers in New York, Illinois and Minnesota.



5 years ago

Macy's warns of up to $1 billion quarterly loss due to lockdowns

Macy's Inc said on Thursday it could rack up operating losses of up to $1.11 billion in the first quarter, as the retailer was forced to shut stores due to COVID-19 lockdowns.



5 years ago

Best Buy revenue, profit beat estimates as online sales surge

Best Buy Co Inc's quarterly revenue and profit topped analysts' estimates on Thursday due to a surge in online sales of electronics needed for consumers to work from home.



5 years ago

Trump to visit Ford plant in battleground state Michigan amid tensions with governor

U.S. President Donald Trump travels to the political swing state of Michigan on Thursday to visit a Ford plant amid tension with the state's Democratic governor and differences over the speed at which the country is reopening from its COVID-19 shutdown.



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U.S. leveraged loan defaults at six-year high as coronavirus hits businesses

The monthly tally of defaults in the U.S. leveraged loan market has hit a six-year high, data from Fitch Ratings showed, as companies are either missing payments or filing for bankruptcy because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.



5 years ago

Wall Street set to fall as trade tensions add to virus woes

U.S. stock indexes eyed a weaker open on Thursday as growing Sino-U.S. tensions and weak retail earnings added to worries about the pace of a recovery from a coronavirus-fueled economic slump.



5 years ago

TJX says sales recovering after coronavirus slump

TJX Cos Inc reported very strong sales at stores it has so far reopened post-coronavirus lockdowns, offering hope of a swift recovery after a first-quarter loss due to closures and a resulting 50% fall in sales.



5 years ago

U.S. weekly jobless claims remain high as backlogs, layoffs linger

Millions more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as backlogs continue to be cleared and disruptions from the novel coronavirus unleash a second wave of layoffs, pointing to another month of staggering job losses in May.



5 years ago

Exclusive: Baidu considers leaving the Nasdaq to boost its valuation - sources

Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc is considering delisting from the U.S. Nasdaq and moving to an exchange closer to home to boost its valuation amid rising tension between the United States and China over investments, three sources said.



5 years ago

Best Buy sees margin pressure as online demand raises delivery spend

Best Buy Co Inc said on Thursday it expects profit margins to be under pressure in the second quarter, as it spends more on expanding delivery services to support a surge in online shopping from people staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.



5 years ago

The slow reopen: Retail visits edge up, broader economic measures still unmoved

The U.S. continued its cautious reemergence from a coronavirus-linked shutdown over the past week, with measures of retail foot traffic slowly increasing but broader indexes of economic activity still stalled.



5 years ago

Amazon pushes Prime Day to September as it returns to normalcy: WSJ

Amazon.com Inc is scheduling its annual Prime Day shopping promotion for September and allowing unlimited shipments of non-essential goods to warehouses, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.



5 years ago

Wall Street dips as trade tensions add to virus woes

U.S. stock indexes edged lower at the open on Thursday as growing Sino-U.S. tensions and mixed retail earnings added to worries about the pace of a recovery from a coronavirus-fueled economic slump.



5 years ago

Starbucks recoups nearly two-thirds of comparable U.S. sales as stores reopen

Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it had regained nearly two-thirds of its comparable U.S. store sales from the prior year, as it reopened stores and modified operations due to the coronavirus-related restrictions.



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