With more than a million workers now on some form of Government wage support or salary scheme at a cost of €4bn-€4.5bn over a 12 week period, talk is now of how to cut the cost of those schemes as the economy re-opens.
An artist and a team of sewers have kitted out their entire Somerset village with fabric face masks.
Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the book was called “Dawn,” … Click to Continue »
California will have a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion because of the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, a stunning reversal for a state … Click to Continue »
Grain futures were mixed Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery rose 9.8 cents at $5.31 a bushel; May corn gained 4.6 cents … Click to Continue »
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday removed jail as a punishment for violating his coronavirus restrictions following outcry by conservatives over a Dallas salon owner who was jailed for … Click to Continue »
Neiman Marcus, the 112-year-old storied luxury department store chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic. The move, … Click to Continue »