October 7, 2020

8,800 part-time workers in Florida part of Disney layoffs

ORLANDO, Fla. — About 8,800 part-time union workers at Walt Disney World in Florida will be part of the 28,000 layoffs in Disney’s parks division […]
October 7, 2020

Levi Strauss, United rise; DraftKings, NanoString fall

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Wednesday: Sirius XM Holdings Inc., up 25 cents to $5.82. The satellite radio company raised […]
October 7, 2020

Firefighters recover 3 killed in Houston building collapse

HOUSTON — The bodies of three workers who were killed when a stairwell collapsed inside a high-rise building under construction were recovered Wednesday, the Houston […]
October 7, 2020

US consumer spending fell by $7.2 billion in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers cut back on their borrowing in August, with credit card use dropping for a sixth straight month, reflecting caution in the […]
October 7, 2020

Lowe's to hand out another round of bonuses worth $100M

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe’s Cos. announced Wednesday that it is handing out another round of bonuses to recognize its front-line employees in light of the […]
October 7, 2020

'The military's #MeToo moment:' Fort Hood victims speak out

AUSTIN, Texas — Maria Valentine says she was just months into her training at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, in 2006 when […]
October 7, 2020

Tribe reports scramble for hospital beds in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small hospital serving the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has sent two coronavirus patients to an out-of-state hospital in recent days, […]
October 7, 2020

Fed officials last month saw sizable risks facing economy

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials last month believed that while the U.S. economy was recovering faster than expected, it faced ongoing threats, including a failure […]
October 7, 2020

Women outwit Hollywood bias with help from industry insiders

LOS ANGELES — Kaitlyn Yang knows it’s rare for women to work in visual effects but wanted to find out just how much company she […]
October 7, 2020

Ruby Tuesday, hit by COVID closures, files for bankruptcy

Ruby Tuesday is filing for bankruptcy protection, the latest casual restaurant chain to suffer from coronavirus-related closures and changing consumer habits. The Maryville, Tennessee-based company, […]