This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. Total confirmed cases: More than 85,000 Total deaths: At least 2,861 3:45 pm: Kuwait health ministry urges citizens not to travel A health ministry official has called on citizens in Kuwait to avoid travel due the coronavirus outbreak,
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Walmart logo is seen at a store in Mountain View, California, United States on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Yichuan Cao | NurPhoto | Getty Images Walmart has named Jamie Iannone its chief operating officer for U.S. e-commerce, after the Sam’s Club executive helped oversee digital initiatives for the retailer’s membership-based subsidiary. In a company memo
Laboratory technicians work on testing samples from people to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a laboratory in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province on February 12, 2020. STR | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s increasing coronavirus testing capabilities at state and local labs after California
A pedestrian wears a face mask while pushing a stroller past the Tiffany & Co. luxury goods store at Times Square in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Bloomberg If the coronavirus spreads in the U.S., that could mean really bad news for U.S. mall owners, according to
Life inside a red zone: Gino Verani, 87, sits a table in a piazza in San Fiorano, one of the towns on lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak. Marzio Toniolo | Reuters Empty streets, eerily quiet malls, dark storefronts and seldom there are a few people willing to take the risk to venture outside. Cities
People are wearing masks at Myeongdong on February 20, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. Jong-Hyun Kim |Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed cases: More than 81,400 Total deaths: At least 2,770 8:13 am: Former FDA chief calls
A view of a Best Buy retail store on August 29, 2019 in San Bruno, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Best Buy‘s fourth-quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations, driven by strong sales gains over the holidays. Shares are up less than 1% in premarket trading. Shares have gained about 36% over the past 12 months,
Papa John’s shares tumbled more than 10% Wednesday after the company said it has temporarily closed 50 franchised stores in China as a result of the coronavirus and reported a decline in same-store sales for the year. The company has seen a countrywide sales impact year to date, with sales in China down mid- to
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Total confirmed cases: More than 81,000Total deaths: At least 2,764 9:54 am: Brazil Health Ministry confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America The Brazilian government confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America, officials from
The man sitting in a Starbucks in Toronto. Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images Starbucks is joining the Beyond Meat wave as it adds the plant-based meat to its menus across Canada. The Seattle-based coffee chain said it will add a sandwich with Beyond Meat’s sausage, egg and cheddar cheese to its Canadian