Category: Business

Software giant Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced that it is expanding the scope of its workplace health monitoring applications to help in vaccine distribution programs.The company launched the Work.com for Vaccines platform to help governments deploy vaccines developed for various diseases, including any of a number of highly anticipated Covid-19 vaccines under emergency development to contain…

A nurse prepares an injection as a study on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate gets under way in New York in July. Photo: APNews deals blow to Trump’s hopes of having injection ready by November 3 to give campaign much-needed boost Meanwhile, FDA expands investigation into other leading candidate by AstraZeneca and Oxford after serious illness…

SINGAPORE — Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading on Thursday due to a technical issue, while many major markets in the region are closed for holidays.Japan Exchange Group said in a Thursday release that the Tokyo Stock Exchange has stopped trading for the day following a “system glitch.” It added that it cannot say at this point…

An airline employee walks past empty American Airlines check-in terminals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on May 12, 2020.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines and United Airlines will start furloughing more than 32,000 employees on Thursday after talks for a national coronavirus aid package failed in Washington, but both carriers say they are prepared…

Checking politics at the door? — “Most employees don’t want to work in these divisive environments,” CEO wrote. Timothy B. Lee – Sep 30, 2020 10:38 pm UTC Enlarge / Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.In the last few years, big technology companies have faced growing pressure from employees to become involved in social justice issues. This…

Certain human body parts are simply unnecessary. We need no appendix or tailbone, and dentists often extract wisdom teeth. Personally, I’ve lived a satisfied life without a sweet tooth, favoring coffee minus sugar, syrup-free pancakes, and beers that don’t make me reach for a toothbrush. I speak of saccharine pastry stouts, a genre of rich…

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A Florida woman says she was forced to forfeit her lotto prize after the US Postal Service lost her winning ticket in the mail.Sue Burgess, of Hernando County, said she was thrilled to discover earlier this summer that she snagged $1,000 in the state’s Second Chance Lottery game, news station WFLA.“I was elated. It was like…

Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley told CNBC on Wednesday the hard seltzer market is large enough for multiple brands to be successful, offering a defense of the beverage company’s recent distribution deal with Coca-Cola.  “The key with our portfolio of brands is they’re going to be very differentiated,” Hattersley said on “Closing Bell.” “We don’t see…

Published: Sept. 30, 2020 at 5:33 p.m. ET Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC, -0.30% said late Wednesday it will lay off more than 2,000 employees as it looks to cut costs amid less demand for gasoline and other oil derivatives with the ongoing pandemic. The layoffs and the “indefinite” idling of the company’s refineries in Martinez,…