Wichita Machinists urge shops close to clean; build for pandemic fight

The Belgian chocolatier Godiva will close all its 128 locations in North America due to a drop in in-person shopping during the pandemic. Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor Godiva will shut its North Ameri.....»»

The ADP national employment report released Wednesday morning showed U.S. companies cut 20.2 million jobs in April as the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to close at least temporarily......»»

Sweden's H&M is set to permanently close eight of its Italian stores, including two in the country's fashion capital Milan, as it pushes ahead with plans that pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic......»»

General Motors has been awarded a U.S. government contract worth nearly a near $490 million to build ventilators amid .....»»

Recreational Equipment Inc. CEO and President Eric Artz is forgoing his salary as his 162 stores will remain closed due to the ongoing COIVD-19 pandemic. REI is just one of many retail shops forced to close due to the outbreak, forcing employers.....»»

Textron Aviation this week began using some of its production capacity in Wichita to help directly combat the COVID-19 pandemic.  The company, which normally builds Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, has begun manufacturing plastic face shields and .....»»

Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will make 50,000 face shields at factories in Brazil and Argentina to donate in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic......»»

In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren't essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronavirus. In other places, officials are stopping background checks for concealed carry permits......»»

Businesses ranging from hair and nail salons and barber shops to gyms and health clubs are being ordered to close under the latest executive order to be signed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper in the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic......»»

Businesses nationwide are bracing for increased federal restrictions after a weekend that saw the coronavirus pandemic strengthen its grip on the way people work and live. Vice President Mike Pence at a White House briefing on Sunday said new federal .....»»

The Federal Reserve said Sunday it is lowering interest rates for a second time since the coronavirus outbreak began infecting the global economy......»»

Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked to portray himself as a global leader in the fight against climate change. Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked to portray himself as a global leader in the fight against climate change......»»

In local news: A developer's bankruptcy filing adds a new wrinkle to a long-running legal battle over what a judged has deemed a broken promise to build affordable housing — one of Charlotte's most pressing issues — in a close-in neighborhood. .....»»

Bucking the trend that saw several fashion retailers go bankrupt or close their doors after the pandemic shut them down, fast-fashion and special occasion wear retailer Windsor Fashions LLC opened 10 stores last year and plans to increase its fo.....»»

President Joe Biden has plans to fight climate change with clean energy mandates, investments in electric vehicles and tough new limits on greenhouse gas emissions. But his most potent weapon against global warming may be a so-called border adj.....»»

They're asking for the federal government to give tax credits to biofuel blenders and to create a $400 million a year grant program to help build facilities or scale up operations as part of the Biden Administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure package......»»

Greater Washington is making progress in attacking the racial and gender diversity problems that plague its innovation ecosystem. And there’s still a long road ahead......»»

In moments of national crisis like the pandemic, history demands the federal government act boldly — not only to overcome the crisis but to build long-term opportunity and economic investment in our community. Out of the Great Depression, P.....»»

Democrats and Republicans drew opposite conclusions from April's jobs report and the way forward in healing an economy battered by the pandemic. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the April jobs r.....»»

The Ulupono Initiative, a venture of eBay founder's The Omidyar.....»»