Mellody Hobson and George Lucas attend the 2017 LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Mark Bradford and George Lucas presented by Gucci at LACMA on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. JB Lacroix | WireImage | Getty Images Starbucks said Wednesday that Mellody Hobson will serve as the next non-executive chair of its board.
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CoolSprings Galleria Mall, Franklin, TN Source: CBL Properties With winter looming, America’s mall owners face troubling days ahead in the global health crisis, according to a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. As the Covid pandemic worsens, and cases and hospitalizations keep climbing to new records in the U.S., mall owners face the threat
Joby air taxi eVTOL demonstrator. After more than six years of secret development, Joby Aviation lifts the lid on its innovative eVTOL air taxi program. Source: Joby Aviation The air taxi business is at least a couple of years from taking off, but it’s already seeing consolidation among start-ups. California-based Joby Aviation, which is developing
2021 Ford F-150 Tremor Ford Ford Motor is expanding its highly profitable truck lineup with a new off-road “Tremor” model for the F-150 pickup. The 2021 F-150 Tremor, announced Tuesday, features all-terrain equipment upgrades in addition to several new features of a redesigned version of the pickup, which is arriving nationwide to dealers across the
Vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and medical syringe with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and BioNTech German biotechnology company logos. Vincent Kalut | Photonews | Getty Images The country’s first Covid vaccine could be authorized for emergency use as soon as Thursday. If Pfizer and BioNTech get the green light, distribution is set to
Dr. Joseph Varon, left, and other medical staff member talk to a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration could authorize a coronavirus vaccine as early as the end of this week. The
A medical staff member Susan Paradela pauses for a moment as she places her hands on a a deceased patient’s hands before put the patient into a body bag in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images Hospitals
A waitress serves guests as people dine outdoors in Pasadena, California, the only city in Los Angeles County still allowing that service on December 2, 2020. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Two regions in California, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, have triggered the state’s new stay-at-home order after capacity in their
Voluspa scented candles for sale at Bloomingdale’s Inc. flagship department store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty Images Perfume and cologne are typically popular holiday gifts. This year, however, the beauty industry is getting a boost from a different kind of fragrance: Home scents. The reason?
Family and friends place Humberto Rosales casket, who passed away from Covid-19 complications, at his gravesite at Memorial Pines Cemetery in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on December 3, 2020. Paul Ratje | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly revised its estimates for the disproportionately deadly toll that Covid-19 is
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus R speaks at a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland. Chen Junxia | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images World Health Organization officials on Friday warned that recent data suggests that, though it is rare, people who were once infected with the coronavirus could be infected again as their
A McDonald’s Happy Meal. Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s plans to pass along more fees to franchisees next year, risking the wrath of its U.S. operators. Starting in January, the fast-food chain will stop paying out a $300 subsidy per month at each restaurant for Happy Meals, according to a memo from
A nurse administers a flu vaccination shot to a woman at a free clinic held at a local library on October 14, 2020 in Lakewood, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Children and young teens could get a Covid-19 vaccine in the second half of next year, an advisor for the Centers for Disease Control
California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images San Francisco Bay Area health officials announced on Friday that they would implement California’s new stay-at-home order early, even though they haven’t reached the state’s threshold triggering the
2021 Ford Bronco Source: Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor is delaying the launch of its upcoming Bronco SUV from spring to summer of next year due to coronavirus-related problems in its supply chain, the company told its dealers Friday afternoon. Customers who had reserved vehicles were expected to begin the ordering process Monday. That has
Nurses display a ‘Stay Home’ sign on their vehicle during a car caravan of nurses calling for people to remain home amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in El Paso on November 16, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday unveiled new quarantine
A haulage truck and traffic pass the Pfizer Inc. facility in Puurs, Belgium, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer shares fell Thursday after a report said the U.S. drugmaker expects to ship half of the Covid-19 vaccines it originally planned for this year due to supply-chain problems.
California governor Gavin Newsom Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on certain regions of the state where Covid-19 cases are placing a strain on intensive care units, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The state will be split into five regions — the Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, Northern California,
This picture taken on November 23, 2020 shows a bottle reading “Vaccine Covid-19” next to US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company Biontech logos on November 23, 2020. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images The U.K. this week became the first country to authorize Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, likely adding pressure
Medical staff members prepare to perform a percutaneous tracheostomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center on November 26, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images More than 100,000 people are currently in hospitals across the U.S. sick with Covid-19, as