Tag: Consumer products and services
US casinos match best quarter ever; post-COVID hopes rise
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued returning...
Leigh Perkins, who took Orvis beyond fly fishing, dies at 93
The man who transformed the Vermont-based Orvis company from a niche fly-fishing supply company into a global retailer of outdoor supplies, apparel and protector...
EXPLAINER: Why are fears of high inflation getting worse?
WASHINGTON — Gas prices are rising. Auto prices are soaring. Consumer goods companies are charging more for household basics like toilet paper, peanut butter...
Business group warns China boycotts spooking investors
<p>BEIJING — An American business group warned Tuesday that government-instigated consumer boycotts of foreign shoe, clothing and other brands in China are making companies...
Japan’s Nissan sees smaller loss, promises sales recovery
<p>TOKYO — Nissan reduced its losses in the January-March quarter as restructuring efforts kicked in, despite damage to sales from the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Signs of optimism as NYC sees rise in tourism, bit by bit
<p>NEW YORK — The once-deserted steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art are filling up with visitors again. Hotel lobbies are losing their desolate...
Sentence next for ex-UAW leader who embezzled, lived large
<p>DETROIT — A welder who rose from the factory floor to become president of a venerable U.S. labor union is facing a prison term...
US casinos match best quarter ever; post-COVID hopes rise
<p>ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued returning...
Leigh Perkins, who took Orvis beyond fly fishing, dies at 93
<p>The man who transformed the Vermont-based Orvis company from a niche fly-fishing supply company into a global retailer of outdoor supplies, apparel and protector...
Czechs massively relax restrictions, honor COVID-19 victims
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic was massively relaxing its coronavirus restrictions on Monday as the hard-hit nation paid respect to nearly 30,000 dead.
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