Tag: Consumer products and services
Belgium eases lockdown, plans to open terraces in May
<p>BRUSSELS — Belgium is planning to reopen restaurants and bars for outdoor service next month and to lift a night-time curfew as new COVID-19...
To retain workers, Walmart moves more of them full-time
<p>NEW YORK — Walmart is moving more of its workers full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs...
After months on lam, slaughterhouse escapee beefalo caught
<p>PLYMOUTH, Conn. — After more than 250 days on the run, an 800- to 900-pound (360- to 410-kilogram) beefalo that has been roaming the...
“Sour Grapes” wine fraud con man deported to Indonesia
LOS ANGELES — A one-time California man who bilked wine collectors out of millions by selling cheaper booze he rebottled in his kitchen has...
Bally’s buying Tropicana hotel on Las Vegas Strip for $308M
<p>LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is being sold.</p>
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Iowa lawmakers pass bill seeking to stop farm investigations
<p>DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers for the fourth time have approved restrictions aimed at stopping animal welfare activists from documenting animal abuse at...
Czechs reject mandatory quotas on local food in stores
<p>PRAGUE — Czech lawmakers have rejected a proposed bill to reduce dependency on food imports by imposing a quota of locally-produced food to be...
Bally’s buying Tropicana hotel on Las Vegas Strip for $308M
LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is being sold.
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Iowa lawmakers pass bill seeking to stop farm investigations
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers for the fourth time have approved restrictions aimed at stopping animal welfare activists from documenting animal abuse at...
Czechs reject mandatory quotas on local food in stores
PRAGUE — Czech lawmakers have rejected a proposed bill to reduce dependency on food imports by imposing a quota of locally-produced food to be...