Cristina Alesci
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Opinion: I jab myself daily to stay healthy, and people can't wear a mask?
At the beginning of the pandemic, thinking about everything she has to do to stay healthy while living with Type 1 diabetes made Cristina Alesci optimistic that Americans would make much smaller sacrifices to help everyone stay safe. Now, months in, with cases rising and so many still refusing to mask or curb holiday travel, those hopes are dimming. → Read More
Coronavirus misinformation is winding up in Wall Street research. Here's why that matters
Coronavirus misinformation is infecting the unlikeliest of places: Wall Street research that investors rely on to trade in the financial markets. → Read More
Nike says it supports athletes' boycotts
Nike, the official maker of the uniforms for the NBA and WNBA, said Thursday it supports athletes' boycotts in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. → Read More
McDonald's is suing its ousted CEO for lying about sexual relationships with employees
Ousted McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook lied to the board about the extent of his relationships with employees, the company alleged in a new lawsuit. He misled investigators about engaging in physical sexual relationships with three employees in the year before his ouster, according to the documents. → Read More
Inside Trump's TikTok reversal: How advisers mobilized their deal-making efforts
Sen. Lindsey Graham wasn't entirely sure what TikTok was, beyond a source of videos of piano-playing dogs and dancing cats. Nonetheless, he was tasked with a mission: talk President Donald Trump down from his threatened ban on the Chinese-owned platform that is hugely popular with American kids. → Read More
New York needs federal loan to pay state unemployment benefits
New York has to borrow money from the federal government to pay its state unemployment benefits after more than a million newly jobless residents filed claims amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. → Read More
United will require flight attendants to wear masks or face coverings while on duty
United will require flight attendants to wear face coverings or masks while they're on duty starting April 24th, according to an employee memo the airline shared with CNN. → Read More
Cost of protective equipment rises amid competition and surge in demand
The cost of personal protective equipment is skyrocketing -- more than 1,000% in some cases -- as the coronavirus pandemic continues. → Read More
Trump told testing is key to reopening during business panel call
In the first phone call convened between President Donald Trump and some members of his newly formed business council, industry leaders reiterated to the President what public health experts and governors have been telling him for weeks: that there would need to be guarantees of ramped-up coronavirus testing before people return to work, according to one person briefed on the discussions. → Read More
Trump told testing is key to reopening during business panel call
In the first phone call convened between President Donald Trump and some members of his newly formed business council, industry leaders reiterated to the President what public health experts and governors have been telling him for weeks: that there would need to be guarantees of ramped-up coronavirus testing before people return to work, according to one person briefed on the discussions. → Read More
Billionaire Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai donates ventilators and masks to New York
Joe Tsai, the billionaire co-founder of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, and his wife Clara Wu Tsai, have donated 2.6 million masks, 170,000 goggles and 2000 ventilators to New York — the US epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
FDA changes course and allows China's KN95 mask to be used in US
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday changed its position on a sought-after type of respirator from China, the KN95, announcing that the agency will authorize the mask for use in healthcare settings if it meets certain criteria. → Read More
Walmart confirms coronavirus case in one of its stores
Walmart announced an emergency leave policy after one of its employees in Cynthiana, Kentucky, tested positive for coronavirus, according to a memo sent to employees. → Read More
Bloomberg qualifies for Wednesday's Democratic debate
Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, paving the way for the former New York mayor's first appearance on stage with his 2020 rivals. → Read More
Bloomberg says 2015 stop and frisk comments were 'five years ago' and are 'not the way that I think'
Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday said his 2015 comments about the controversial stop and frisk policing policy do not reflect the way he thinks or the way he led as mayor of New York City. → Read More
Bloomberg defended stop and frisk, throwing minority kids 'against the walls' in 2015 audio
Michael Bloomberg is heard defending his controversial stop and frisk policing policy in stark terms in snippets of audio that were posted on Twitter Monday, with the former New York mayor describing the policy as a way to reduce violence by throwing minority kids "up against the walls and frisk them" → Read More
Bloomberg courts wealthy donors for their influence, not money
Michael Bloomberg may not need other people's money to fund his bid for the White House. But friends -- especially influential ones -- come in handy. → Read More
Bloomberg donated more than $200 million to his presidential bid in 2019
Michael Bloomberg plowed a little more than $200 million of his vast fortune into his presidential bid at the end of last year -- a snapshot of the staggering investment the former New York mayor made in the early weeks of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, new filings show. → Read More
Bloomberg builds his Super Tuesday juggernaut while 2020 Democrats swarm Iowa
The former New York mayor is attempting a feat no nominee in nearly a half century has successfully manuevered: ignoring the early states. But his unbridled spending and climb in the polls are making his rivals take notice. → Read More
Bloomberg to unveil economic justice plan at site of 'Black Wall Street' massacre
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Sunday is expected to release an economic justice plan during a stop in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood that was known as "Black Wall Street" before it was destroyed in a 1921 riot and massacre. → Read More