This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFacebook has spent the past few days in round-the-clock conversations with advertisers, trying to persuade them to come back to the platform with the promise of modest changes to address concerns that the social network profits from hate and outrage.But advertisers and the agencies they work with say they are still negotiating. And they say they are so far unimpressed with promises to better police hate speech, including labeling some politicians’ posts when they break the company’s policies. On Tuesday, when the civil...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFacebook has spent the past few days in round-the-clock conversations with advertisers, trying to persuade them to come back to the platform with the promise of modest changes to address concerns that the social network profits from hate and outrage.But advertisers and the agencies they work with say they are still negotiating. And they say they are so far unimpressed with promises to better police hate speech, including labeling some politicians’ posts when they break the company’s policies. On Tuesday, when the civil...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCorrection: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said about whether it will sanction companies during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency it will exercise discretion about whether to pursue enforcement actions if companies undertake “good-faith efforts” to comply with regulations. This version has been corrected.Tyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the United States, has transformed its facilities across the country since legions of its workers...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCorrection: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said about whether it will sanction companies during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency it will exercise discretion about whether to pursue enforcement actions if companies undertake “good-faith efforts” to comply with regulations. This version has been corrected.Tyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the United States, has transformed its facilities across the country since legions of its workers...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the United States, has transformed its facilities across the country since legions of its workers started getting sick from the novel coronavirus. It has set up on-site medical clinics, screened employees for fevers at the beginning of their shifts, required the use of facial coverings, installed plastic dividers between stations and taken a host of other steps to slow the spread.Despite those efforts, the number of Tyson employees with covid-19, the disease caused by the novel...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateTyson Foods, the largest meat processor in the United States, has transformed its facilities across the country since legions of its workers started getting sick from the novel coronavirus. It has set up on-site medical clinics, screened employees for fevers at the beginning of their shifts, required the use of facial coverings, installed plastic dividers between stations and taken a host of other steps to slow the spread.Despite those efforts, the number of Tyson employees with covid-19, the disease caused by the novel...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareOusted McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook cannot take a job with a rival fast-food business for two years, according to a regulatory filing Monday, one day after the company announced he had shown “poor judgment” by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee.Easterbrook’s temporarily prohibits him from working for such competitors as Burger King, Yum Brands and Starbucks, as well as convenience store giants such as 7-Eleven and Wawa. He also will receive 26 weeks of pay, though the value of the severance package...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareOusted McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook cannot take a job with a rival fast-food business for two years, according to a regulatory filing Monday, one day after the company announced he had shown “poor judgment” by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee.Easterbrook’s temporarily prohibits him from working for such competitors as Burger King, Yum Brands and Starbucks, as well as convenience store giants such as 7-Eleven and Wawa. He also will receive 26 weeks of pay, though the value of the severance package...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA “triple whammy” of good news — led by promising results from a coronavirus vaccine trial — buoyed investors Monday, powering Wall Street to strong across-the-board gains.The Dow Jones industrial average surged nearly 700 points at the opening bell, then kept going, after Moderna announced that an for its coronavirus vaccine successfully produced covid-19 antibodies in participants. The biotech company said a large clinical trial to determine the treatment’s effectiveness would follow in July. Moderna’s shares soared...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA “triple whammy” of good news — led by promising results from a coronavirus vaccine trial — buoyed investors Monday, powering Wall Street to strong across-the-board gains.The Dow Jones industrial average surged nearly 700 points at the opening bell, then kept going, after Moderna announced that an for its coronavirus vaccine successfully produced covid-19 antibodies in participants. The biotech company said a large clinical trial to determine the treatment’s effectiveness would follow in July. Moderna’s shares soared...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Public health experts on Sunday debated the question of when to reopen portions of the U.S. “It is a target, and, obviously, we’re hopeful about that target, but I think it’s just too early to be able to tell that we see light at the end of the tunnel,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “I think it’s just too early for us to...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Public health experts on Sunday debated the question of when to reopen portions of the U.S. “It is a target, and, obviously, we’re hopeful about that target, but I think it’s just too early to be able to tell that we see light at the end of the tunnel,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “I think it’s just too early for us to...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareMcClatchy, one of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, another harbinger of America’s deepening local-news crisis.The Chapter 11 filing will allow the Sacramento-based company to keep its 30 newspapers afloat while it reorganizes more than $700 million in debt, 60 percent of which would be eliminated. If the plan wins court approval, control of the 163-year-old family publisher would be turned over to hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, its largest creditor. The company has...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareMcClatchy, one of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, another harbinger of America’s deepening local-news crisis.The Chapter 11 filing will allow the Sacramento-based company to keep its 30 newspapers afloat while it reorganizes more than $700 million in debt, 60 percent of which would be eliminated. If the plan wins court approval, control of the 163-year-old family publisher would be turned over to hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, its largest creditor. The company has...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s Saturday night remark that he asked officials to “slow the [coronavirus] testing down” sparked harsh rebukes from experts and frustration from his own staffers, who say it undercuts their efforts to reassure Americans as the disease surges around the country.The president’s comment, which came on the same day that eight states reported their highest-ever single-day case counts, drew a chorus of criticism from congressional Democrats and public health officials, who worry the president is more concerned...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s Saturday night remark that he asked officials to “slow the [coronavirus] testing down” sparked harsh rebukes from experts and frustration from his own staffers, who say it undercuts their efforts to reassure Americans as the disease surges around the country.The president’s comment, which came on the same day that eight states reported their highest-ever single-day case counts, drew a chorus of criticism from congressional Democrats and public health officials, who worry the president is more concerned...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareNo fist bumps or handshakes. No carpooling or coffee pots. Face masks everywhere.Americans who start returning to office jobs will find a substantially different environment than the one they left weeks ago, if their employers follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening safely during the coronavirus pandemic.While restaurants, resorts and retail stores have started reopening, many businesses with employees who can more easily telework have said they plan to stay closed . But the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareNo fist bumps or handshakes. No carpooling or coffee pots. Face masks everywhere.Americans who start returning to office jobs will find a substantially different environment than the one they left weeks ago, if their employers follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening safely during the coronavirus pandemic.While restaurants, resorts and retail stores have started reopening, many businesses with employees who can more easily telework have said they plan to stay closed . But the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by U.S. markets wrapped up one of their messiest-ever weeks Friday, recording their worst finish since the 2008 financial crisis. The Standard & Poor’s 500 tumbled 15 percent from where it began Monday, with stocks wrenched all week in hourly spasms as investors tried to fathom where the coronavirus will eventually leave the U.S. economy.The craziness ran right up to the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by U.S. markets wrapped up one of their messiest-ever weeks Friday, recording their worst finish since the 2008 financial crisis. The Standard & Poor’s 500 tumbled 15 percent from where it began Monday, with stocks wrenched all week in hourly spasms as investors tried to fathom where the coronavirus will eventually leave the U.S. economy.The craziness ran right up to the...WW…