Retail

The mandate covers all campus staff as well as market, regional and divisional employees, the retailer said.

As more places reopened and people got COVID-19 jabs, consumers confidently spent money at restaurants and stores.

Other tech behemoths – including Apple Inc, Google parent Alphabet Inc, and Facebook Inc – also took a dip.

The Seattle-based company’s shares fell 6 percent in after-hours trading.

A job posting for a digital currency lead briefly pushed Bitcoin past $40,000 on Monday, its highest since June 15.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged above $40,000 for the first time since June on Monday afternoon.

American Express’s revenue jumped to $10.24bn from $7.68bn last year, the company reported on Friday.

Retail sales rose more than expected in June in another sign of the country’s ongoing economic recovery.

‘Labour abuse is baked into the supply-chain model championed by apparel giants,’ one labour rights researcher said.

Economy was expected to descend from its recent heights, but the softening comes sooner than expected.

Americans bought 15 million more packs of gum in May than in January as COVID-19 masking restrictions eased.

Amazon’s overall carbon emissions increased in 2020, but the firm’s ‘carbon intensity’ decreased, the company said.

The world’s largest retailer is offering affordable insulin drugs for millions of Americans living with diabetes.

Nationalism is pushing sales of local brands, including pride in China’s recovery from COVID as other nations struggle.