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Diners Susan and Hank Gill of Loves Park eat inside at Nunzio’s Restaurant on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Loves Park, Ill. Tables are spaced out for indoor dining. As Illinois’ coronavirus test positivity rate falls, state officials have announced the further loosening of coronavirus restrictions. State officials announced Monday that dozens of counties in northwestern Illinois will be allowed to offer limited indoor bar service and increase indoor dining capacity. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)

January 26, 2021 at 12:35 pm

U.S. states ease covid restrictions as variants take hold

California and other large states are loosening pandemic restrictions just as scientists warn that more-contagious variants of the coronavirus are beginning to take hold in...

Daytime has become a second prime time for total TV consumption among many former office professionals. (Daniel Acker / Bloomberg)

December 9, 2020 at 8:30 am

Daytime TV viewing surges: Remote workers are wielding the remote more frequently

Professionals working from home during the pandemic are spending two hours and 10 minutes more per week watching TV during the day than they did...

September 9, 2020 at 4:10 pm

‘Mulan,’ once a sure thing, becomes a problem for Disney

Disney's new "Mulan" movie is proving to be a political hot potato, reflecting the U.S.'s fraying ties with China, and the choices companies face when...

Business

August 12, 2020 at 6:48 am

Disney’s CEO is scrapping once-sacred businesses

Bob Chapek — less than six months after succeeding longtime CEO Bob Iger — is using the covid-19 crisis to transform Disney much faster than...

Business

FILE – In this June 4, 2020 file photo, people play blackjack at the reopening of the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas.With more casinos and businesses reopening and health officials charting a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, Nevada lawmakers on Friday, June 12, 2020 approved Gov. Steve Sisolak’s plan to plug an $812 million budget deficit blamed on the coronavirus pandemic. An oversight committee vote to approve the Democratic governor’s plan was along party lines, with Republicans united against it. State tax revenues plunged after Gov. Sisolak closed business and casinos in mid-March to prevent the spread of the communicable COVID-19 illness. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) LA103 LA103

July 6, 2020 at 5:20 am

Employers find testing employees more trouble than it’s worth

From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety...

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January 17, 2020 at 10:38 am

Disney is dropping the Fox name from 20th Century studios

Walt Disney Co. is removing the Fox name from future films 10 months after completing the $71 billion acquisition of the 20th Century Fox entertainment...

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December 22, 2019 at 12:24 pm

Newest ‘Star Wars’ film produces another box office hit for Disney

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" took in $175.5 million in its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada, delivering yet another hit in what...

Business

October 11, 2019 at 1:38 pm

Activision Blizzard aims to survive its China firestorm by lying low

Activision Blizzard, facing the threat of a boycott, reduced the punishment it meted out to a tournament player who voiced support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy...

Business

September 4, 2019 at 10:18 am

SEC investigates stock trading by Eldorado Resorts executives

Eldorado Resorts Inc.'s most senior executives, including Chief Executive Officer Tom Reeg, were subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over their trading in...

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FILE — Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements as well as vice-chairwoman of CBS Corporation and Viacom, at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. on March 10, 2016. After more than a decade apart, CBS and Viacom agreed to merge on Aug. 13, 2018, in a deal that will reunite a roster of once-mighty media businesses. Viacom’s Paramount film studios and MTV and Nickelodeon cable networks will be added to the broadcast giant CBS and book publisher Simon & Schuster. (Ryan Stone/The New York Times) XNYT148 XNYT148

August 13, 2019 at 11:29 am

After years of battle, Shari Redstone runs an empire of her own with $11.7B merger of CBS and Viacom

While women increasingly are overseeing media companies, none chairs one as big as the rejoined CBS and Viacom, whose combined sales last year were $27.4...

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