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Penn Nationwide to accumulate theScore for $ 2 billion
The Penn National Gaming logo is displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Pictures | LightRakete | Getty Images Shares in Score Media and Gaming, which operates theScore, rose more than 60% Thursday morning after Penn National announced it would acquire the company for $ 2 billion in cash and stock options. Penn National…
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Simone Biles return helped Olympics viewership, common 16.eight million
Simone Biles of the United States in action on the balance beam, final round, Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The Tokyo Olympics averaged 17.4 million total viewers for Tuesday’s coverage, and NBCUniversal’s overall primetime average remained at 16.8 million viewers across its platforms, the media company announced Wednesday.…
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Black-owned drive-in movie show born of the Covid pandemic has plans to stay round
The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically altered the small business landscape in the U.S., boosting some while crushing others. For Ayana Morris and Siree Morris, it represented an opportunity: They co-founded drive-in movie theater Newark Moonlight Cinema. But even as vaccinations have some people returning to their pre-Covid ways, the Morrises told CNBC they have plans to expand their…
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Goal introduces debt-free school levels to draw retail employees
Target said Wednesday that it will offer workers new perks: a debt-free way to get a college degree and payments for graduate programs. Starting this fall, the wholesaler said it will cover the cost of tuition, fees and textbooks for part-time and full-time workers seeking a qualifying bachelor’s degree from more than 40 institutions. It…
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There’s not sufficient being completed to combat doping in swimming
American backstroke Olympian Ryan Murphy told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that doping remains a huge problem in the sport, and that there’s not enough being done to combat it. “In the U.S. you can see exactly how many times myself or any of my teammates have been drug tested, and it’s not like…
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CVS is discontinuing the administration of J&J Covid vaccines in pharmacies and continues to supply vaccinations in a couple of MinuteClinics
A nurse will give a syringe to the FEMA-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination site at Valencia State College on the first day the site resumes offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | LightRakete | Getty Images CVS Health has discontinued Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in its pharmacies and only makes vaccinations available in…
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CVS Well being says Covid vaccinations have peaked
A woman enters a CVS Covid-19 vaccine site in Monterey Park, California on April 27, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Karen Lynch, chief executive of CVS Health, said Wednesday that the peak of Covid-19 vaccinations was behind the company. On a phone call, she said the drugstore chain had administered 30…
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Spirit Airways cancels half its flights to ‘reboot’ operation
Spirit Airlines canceled half of its flights on Wednesday, in an effort to “reboot” its operations after a wave of disruptions that started over the weekend due to a mix of bad weather, staffing shortages and technology problems. Spirit has canceled more than 1,000 flights since Sunday and hundreds more were delayed. Furious customers complained…
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CVS Well being (CVS) Q2 2021 revenue exceeds estimates
A peek outside a CVS pharmacy store on July 16, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. Johnny Louis | Getty Images CVS Health exceeded analyst expectations for second quarter results on Wednesday and increased its guidance for the year as customers returned to doctor’s offices and more typical shopping patterns. Still, the company’s shares fell 4.8% in…
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Kroger companions with Kitchen United for ghost kitchens in its grocery shops
A depiction of a Kitchen United room in a Kroger grocery store Source: Kroger Kroger, the country’s largest supermarket chain, and the ghost kitchen start-up Kitchen United are working together to prepare takeaway and delivery in some of its grocery stores. The partnership announced on Wednesday combines Kitchen United’s goal of aggressive expansion with Kroger…