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COVID-19: Apple Indefinitely Delays Return To Offices COVID-19: Apple Indefinitely Delays Return To Offices
Covid-19: Apple Indefinitely Delays Return To Offices Apple Inc. has delayed its deadline for corporate employees to begin returning to the office indefinitely amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a new report. Bloomberg reported that the technology company's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told employees on Wednesday, Dec. 15, that Apple is delaying the beginning of its hybrid work pilot "to a date yet to be determined." The news outlet reported that Apple was previously planning to have employees begin returning to work in person in February. Cook said rising cases around the globe and the highly-transmissible new variant are…

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by Nicole Valinote
Business
COVID-19: Pandemic Brings Record Demand For Pets, Overwhelming Some Businesses COVID-19: Pandemic Brings Record Demand For Pets, Overwhelming Some Businesses
Covid-19: Pandemic Brings Record Demand For Pets, Overwhelming Some Businesses A record number of Americans have turned to pandemic pets to ride out the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak, leaving some businesses and shelters overwhelmed due to the demand. With the rise in new pet owners has come a demand for veterinary, grooming, and training services for the millions of new animals being adopted during the pandemic that some businesses are struggling to keep up with. “Our training and our grooming is getting overwhelmed with demand,” Petco CEO Ron Coughlin said to Bloomberg. “Our vet hospitals and our vet clinics are having more and more demand as people feel mor…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Cats, Dogs, Caviar, Here Are Odd Shortages Caused By The Pandemic COVID-19: Cats, Dogs, Caviar, Here Are Odd Shortages Caused By The Pandemic
Covid-19: Cats, Dogs, Caviar, Here Are Odd Shortages Caused By The Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic turmoil are leading to supply shortages in places you might not have considered. Among purchasables in short-supply are cats and dogs up for adoption to baking yeast, jigsaw puzzles, and truffles among other things. When COVID-19 closed much of the economy in March 2020, items that include toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies, coins, meat, and flour were among the first pandemic-related shortages Americans experienced. Most of those shortages have been addressed by manufacturers and supply chains. But as the U.S. comes up on one year…

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by Kristin Palpini