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Monday: In Business

Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin as more shoppers shift online

NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy. In normal times, ...

Chamber Chat: Doing business in the age of the pivot

Pivot: verb- to modify (a policy, opinion, product, etc.) while retaining some continuity with its previous version. It’s become a buzz word to describe businesses and society’s quick adaptation to work through abrupt policy changes brought on by the pandemic response. Some people are ...

Dark days at the drive-in slowed by COVID-19

WATERFORD, Pa. (AP) — The big screen has gone dark for the season at Sunset Drive-in in Waterford Township. The last of the vendors at the weekly flea market staged at the theater have folded up their card tables and packed away their wares. Drive-in theaters, down from a high of about ...

Nova Water Co. announces US headquarters to be opened in U.P.’s Iron River

From Nova Water Co. IRON RIVER — Nova Water of Canada, with its global administration office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is proud to announce its expansion into the United States with the opening of its US headquarters in Iron River, Michigan. The expansion into the US will allow Nova ...

Delivery giant DoorDash plans IPO

NEW YORK (AP) — Delivery giant DoorDash Inc. is planning to sell its stock to the public, capitalizing on the growing trend of consumers embracing app-based deliveries as much of the world stays home during the pandemic. The San Francisco-based company filed papers signaling its intent for ...