Airlines used to give away most of their nicest seats, but they have increasingly found ways to persuade people to pay a lot for them.
Category: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
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How Airlines Turned First-Class Seats From Freebies to a Profit Engine
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Judge Strikes Down RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policies in Blow to Trump’s Health Agenda
The New York Times – Business:Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government had not based its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and revising the childhood immunization schedule.
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War in Iran Has Grounded Gulf Airlines Like Emirates
The New York Times – Business:Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways have become some of the world’s largest and most profitable thanks to their location at the center of busy travel routes.
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How the Iran War Threatens the Global Food, Energy and Other Supplies
The New York Times – Business:Beyond its effects on oil and gas, the unfolding war in the Middle East is roiling shipping and airfreight, threatening the availability of a vast range of goods.
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Universal Will Give Movies Longer Exclusive Runs in Theaters
The New York Times – Business:Theaters will get a minimum of five weekends of exclusive play and then, starting next year, seven. A pandemic-era policy was guaranteeing only three.
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Universal Will Give Movies Longer Exclusive Runs in Theaters
The New York Times – Business:Theaters will get a minimum of five weekends of exclusive play and then, starting next year, seven. A pandemic-era policy was guaranteeing only three.
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San Francisco Bay Area Residents Weigh Possibility of BART Reductions
The New York Times – Business:The Bay Area Rapid Transit system was once so successful, it could rely mostly on riders to sustain itself. But the pandemic dealt BART an unusually heavy blow.
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San Francisco Bay Area Residents Weigh Possibility of BART Reductions
The New York Times – Business:The Bay Area Rapid Transit system was once so successful, it could rely mostly on riders to sustain itself. But the pandemic dealt BART an unusually heavy blow.
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Trump Officials Seek to ‘Reimagine’ Unemployment Benefits, Targeting Fraud
The New York Times – Business:Federal officials are subjecting some states to higher scrutiny in an antifraud campaign, as the president rails against California and states led by Democrats.
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F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
The New York Times – Business:Moderna said it had held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
The New York Times – Business:Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.