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Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers, Sharp will produce masks

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Brooks Brothers is converting three U.S. factories to produce up to a total of 150,000 masks per day. It will also begin production on protective gowns. Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. convert- ed its liquid crystal display factory and sent out its first shipment of medical masks Tuesday.
L.L. Bean

L.L. Bean

L.L. Bean turns to making masks

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
L.L. Bean already is using its shipping hub to sort and package food for distribution to food pantries. Now it has reopened its Brunswick production plant to create medical masks using materials from dog beds. Workers who typically sew the iconic L.L.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

Walgreens Boots Alliance results beat Street forecasts

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $946 million. On a per-share basis, the Deerfield, Illinois-based company said it had net income of $1.07. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.52 per share.
Medicine Park takes proactive approach

Medicine Park takes proactive approach

Medicine Park takes proactive approach

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Over the objections of a member who complained that he “was going to play golf” and that “people need something to do,” the Medicine Park Board of Trustees Tuesday approved a resolution requiring residents to “stay home” in order to fight the potential spread of the coronavirus.
Mortgage servicers to work with homeowners

Mortgage servicers to work with homeowners

Agencies want mortgage servicers to work with homeowners

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
A policy statement by a number of federal and state regulatory agencies is laying the foundation for mortgage servicers to be able to give homeowners a break on monthly payments during hard financial times spawned by the coronavirus pandemic.
House cleaning and sanitizing

House cleaning and sanitizing

Using the wrong bleach

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
For Heather Popowsky, her husband and their combined six children, keeping their house clean and sanitized isn’t just expected, it’s necessary, especially in the age of coronavirus. A self-proclaimed “sanitizing expert,” Popowsky reads labels on any cleaning product she uses.
Customers wait for Back to the Future to start after the sun sets at the Chief Drive-In in Ninnekah. Gov. Stitt expanded non-essential business closures to all 77 Oklahoma counties, which will affect drive-in theatres. Conner Caughlin/Gaylord News

Customers wait for Back to the Future to start after the sun sets at the Chief Drive-In in Ninnekah. Gov. Stitt expanded non-essential business closures to all 77 Oklahoma counties, which will affect drive-in theatres. Conner Caughlin/Gaylord News

The last picture show

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
NINNEKAH – As the COVID-19 outbreak worsens in the United States, some Oklahoma drive-in theatres were trying to keep their doors open to cure cabin fever. Drive-ins across Oklahoma were open until Gov. Kevin Stitt expanded his “safer-at- home” policy to all 77 Oklaho- ma counties on Wednesday.
Diet claim on COVID-19

Diet claim on COVID-19

Debunking a diet claim on COVID-19

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
CLAIM: Eating alkaline foods will stave off the novel coronavirus, which has a pH level of 5.5 to 8.5. THE FACTS: A false post circulating on social media claims that COVID-19 has a pH level between 5.5 to 8.5, and in order to fend off the virus people must consume alkaline foods.
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