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...this past quarter, mainly because of charges related to store closures and falling real estate values. McDonald's will gladly kick a double-soy-latte-drinking competitor while it's down. "This is shock and awe," says Steve West, restaurant analyst at Stifel Nicolaus. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...only looking at your female classmates as faceless T&A in the summer, “Sam,” but perhaps you’d do us the courtesy of using your real name next time so that all women with a shred of good sense can avoid...
...first step for the government is simply getting the country back to a sense of normality after an eerie 12 days in which many stayed in their homes and those on the streets were advised to avoid any contact and cover up with face masks. Restaurants will reopen their doors Wednesday, albeit with limited hours and at 50% capacity. Offices and factories will be back in business, although close-contact meetings are advised against. University students will be back into classes from Thursday, and primary school students will be at their desks Monday - along with new hygiene regulations...
...hammered by the epidemic and its consequences. In the Caribbean paradise of Cancun, six major resorts were to take their own holiday because they had been emptied of guests, said Rodrigo de la Pena, president of the Cancun Hotel Association. "This is the best action they can take to avoid having to lay off staff," de la Pena said. Pena hoped that the lack of tourists would last no more than three months. But others fear that few Americans or Europeans will be back tanning on Mexican beaches this year. Considering that foreign tourism gives Mexico $15 billion a year...
Hoping to avoid such a catastrophe, Mexico has been quick to condemn foreign governments that have suspended commercial flights, calling the actions discriminatory. In a televised speech, Calderon urged nations that have cut off plane routes to Mexico - including Argentina, Colombia and Cuba - to reconsider. "I ask all the nations that they stop taking actions that only hurt Mexico and don't contribute to stopping the spread of the disease," he said. "Mexico will fight this virus better in collaboration with the rest of the world." Officials in those countries claimed, however, that they don't have huge stockpiles...