Well, two important aspects of the ongoing pandemic, preventing the spread of the virus and limiting the economic damage continue nobody conflict this afternoon across much of the country, including right here in the bay area. Tom vacar joins us live this afternoon, and this new wave of restrictions threatens the very survivability of the restaurant industry. Well, the whole fact is this cannot go on forever. Some accommodations will have to be made. Covid carnage to patients mirror s the carnage to small businesses, restaurants and their employees. It is a tail of two realities. According to the National Restaurant association, this is their sobering reality. 100,000 restaurants, 1 in 6, closed forever or long term. 40 of the remaining restaurant ours saying theyll be gone in three months without any help. 240 billion in lost sales this year. One Business Owner we spoke with has been able to survive so far. There has to be assistance for businesses and also for individuals. Reporter b
On our intake of this is our 0 live from london also coming up corona virus infections spike in the philippines millions of people return to lock down medical workers say more must be done. Hundreds of prisoners remain at large after attackers affiliated with ice all stormed a prison in eastern afghanistan. And World Leaders bid farewell to the man who kept hope alive in Northern Ireland about peace prize recipient john hume dies age 83. Colors the race to find a corona virus vaccine continues the World Health Organization has warned there may never be a socalled Silver Bullet to end the pandemic its urging governments to enforce basic prevention measures rigorously including masks and social distancing as a way out of the crisis or than 18000000 coded 19 infections have been reported worldwide but the true number is thought to be much higher of those confirmed more than 680000 people are known to have died from the disease according to the u. N. Health body less than 10 percent of tho
You must be 68 because im 66 thats tom cruise talking ive been told we have to interrupt this briefly to get to walmart numbers which have just crossed. Walmart is out with Fourth Quarter and full year earnings 1. 38 adjusted versus estimate of 1. 43 141. 67 billion. Analysts expecting 142. 488 billion. The majority of stores in chile have been disrupted and some totally destroyed. Theyll be holding an investor day discussing this more in depth. Shares are down 2 in early going. In u. S. Comparable growth streak does continue 1. 9 also below analyst expectation of 2. 3 for the quarter. U. S. E commerce net sales grew 35 . Coming year expectations to grow at least 30 speaking with the cfo, quote, the quarter started off and ended strong despite softness in some categories like media and gaming on the coronavirus, they are monstering the situation and focused on the safety and wellbeing of customers and associates he says sales are still okay the fear is mixed towards food walmart is not
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Stacey six weeks ago, an entire kids Triathlon Company disappeared. Thieves stole a trailer parked in south des moines, taking all the equipment owned by a oneman kid Sports Organization called rip roar of events. Tonight, kccis Mark Tauscheck has an update. Mark to the surprise of the companys owner and law enforcement, the trailer with most of its contents, has been found almost 6 weeks after it disppeared. But returning the trailer is proving to be a bigger challenge than anyone expected. Michael zimmerman hadnt seen his trailer since december, on Surveillance Video as he watched the thieves drive off into the night. Inside was everything he purchased to start a kids triathlon series in the midwest last summer. Bike racks, barricades, fencing, cones, audio equipment. All gone. Its safe to say zimmerman did not expect to see his trailer again. Wow. Savings on still inside. I dont know, there is a lot of relief. Mark the thieves took what they could sell. Generators are gone, it looks