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New York CNN — At Home, a popular home goods retailer with 260 stores across 40 US states, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the backdrop of tariff increases and a slowdown in consumer spending. The Dallas-based company announced Monday that it had entered an agreement with its lenders that “will eliminate substantially all” of its roughly $2 billion in debt and provide $200 million in fresh funding to keep At Home operating while it navigates the Chapter 11 process. Brad Weston, At Home’s CEO who joined the company last year, said in a statement that the company is “operating against...

Hilliard police said a 60-year-old woman was attacked last Friday inside the restroom of a local store. The incident occurred around 4:00 p.m. at the At Home store on the 3500 block of Park Mill Run Drive. The woman was assaulted by an unknown man, later identified as 26-year-old Mohamed Camara, of Columbus. Camara allegedly tried to strangle the woman and cover her mouth. However, she fought back and managed to get the attention of her family, who rushed to her aid. The family then called 911 and detained Camara until officers arrived. After reviewing store surveillance cameras, police say...

If your job is in the city of Grand Rapids but you’ve been working from your home in the suburbs during the pandemic, you may be looking at a break from paying city income taxes. But mayors of cities, including Grand Rapids, that collect that tax, want legislators to make you pay anyway — even though you’re probably not benefiting from city services.

Why has Governor Cuomo by executive order banned the sale of hydroxychloroquine for at-home use for CoVid-19? Do you know how dangerous and scary it is to get a positive CoVid-19 test result and be told to stay home and isolate with no available medication available to slow, prevent or minimize the progression of the disease as it begins to ravage your respiratory system? As you approach Day 5, the respiratory symptoms often get worse eventually sending you to the hospital. This is a Dangerous Standard of Care for at-home early maintenance of CoVid-19. Governor Cuomo, let's make HCQ available...

If you have called a help center recently and got an English speaker, welcome to a glorious new segment of the Trump Economy. Talking to a few recruiters and my own research revealed this interesting phenomenon. Companies are still outsourcing their call centers, but, they’re now using US outsourcing companies. This, in itself, is cause for celebration. But, it’s much more than that. Many of the agents to whom you are speaking are working from their own homes. It makes superb business sense. Brick and mortar is expensive. The cost of insurance alone is astronomical these days. But, it’s not...

This is huge. It means that Scott's boat was NEVER LAUNCHED.