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CVS offers luxury prizes as coronavirus vaccine incentives

May. 27, 2021 10:44 AM EDT
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — CVS is offering luxury vacations, cruises, concert tickets, a Super Bowl trip and other prizes to eligible customers who get a...

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. Rising prices for a variety of commodities are contributing to a jump in prices at the consumer level in 2021, with Americans paying more for meat, gasoline, items they keep in their homes and even the homes themselves. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Rising commodities costs hit Americans at home and on road

The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

Gas prices are shown on a Exxon service station sign in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Commodities like plastic, paper, sugar and grains are all getting more expensive as demand outpaces supply. Companies are also paying more for shipping as fuel costs rise and ports experience longer delays because of congestion. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Companies sound alarm over commodity price hikes

By Damian J. Troise Apr. 29, 2021 09:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. economy has been showing unexpected strength in recent weeks, with barometers of hiring, spending and manufacturing all surging. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Fed keeps key rate near zero, sees inflation as 'transitory'

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 28, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

FILE - Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard holds up the Gillette Heated Razor during a Procter & Gamble news conference, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. Procter & Gamble's sales were up last year, since it happens to make just about everything people needed while staying at home: Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Tide laundry detergent. While Gillette razors sales have slumped Pritchard has talked about people's shaving habits and how P&G is creating products for consumers who are home more. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)
What do consumers want now? P&G bets on beard oil, cleaners

By Joseph Pisani Jan. 31, 2021 01:00 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Tuesday, Oct. 20 as traders look over several solid earnings reports from U.S. companies. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Stocks close higher as companies report solid earnings

By Alex Veiga And Damian J. Troise Oct. 20, 2020 03:01 AM EDT

Vannak Anan Prum, who was double trafficked, points to his illustration of an abusive former boss, a palm oil estate owner, in his graphic novel depicting his life as a slave on a fishing boat before being sold onto a Malaysian palm oil plantation, at his home in Pursat, Cambodia, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks

By Margie Mason And Robin Mcdowell Sep. 24, 2020 12:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2020, photo, the Olympic rings float in the water at sunset in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, said Thursday, July 9, 2020, he’s confident the postponed games can be held in 2021 despite a recent poll in Japan in which 77% of respondents said they did not believe the games could be held next year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
P&G extends Olympic sponsorship, focusing on equality drive

By Rob Harris Jul. 22, 2020 08:48 AM EDT

People wait in line to receive food as part of a new initiative called Step Up to the Plate, outside City Hall in Philadelphia, Friday, April 17, 2020. The program aims to help those with food insecurity and is a partnership of Broad Street Ministry, Prevention Point Philadelphia, and Project HOME, with the City of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Walmart looks to hire 50K more; Boeing gets another setback

Apr. 17, 2020 11:15 AM EDT