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Goldman Sachs required most of its employees to return to the office on June 14, with some exceptions extending that deadline to Sept. 30. It requires every employee to state their vaccine status, but does not require proof. JPMorgan is asking employees to submit their vaccination records as well, in the form of an internal portal.
The Dallas carrier has had only a few CEOs in its 50-year history. It was led for many years by Herb Kelleher, a colorful, chain-smoking lawyer who helped create the airline 50 years ago against fierce opposition from existing carriers. Kelleher stepped down in March 2001, but his successor, Jim Parker, had a tense relationship with labor groups at the heavily unionized airline, and was replaced by Kelly in 2004.
Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against Houston Methodist, said her director called her Tuesday to ask if she’d gotten the vaccine yet or made any effort to do so. She said that when she replied “absolutely not,” she was told that she was terminated.
A loader carries freshly cut trees June 17, 2021, at the Resolute Forest Products lumber mill in El Dorado, Arkansas. Lumber costs soared partly because of do-it-yourselfers spending stimulus checks, but a month of declines show that consumers aren’t about to trigger runaway increases. (Karen E. Segrave/The New York Times)
In the Southport Corridor, Sharp paid $2.95 million in 2012 to buy the mansion from its builder, who had constructed it in 2009. Situated on an oversized corner lot, the mansion has six bathrooms, a center entry, a foyer with a dramatic curved center staircase topped by a circular skylight, and a three-zone kitchen with a breakfast bar, a Miele espresso maker and a large walk-in pantry. Other features include a family room that opens to two decks and a secure backyard, and a third-floor great room that also opens to two large decks, one of which has an outdoor kitchen.
It will add to Amazon’s sizable footprint in Illinois, where the company already has nine fulfillment and sortation centers and eight delivery stations, in addition to other stores and facilities. Last month, Amazon said it has more than 36,000 full- and part-time employees in Illinois, roughly 15,000 of whom were hired in 2020.
Those employees work in offices under the Cook County president, in the County Clerk’s Office, in civilian positions in the Sheriff’s Office, and Cook County Health. About 1,473 of those workers are part of Cook County Health, working at Stroger and Provident hospitals, clinics, and in mental health services at Cermak. They include health care professionals, technicians, technologists, and service and maintenance workers.
A January study by the Urban Institute expects home rentals to outpace home sales over the next two decades. Homeowner households are projected to grow from 80.2 million to 87.1 million by 2040, up 8.6%, while renter households are expected to grow from 43.7 million to 53 million, a 21.2% increase, according to the study.
“The National Park Service applies long-standing criteria to evaluate a building’s historic and design significance,” Bonnie McDonald, president and CEO of Landmarks Illinois, said in a statement. “The criteria, and the reasons the Thompson Center was determined historic, remain the same as they were in 2009. Nothing has changed other than the state’s desire to sell the building, which should have no bearing in considering the building’s importance.”
An Amazon.com delivery driver carries boxes into a van outside of a distribution facility on Feb. 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Amazon.com shoppers in the U.S. spent less per order during the first 32 hours of the annual Prime Day sale than the previous two years, according to Numerator, (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)