The Dumbest (and best) Stuff of the Week || 238
b"MasterMyTrades.com\\n\\nPatreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty\\n\\nWalmart pays hourly staff nearly $180M in bonuses with 'more to come'\\n\\nFederal Judge Blocks California Law Requiring Background Checks For Ammunition Purchases\\n\\nhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-pays-hourly-staff-180m-bonuses\\n\\nWalmart paid almost $180 million in cash bonuses to its hourly associates nationwide on Thursday and has fulfilled its goal of hiring 200,000 more employees since March in response to demand prompted by the novel coronavirus, the company announced.\\n\\nDonna Morris, the company\\u2019s chief people officer, said in a memo posted to its website Thursday that hourly associates received the extra cash, which was actually accelerated quarterly incentive payouts, in addition to previously announced bonuses.\\n\\nWalmart announced in a mid-March press release it plans to pay its full-time hourly employees $300 each and it\\u2019s part-time hourly workers $150 as a \\u201cspecial cash bonus,\\u201d totaling more than $365 million.\\n\\nAmazon\\u2019s CEO tells investors \\u2018you may want to take a seat,\\u2019 as he explains why the company will spend \\u2018entirety\\u2019 of $4 billion profit\\n\\nhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazons-ceo-tells-investors-if-youre-shareowner-you-may-want-to-take-a-seat-as-he-explains-why-the-company-will-spend-entirety-of-4-billion-profit-2020-04-30\\n\\nAmazon.com Inc. unsurprisingly topped expectations for quarterly sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was comments from CEO Jeff Bezos, in a written statement accompanying the retailer\\u2019s earnings report, that really drew the focus on Wall Street Thursday evening.\\n\\nThe remarks constituted arguably the lengthiest such statement from the world\\u2019s richest man in a quarterly report and underscored the magnitude of the deadly disease that has left much of the world struggling to emerge from forced business shutdowns and a temporary cessation of normalcy to help limit the contagion\\u2019s spread.\\n\\nFDA authorizes remdesivir for emergency use as coronavirus treatment\\n\\nhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-authorizes-remdesivir-for-emergency-use-as-coronavirus-treatment/\\n\\nThe Food and Drug Administration has authorized the antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating coronavirus cases, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn announced in an impromptu Oval Office meeting on Friday afternoon. Daniel O'Day, the CEO of Gilead Sciences, which produces the drug, also attended the meeting with administration officials.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"