Employers across the U.S. added 225-thousand jobs last month.
According to the Labor Department, the construction industry led the way with the addition of 44-thousand jobs. The leisure and hospitality sector, as well as health care, professional and business services, and transportation and warehousing jobs all increased.
The number of manufacturing jobs, however, fell last month. Average hourly earnings for workers rose just over three-percent to 28-dollars-44-cents, marking 18 consecutive months of wage gains.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/business/january-jobs-report.html
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship with 12 passengers quarantined for possible coronavirus infection is now docked in New Jersey. They are all Chinese nationals and began showing symptoms during the cruise, which is returning from the Bahamas.
Netflix is denying a report it spent more than 100-million dollars on campaigns for its films that have racked up two-dozen Oscar nominations. The Wall Street Journal reported the streaming giant spent most of that money promoting Best Picture nominees The Irishman and Marriage Story.
https://observer.com/2020/02/netflix-budget-oscar-campaigns-irishman-marriage-story/
Netflix is giving viewers some control over autoplay. The streaming giant announced Thursday that subscribers can adjust their profiles so autoplay doesn't automatically play previews when they open the home page. Subscribers can also stop next episodes in series from autoplaying when an episode ends.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126867/netflix-autoplay-feature-disable-homepage-episodes-series
Police are searching for a man accused of stealing a 23-thousand-dollar purse from Gwyneth Paltrow's health and wellness store in Manhattan. Cops say a store employee at the Goop Lab in Lower Manhattan noticed the purse was missing on January 30th. Surveillance video shows the thief grabbing the bag off the display, before taking off onto Lafayette Street. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/goop-lab-gwyneth-paltrow-stolen-purse
Snoop Dogg was one of the critics of Gayle King and her interview with Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant.
Bill Cosby thanked him for taking her and other powerful Black women to task for helping to tarnish Black men.
He took to his IG page to thank the rapper publicly.
Nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented, cardiovascular diseases continue to be a woman’s greatest health threat.
https://www.goredforwomen.org/
A new report says the"Friends"reunion special is back on at HBO Max. Supposedly, all six cast members are getting between $3 million and $4 million to participate.
https://deadline.com/2020/02/friends-reunion-special-hbo-max-cast-deals-1202852347/
Disney Is Sorry They Fined an Elementary School $250 for Showing "The Lion King"
Disney CEO Bob Iger is SORRY that their licensing company fined the PTA of an elementary school $250 for showing "The Lion King" to entertain the kids during a fundraising event.
One of the dads had purchased the DVD, but it's technically against the rules to screen the movie in public . . . even for a school.
Disney waived the fee, and Iger Tweeted, quote, "Our company apologizes to the Emerson Elementary School PTA, and I will personally donate to their fundraising initiative." There's no word how much he's contributing.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/disney-bob-iger-school-lion-king-screening-fine