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A pair of candidates — former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott — recently dealt with reality and idled their presidential campaigns.

Labor costs and certain indirect costs will increase as some containerboard mill operations were temporarily idled during the fourth quarter.

The videoframe shot showed the shark swimming by as the snorkeller idled in the water.

More than two years after British Columbia-based Paper Excellence, owners of Northern Pulp – the idled pulp mill in Pictou County – filed a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia government, the two parties have reportedly reached a settlement agreement.

And now China’s auto market — already struggling with weaker demand and less-generous EV subsidies — is reeling from the coronavirus that has idled factories and stores.

As oil prices have stayed below $40/bbl, a vast majority of E&P companies have lost money and, consequently, idled their rigs or filed for bankruptcy.

By the end of October, the 15+ day idled segment will be dropping to just ~10 million bbls with the 30-day+ segment likely wiped out.

Cargill said it has not laid off employees, but has temporarily idled its second shift operation.

China’s idled factories and the restrictions on travel in Asia and beyond are dampening demand for crude oil, whose prices took their sharpest drop since early January.

Coast-to-coast, the economy is in critical condition with workers idled at Boeing, General Motors, Ford, GE, Marriott and Macy's.

His eyes focused on the spot where the tracks disappeared around the bend and more than $1 million worth of coal idled in train cars.

In Sacramento, chief innovation officer Louis Stewart took advantage of Sacramento Regional Transit District buses idled by a lack of riders to create large, mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, dubbing it the Wi-Fi Bus program.

In Times Square, a custodian idled Wednesday morning with a broom and dustpan, waiting for messes unlikely to appear with no tourists wandering under the bright billboards.

In yet another shakeup in the Newfoundland and Labrador oil sector, Irving Oil announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the idled refinery at Come By Chance.

It was a jolt that idled much of the ship wharves.

Japan, Britain and Germany have issued pessimistic updates that have added to the uncertainty created by the coronavirus, which all but idled China’s economy for weeks.

Knold also noted that large numbers of idled workers in Utah have been furloughed by the crisis and they expect to return to their jobs when that is possible.

Liberty Steel Georgetown has laid off more than 100 workers as the plant remains idled since April.

Manufacturing has been idled in China as cities with millions of residents locked down to contain the spread of the virus.

Some ships have already been idled, at least temporarily, because seafarers refused to keep working.