The bottom line

■ From mid-March to mid-September, Americans spent 60 million fewer hours commuting to and from work each day. Primary jobs absorbed the largest chunk of the extra time—35.3 percent, or more than 22 million hours each workday. Another 15.5 percent (more than 9 million hours) was spent on home improvement and chores; nearly 7 million hours were devoted to child care.

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■ The average household expects to spend $1,387 on the holidays, a 7 percent decline year over year, according to a survey from Deloitte. Most of the drop comes from a 34 percent decline in planned spending on travel, to $260. The

■ MGM rejected an offer from Apple of $350 million to $400 million for the rights to license and stream the new James Bond film, No Time to Die. The movie, which cost roughly $250 million to make, has had its theatrical release postponed until April 2021.

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■ San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid building was sold last week for $650 million, the largest commercial transaction in the U.S. since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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■ A woman in Florida was charged with scamming Amazon out of more than $165,000. From March 2015 through August 2020, the woman allegedly created 31 accounts and submitted 42,000 returns, each time requesting reimbursement for shipping costs. She reused shipping labels to make it appear as though she had paid for them out of pocket.

Tampa Bay Times

■ Auto sales rolled back from pre-pandemic depths with record prices for new vehicles. Ford reported $2.4 billion in profits for the last quarter, and Fiat Chrysler reported $2.7 billion.

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