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Jul 04, 2020
While toiling for low wages, home caregivers can find themselves—and their elderly clients—at risk of coronavirus infection. "This is extremely hard work," one worker says.
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Jul 04, 2020
Drivers hitting the road over July Fourth weekend are poised to enjoy the cheapest holiday gasoline prices in years, but the gas stations are doing OK, too.
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Jul 04, 2020
U.S. spending data reflect recent reopenings, with consumers cutting back on some online grocery purchases, choosing takeout and flocking to hair salons and furniture stores. But their shopping patterns indicate concerns amid increases in coronavirus cases.
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Jul 04, 2020
U.S. spending data reflect recent reopenings, with consumers cutting back on some online grocery purchases, choosing takeout and flocking to hair salons and furniture stores. But shopping patterns indicate concern amid increases in coronavirus cases.
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Jul 04, 2020
U.S. spending data reflect recent reopenings, with consumers cutting back on some online grocery purchases, choosing takeout and flocking to hair salons and furniture stores. But shopping patterns indicate concern amid increases in coronavirus cases.
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Jul 03, 2020
Clothing retailer Lucky Brand Dungarees has filed for bankruptcy with initial plans to close at least 13 stores and with a possible deal to sell its private equity-backed business to the operator of Aéropostale and Nautica brands.
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Jul 03, 2020
A Turkish judge ordered the release of five defendants pending a verdict in their trial on charges they assisted onetime auto executive Carlos Ghosn in making an undeclared layover in Turkey late last year after he fled Japan inside a musical-equipment box.
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Jul 03, 2020
Jan Marsalek, Wirecard's longtime chief operating officer, stopped responding to messages from colleagues when the electronic-payments giant ran into trouble. The company still doesn't know where he is.
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Jul 03, 2020
Brazilian mining giant Vale is financially ready to resume divided payments after the Brumadinho dam disaster, but would watch the spread of the coronavirus before making a decision, the chief financial officer said.
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Jul 03, 2020
U.S. tech titans face a looming test of their free-speech credentials in Hong Kong as China's new national-security law for the city demands local authorities take measures to supervise and regulate its uncensored internet.
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Jul 03, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has dinged the auto sector, but one part of the industry is faring better than it was before the crisis: used cars.
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Jul 03, 2020
Rick Smith, the man who pioneered Taser stun guns, says he wants to manufacture a next-generation Taser that is so effective police officers won't have to use their pistols anymore. But he says it will take 10 years.
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Jul 03, 2020
China, which began restarting its manufacturing plants over four months ago after Covid-19 forced a nationwide shutdown, provides a template for how to do it safely.
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Jul 03, 2020
Economic activity is gathering momentum in China, a raft of survey data showed, the latest sign that Beijing's uncompromising approach to the coronavirus pandemic is starting to pay dividends even as the U.S. shuts down swaths of its economy in a struggle to contain the virus.
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Jul 03, 2020
These spaces pose particular challenges for transmission control because of both human behavior and the way the coronavirus spreads most efficiently—indoors through close, prolonged contact without protection.
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Jul 03, 2020
TikTok, a popular short-video app, sought to distance itself from Beijing after India banned it and dozens of other Chinese mobile apps in retaliation for a deadly border clash last month
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Jul 02, 2020
FedEx, the Washington Redskins' most prominent sponsor and the namesake of the NFL team's stadium, called for the franchise to change its name, a company spokeswoman said.
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Jul 02, 2020
The president's most prominent Silicon Valley supporter has told friends and associates that he plans to sit out this year's presidential campaign because he thinks re-election is increasingly a long shot, people familiar with the matter say.
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Jul 02, 2020
Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc.'s co-founder Charles Lu will remain chairman—at least for now—after the board failed to get the necessary votes to oust him, the company said Thursday.
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Jul 02, 2020
Leaders of civil rights groups are meeting with Facebook executives after calling for an ad boycott of the platform for the month of July. Facebook, which has been under growing pressure to change and update some of its content and brand-safety policies, this week requested a new meeting with civil rights leaders.
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Jul 02, 2020
Banana Republic, Ann Taylor and other business-casual retailers are trying to figure out how to convince home-bound Americans to do better than T-shirts, leggings and gym shorts.
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Jul 02, 2020
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi said their arthritis drug Kevzara failed to help Covid-19 patients recover in a U.S. clinical trial.
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Jul 02, 2020
Looking to get stronger in food delivery, the ride-hailing giant is eyeing Postmates as the pandemic has crushed Uber's rides business and surging infections have dimmed early hopes for speedy economic reopenings.
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Jul 02, 2020
A mass advertising boycott has brought a great deal of attention to Facebook's handling of hate speech. But it's not Facebook's first "we can do better" moment; there have been many, and there will probably be many more.
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Jul 02, 2020
Chapter 11 business bankruptcy filings increased 26% in the first half of this year as more U.S. companies sought protection from creditors during the coronavirus pandemic, according to legal-services firm Epiq Systems.
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Jul 02, 2020
New infections grow in major meat-producing states as the industry has returned to regular production levels in recent weeks.
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Jul 02, 2020
Beijing is telling foreign companies not to worry, but its intercession in Hong Kong has executives fearing that the city's unique role as a business hub is in jeopardy.
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Jul 02, 2020
Beijing is telling foreign companies not to worry, but its intercession in Hong Kong has executives fearing that the city's unique role as a business hub is in jeopardy.
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Jul 02, 2020
The jobless rate is expected to remain in double-digits through the end of the year, and the economy will shrink an estimated 5.9%, according to projections released by the Congressional Budget Office.
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Jul 02, 2020
The two industries that suffered the most job loss because of the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns—hospitality and retail—saw the strongest gains the last two months as the U.S. economic engine restarted
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Jul 02, 2020
American, Frontier, Spirit, Hawaiian and SkyWest will receive loans under coronavirus stimulus.
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Jul 02, 2020
German prosecutors are probing whether the electronic-payments giant used fictitious income to inflate its sales and fool investors. The company and its auditors say $2 billion that is missing probably never existed.
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Jul 02, 2020
Exxon Mobil warned of steep losses in its refining and oil-and-gas production businesses during the second quarter, signaling that the company is likely to report a second straight quarterly loss later this month.
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Jul 02, 2020
The two industries that suffered the most job loss because of the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns—hospitality and retail—saw the strongest gains the last two months as the U.S. economic engine restarted
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Jul 02, 2020
Bankers and stock-market operators say remote IPO processes could persist even as lockdown orders lift.
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Jul 02, 2020
The employment report, based on survey data largely collected in mid-June, doesn't reflect recent government-mandated business closures and related layoffs in response to the coronavirus.
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Jul 02, 2020
The Treasury said that American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and Spirit Airlines agreed to loan terms and signed letters of intent.
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Jul 02, 2020
Tribune Publishing said it has appointed Randall Smith, the co-founder of Alden Global Capital, to its board, giving the hedge fund further oversight of the newspaper company and extending a standstill agreement between them.
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Jul 02, 2020
As big businesses pledge money and action toward racial equity, companies like Peloton and PayPal say they're not just against racism, they're antiracist. What, exactly, does that mean for businesses?
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Jul 02, 2020
The U.S. trade gap widened in May as both exports and imports declined amid weak global demand caused by continued coronavirus-related disruptions.
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Jul 02, 2020
The employment report, based on survey data largely collected in mid-June, doesn't reflect recent government-mandated business closures and related layoffs.
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Jul 02, 2020
Tesla‘s second-quarter deliveries fell 4.9% from a year earlier, a smaller decline than Wall Street had forecast for the electric-car maker, giving fuel to Elon Musk's growth plans despite the threat of an extended recession.
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Jul 02, 2020
Unemployment in Europe rose only slightly in May, a testament to the success of government programs that pay the wages of workers put on furlough by their employers.
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Jul 02, 2020
Two major TV-over-internet bundles are raising prices this summer, which means smaller savings for many Americans who scrap their traditional pay-TV subscriptions for leaner, cheaper services.
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Jul 02, 2020
The insurance-tech darling is set to begin trading on Thursday in an initial public offering.
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Jul 02, 2020
The price rises on YouTube's pay-TV service as Google's ad business faces an unprecedented slowdown.
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Jul 02, 2020
However they tackle the energy transition, oil-and-gas supermajors risk wasting shareholder capital on projects that don't pay back.
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Jul 02, 2020
The employment report, based on survey data largely collected in mid-June, won't reflect recent government-mandated business closures and related layoffs.
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Jul 02, 2020
Foreign buying of U.S. homes was a driving factor in markets from California to Florida, helping prices reach new highs. Now, the pandemic, reduced travel and immigration restrictions are further undermining already weakening international demand.
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Jul 01, 2020
Simon & Schuster can move forward with its plans after a New York appellate judge overturned a temporary restraining order.
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Jul 01, 2020
Top executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will appear before the House Judiciary Committee later this month.
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Jul 01, 2020
McDonald's is pausing the reopening of dine-in service in the U.S. as coronavirus cases continue to spread across states.
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Jul 01, 2020
The House passed a broad, $1.5 trillion effort to rebuild the nation's roads, railways and schools, as Democrats pursued their own infrastructure legislation without the bipartisan deal discussed for years during the Trump administration.
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Jul 01, 2020
Scott Kirby took over the airline six weeks ago with coronavirus halting most travel. What he does next will help shape what fliers experience for years to come.
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Jul 01, 2020
The company had been reopening locations but is now temporarily closing dozens of stores in Texas, California and other states.
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Jul 01, 2020
SoftBank is looking to distance itself from Wirecard, after the Japanese tech conglomerate helped arrange an investment months before the German payments company went bust.
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Jul 01, 2020
Seven Turkish defendants are due to stand trial on Friday in what will be the first court examination of how one-time auto titan Carlos Ghosn used Turkey as a steppingstone late last year to reach Lebanon after fleeing Japan
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Jul 01, 2020
Big brands are pausing spending but small business is the social-media giant's true lifeblood.
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Jul 01, 2020
Media company ViacomCBS said Naveen Chopra would become its new chief financial officer, effective Aug. 10.
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Jul 01, 2020
Major auto makers reported sharp drops in second-quarter U.S. vehicle sales, as sweet discounts and financing deals weren't enough to offset factory and dealership closures from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Jul 01, 2020
Federal Reserve officials reviewed how to design more support for an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic after they had earlier cut interest rates to zero and sharply expanded their asset portfolio, minutes from their last meeting show.
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Jul 01, 2020
The administration said companies face legal risks for involvement with entities in China blamed for human-rights abuses, including the mass detention of Uighur Muslims.
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Jul 01, 2020
The food maker said it expects higher demand for its products amid the Covid-19 pandemic and an economic recession to continue. Comparable sales rose 16% in its latest quarter.
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Jul 01, 2020
It is one of the biggest brands Coke has eliminated, and is the latest sign of big brands narrowing their focus during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jul 01, 2020
The network received the misconduct complaint on June 25 and suspended Mr. Henry that same day, according to a memo sent to employees on Wednesday.
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Jul 01, 2020
Major auto makers reported sharp drops in second-quarter U.S. vehicle sales, as sweet discounts and financing deals weren't enough to offset factory and dealership closures from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Jul 01, 2020
Former national security adviser John Bolton's memoir sold more than 780,000 copies in all formats through its first week on sale in the U.S., the latest strong performance for a political book.
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Jul 01, 2020
Researchers said an experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and partner BioNTech showed promising signs of working in an early-stage study.
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Jul 01, 2020
Following the first fatal accident of a Boeing 737 MAX in November 2018, it took U.S. air-safety regulators four months to agree on a timetable for implementing fixes once they were devised, according to a report by the Transportation Department's inspector general.
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Jul 01, 2020
Merchants have seen a lot of browsing by John Smith, who picks up items, then leaves without buying; ‘it started getting out of hand'
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Jul 01, 2020
Factory activity around the world showed further signs of recovery in June as governments eased restrictions designed to contain the coronavirus, but weak demand still weighed on production and employment.
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Jul 01, 2020
After recovering rapidly from mid-April through mid-June the economy has shown signs of sputtering in the past two weeks, just as the coronavirus has resurged in parts of the U.S.
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Jul 01, 2020
The upstart hasn't yet developed an approved drug, its chief can be excoriating and until recently investors were disillusioned. A breakthrough coronavirus vaccine could come in trials starting this month.
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Jul 01, 2020
The government is offering to lend up to $600 billion to help small and midsize businesses weather the coronavirus-induced recession, but so far interest has been sparse.
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Jul 01, 2020
Macy's said nearly all its stores have reopened after a monthslong closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, though it warned it could take other measures as states tally more coronavirus infections.
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Jul 01, 2020
Mitsubishi Aircraft reported an annual loss of $4.9 billion, the latest distress signal in a turbulent decadelong quest to build Japan's first passenger jet.
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Jul 01, 2020
The U.S. government plans to lend $700 million in coronavirus stimulus funds to trucking firm YRC Worldwide Inc., in exchange for a 29.6% equity stake in the company, the Treasury Department said.
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Jul 01, 2020
Companies' latest memo to workers: Take a vacation already! Businesses want workers to use their paid time off to stave off burnout and avoid a year-end vacation crunch. But fewer workers appear to be doing so.
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Jul 01, 2020
Prosecutors are alleging a scheme to trick banks into processing more than $100 million in marijuana sales, in a case that could have profound consequences for the U.S. medical and recreational marijuana industries.
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Jul 01, 2020
The food maker said it expects higher demand for its products amid the Covid-19 pandemic and an economic recession to continue. Comparable sales rose 16% in its latest quarter.
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Jul 01, 2020
Even as Nafta's replacement takes effect, contentious issues that prolonged the negotiations are re-emerging as sore spots—including U.S. tariffs on metals, Mexico's labor standards and Canada's protection of its dairy market.
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Jul 01, 2020
Self-driving trucking startup TuSimple is teaming up with big logistics operators to bulk up its delivery business as it lays the groundwork for a planned coast-to-coast autonomous freight network.
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Jul 01, 2020
Accounting and advisory firm EY is working with the Hult International Business School to create a part-time, tech-focused M.B.A. degree for its employees that can be fully done online.
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Jul 01, 2020
With more workers back on the job, companies from clothing retailers to auto makers are increasingly confronting a difficult question: If an employee tests positive for Covid-19, who should be told?
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Jul 01, 2020
After recovering rapidly from mid-April through mid-June the economy has shown signs of sputtering in the past two weeks, just as the coronavirus has resurged in parts of the U.S.
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Jul 01, 2020
Nashville singer-songwriter Sonia Leigh is among many musicians who, unable to tour this year because of the coronavirus outbreak, are tapping their catalogs for income.
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Jul 01, 2020
Consumers emerging from lockdowns are turning to two-wheelers to keep them away from public transport, but Hondas may benefit more than Harleys.
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Jul 01, 2020
Factories in Asia and Europe continued their return to normality in June as restrictions designed to contain the coronavirus were lifted, but weak demand still weighed on activity, according to surveys of purchasing managers.
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Jul 01, 2020
Movie theater operators have encountered a few bumps on their road to recovery, including the delayed film openings and an increase in Covid-19 cases across the U.S.
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Jul 01, 2020
Social distancing inside and outside stores and other venues is making lines longer. Some businesses are borrowing restaurants' virtual queues in response.
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Jul 01, 2020
Beijing is requiring four U.S. media outlets to disclose detailed information about their China operations, in the latest move in a tit-for-tat media battle with the Trump administration.
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Jun 30, 2020
Mexican airline company Grupo Aeroméxico said it has filed for voluntary restructuring under chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code to confront the crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jun 30, 2020
Women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault or say they were harassed while working at his former film studio will be entitled to payments from a nearly $19 million fund.
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Jun 30, 2020
Tribune Publishing is in talks to add the co-founder of Alden Global to its board as part of an agreement that would prevent the hedge fund from making a hostile bid to buy the rest of the newspaper company in the near future, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Jun 30, 2020
The advertising boycott Facebook is facing over its handling of hateful content is only the latest challenge. Advertisers have had discontent with the social-media giant stretching back years.
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Jun 30, 2020
Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully blasted a U.S. Space Force satellite into orbit and then recovered the main portion of the Falcon 9 rocket, in the first military mission incorporating the reusable feature.
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Jun 30, 2020
FedEx said Christmas-like levels of online shopping boosted its business, and it is seeing tentative signs that the global economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jun 30, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he intends to work with Congress to help pass additional legislation to steer remaining funds from the PPP to the small businesses hit hardest by the pandemic.
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Jun 30, 2020
The reviews are in for Apple Inc.'s first-ever online-only software conference: Virtual tech conferences can work.
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Jun 30, 2020
The nation's top two economic policy makers pledged to consider additional coronavirus relief, but offered few specifics.
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