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Nov 27, 2020
Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week's news, including Salesforce, Delta and Best Buy..
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Nov 27, 2020
United Airlines began operating charter flights to position doses for quick distribution if the shots are approved by regulators, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Nov 27, 2020
Bankrupt rental-car company plans to use proceeds from the proposed sale to pay down debt.
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Nov 27, 2020
Clothing retailers and department stores canceled orders and discounted heavily to clear unsold merchandise during spring lockdowns. Many have kept inventories slim since then, which allows them to discount less.
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Nov 27, 2020
General Motors Financial Company has been talking to federal and state banking regulators for months about forming an industrial loan company and could file applications to do so as early as December, people familiar with the matter said.
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Nov 27, 2020
When Brynn Putnam sold her company for $500 million, she couldn't walk away from what she created. She joins a list of prominent entrepreneurs who cashed in without checking out.
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Nov 27, 2020
Covid-19 vaccines could bolster both the global economy and demand for oil in 2021, but elevated levels of coronavirus cases could have a negative effect, with fresh restrictions on travel and business.
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Nov 27, 2020
Clothing retailers and department stores canceled orders and discounted heavily to clear unsold merchandise during spring lockdowns. Many have kept inventories slim since then, which allows them to discount less.
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Nov 27, 2020
Richard Chambers, chief executive of the Institute of Internal Auditors, spoke with Risk & Compliance Journal about how the roles of internal auditors have expanded as investors and regulators have demanded more disclosures about how companies manage a range of nonfinancial risks.
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Nov 27, 2020
The Covid pandemic has brought back an old mode of communication that millennial workers used to shun. It's a happy medium between Zoom calls and instant messages.
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Nov 27, 2020
The company is committing $500 million toward holiday bonuses for front-line employees, including $300 for anyone who works full-time for all of December.
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Nov 27, 2020
Lawmakers haven't figured out what to do for federal workers who got a temporary paycheck boost but now face a looming cut in take-home pay.
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Nov 27, 2020
Finance chiefs say they are better prepared to navigate inventory challenges and cost cuts than they were last spring.
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Nov 27, 2020
Some people in Covid-19 vaccine trials say they may drop out if a vaccine gets authorized and they believe they received a placebo, a move that could hinder the collection of data needed to fully assess how safe and long-lasting the inoculations are.
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Nov 27, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has strangled one of the most powerful engines of economic growth in the world: spending by India's 1.3 billion consumers.
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Nov 27, 2020
Advocates are hoping to pass similar measures in other states, but still-elevated unemployment and lower costs of living in rural areas remain challenges.
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Nov 27, 2020
As business increasingly moves online, Vimeo should have investors tuning in, even once they are physically back at work.
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Nov 27, 2020
A sharp rise in coronavirus cases tied to factories and workplaces has led to a Covid-19 resurgence in Malaysia, a sign of how industrial settings can become vectors of contagion as global demand recovers.
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Nov 27, 2020
The fresh Covid-19 surge has taken root in rural communities, straining small hospitals that are often vital waystations for patients who need to be transferred to larger facilities with more specialists and equipment. Now, many larger hospitals are full.
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Nov 27, 2020
The Air Force Research Laboratory is testing a commercial software platform that taps mobile phones as a window onto usage of hundreds of millions of computers, routers, fitness trackers and other networked devices.
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Nov 27, 2020
Joe Rogan's podcast, about to go exclusive, will need to deliver a big boost in paid users to justify the Spotify stock's run.
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Nov 27, 2020
When the coronavirus sent millions of professionals working remotely, other companies seized the spotlight, making Slack a potential acquisition target.
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Nov 27, 2020
Solar and wind associations gear up for a Joe Biden presidency much friendlier to their industry than the Trump administration.
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Nov 27, 2020
Months after graduating into the most challenging employment market in generations, many are still searching for that first job, grappling with rescinded offers and putting dreams on hold.
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Nov 27, 2020
Give the gift of work-from-home productivity, from laptop stands to USB-C dongles to 4K monitors.
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Nov 27, 2020
Months after graduating into the most challenging employment market in generations, many are still searching for that first job, grappling with rescinded offers and putting dreams on hold.
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Nov 27, 2020
Clothing retailers and department stores canceled orders and discounted heavily to clear unsold merchandise during the spring coronavirus lockdown. They continue to keep inventories slim, which allows them to discount less.
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Nov 27, 2020
Clothing retailers and department stores canceled orders and discounted heavily to clear unsold merchandise during the spring coronavirus lockdown. They continue to keep inventories slim, which allows them to discount less.
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Nov 27, 2020
It will be awhile until car makers can reap the benefits of turning your next vehicle into a giant smartphone
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Nov 27, 2020
China imposed anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine, escalating a monthslong trade dispute and forcing local vintners to seek other markets for millions of bottles during a pandemic.
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Nov 27, 2020
An increasing body of research looking at the U.S. and Chinese real-estate markets suggests that long booms may drag on the productivity of the economy.
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Nov 26, 2020
The race for a piece of the faux-meat market tests companies' ability to concoct new names for vegetable-based products; ‘Plant positivity'
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Nov 26, 2020
Walt Disney said it would lay off about 32,000 employees, primarily at its theme parks, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drag on its businesses.
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Nov 26, 2020
The battle to be the go-to business-software provider is intensifying, as Salesforce looks to acquire Slack Technologies.
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Nov 26, 2020
A lawsuit by popular users looked like a grass-roots effort, but the legal action was orchestrated behind the scenes by TikTok and parent company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the effort.
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Nov 26, 2020
A lawsuit by popular users looked like a grass-roots effort, but the legal action was orchestrated behind the scenes by TikTok and parent company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the effort.
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Nov 26, 2020
The Covid pandemic is squeezing working mothers out of the world's labor pool in ways that could damage women's economic prospects for years to come, according to a United Nations study.
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Nov 26, 2020
The energy supplier is trying to sell its portfolio of LNG supply contracts and other assets, according to people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to simplify its operations amid volatile LNG prices.
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Nov 26, 2020
Ascena Retail Group said the private equity firm has committed to retaining a "substantial portion" of the stores it seeks to buy out of bankruptcy.
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Nov 26, 2020
Walt Disney said it would lay off about 32,000 employees, primarily at its theme parks, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drag on its businesses.
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Nov 26, 2020
Commercial properties will be helped by a coronavirus vaccine, but long-term pressures may accelerate postpandemic.
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Nov 26, 2020
Shaheen Shaheen, who has died at age 92, invested in ‘marvelous machines' and synthetic fibers.
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Nov 26, 2020
Section 230 is facing threats unlike anything in its 24-year history, with potentially significant consequences for websites that host user content.
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Nov 26, 2020
Retail sales, in-game spending and viewership trends underscore the explosive growth of gaming and the enduring power of titles like "Super Mario" and "Madden NFL."
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Nov 26, 2020
The pandemic has upended where some well-heeled foodies live and their thinking on dining out. Some high-end Japanese restaurants in New York have reinvented themselves to accommodate migrations to the Hamptons and Hudson Valley.
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Nov 26, 2020
The governors, contending with their own budget problems, say they are unable to provide additional funds to small businesses.
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Nov 26, 2020
During his campaign, President-elect Joe Biden highlighted his intention to work closely with America's allies to ease trade tensions and pressure China to abide by international rules. He will have several early chances to do that after being sworn in Jan. 20.
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Nov 26, 2020
In his Dick's Sporting Goods role, Jayl'in Clark adjusts to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic, including face masks and air high-fives.
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Nov 26, 2020
Mexico's economy bounced back in the third quarter, led by increases in industrial output as business reopened from shutdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but activity remained well below its year-earlier level, revised data show.
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Nov 26, 2020
The state faces a projected $8.7 billion deficit in the new fiscal year and is hoping for federal relief.
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Nov 26, 2020
Hawaii is seeking a careful balance as the holiday travel season kicks off: Allow enough visitors to help struggling, tourism-reliant businesses without causing a new wave of coronavirus cases.
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Nov 26, 2020
The Bank of Japan under Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda scored after boosting investments at the stock-market bottom, but some have started saying he shouldn't play the market so much.
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Nov 26, 2020
Manufacturers are making face masks for the general public that they say offer more protection than cloth coverings without taxing supplies of N95 masks used in hospitals.
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Nov 26, 2020
Walt Disney said it would lay off about 32,000 employees, primarily at its theme parks, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drag on its businesses.
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Nov 25, 2020
A top AstraZeneca executive pushes back against criticism that the company failed to disclose enough data from a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine.
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Nov 25, 2020
Edward P. Lazear, an economist and White House adviser who delved into the complex relationships between employers and workers, died of pancreatic cancer Monday. He was 72.
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Nov 25, 2020
The Australian-born investment banker helped rescue Chrysler and played the cello with Yo-Yo Ma.
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Nov 25, 2020
The permit rejection marks the likely end of the Pebble Mine project, a decadeslong quest to reach one of the largest known sources of gold and copper.
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Nov 25, 2020
The company quietly told advertisers this month that its "conversion lift" tool, used to measure outcomes, overestimated some campaign results.
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Nov 25, 2020
Retailers are bracing for an unprecedented holiday shopping season, starting with the annual Black Friday ritual, set against the backdrop of a still-raging pandemic.
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Nov 25, 2020
Officials this month discussed plans to provide more information about how long they will keep purchasing Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by linking the time frame for the stimulus program to economic conditions.
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Nov 25, 2020
Federal officials have granted TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance a weeklong extension of a deadline for completing a divestiture deal, in another delay of the Trump administration's effort to turn the social-media app into an American company.
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Nov 25, 2020
The National Rifle Association disclosed that current and former top executives received at least $1.4 million in improper or excessive benefits from the organization in violation of nonprofit rules, the first time the group has publicly admitted the lapses.
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Nov 25, 2020
A deal, which would mark a big move by the corporate-software maker into office communications, could be reached in days.
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Nov 25, 2020
State officials in New Mexico are offering grocery stores, retailers and other essential businesses a way to avoid shutdowns when workers become infected with Covid-19: regularly test all employees.
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Nov 25, 2020
Pilots agreed to accept reduced pay in exchange for job security until 2022, as the industry continues to grapple with reduced travel demand due to the pandemic.
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Nov 25, 2020
While the tariffs apply only to twist-ties, the ruling by the Commerce Department could set a precedent for other companies to seek tariffs against their competitors' products.
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Nov 25, 2020
This holiday season will be different from any other, including what people choose to spend money on. But Americans' impulse to spend in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas should never be underestimated.
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Nov 25, 2020
Coronavirus-driven disruptions in demand and production added urgency to a GE Appliances digital supply-chain upgrade aimed at building visibility and flexibility.
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Nov 25, 2020
ViacomCBS is close to a deal to sell book publisher Simon & Schuster to German media giant Bertelsmann for more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Nov 25, 2020
The company said it was experiencing errors that were causing issues for a range of cloud-software programs in its region covering the eastern part of the U.S.
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Nov 25, 2020
Retailers are bracing for new Covid-19 restrictions that could weigh on holiday sales but hope investments in digital operations will allow them to better reach consumers than in the spring when the economy locked down.
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Nov 25, 2020
Global trade flows bounced back strongly in the summer, marking the largest rise in two decades as air and sea transport channels reopened while demand for consumer goods surged.
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Nov 25, 2020
Francisco Teran has worked for a luxury watch retailer in Manhattan for almost two years. But as Covid-19 continues to spread, he now also serves as a combination bouncer, receptionist, health-care worker and sentinel.
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Nov 25, 2020
Jobless claims rose for the second straight week in a sign the surge in virus cases was starting to weigh on the labor-market recovery.
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Nov 25, 2020
Questions and answers on what coronavirus-relief legislation and executive orders are soon to expire—and what other actions may be in the offing.
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Nov 25, 2020
Deere & Co. raised expectations for profits next year, anticipating that higher crop prices will lead to improving demand from U.S. farmers for its tractors and harvesting combines. .
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Nov 25, 2020
Pressure is mounting on Chinese drugmakers to show clinical evidence that their leading Covid-19 vaccines work, after early data on three Western-developed shots showed promising effectiveness against the disease.
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Nov 25, 2020
The Texas oil giant has lowered its outlook on oil prices, suggesting it expects the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to linger for much of the next decade.
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Nov 25, 2020
The priciest condos have been slower to sell, but overall, the high-end market rebounded quickly after the coronavirus outbreak.
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Nov 25, 2020
The European Union wants to take control of its own data, part of a broader effort to wrest digital influence from large companies in the U.S. and China.
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Nov 25, 2020
Amazon, Google and Microsoft increasingly are providing the computing muscle scientists need to glean insights from vast stores of climate data.
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Nov 25, 2020
Coca-Cola Co.'s finance chief John Murphy is helping the company shrink its product portfolio along with its head count as part of a restructuring effort responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nov 25, 2020
The new streaming service and its new boss see shows targeting women and younger viewers as a way to stand out in a cluttered video market.
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Nov 25, 2020
The U.S. economy continues to recover, albeit more slowly than when many businesses first reopened from lockdowns in late spring and early summer.
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Nov 25, 2020
Americans' spending rose briskly in October while their income fell sharply, adding to other mixed signals about the strength of the economic recovery.
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Nov 25, 2020
The U.S. economy is heading into the holidays continuing to recover in large part because Americans continue to boost their spending, particularly on goods.
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Nov 24, 2020
Biden's pick for Treasury Secretary has done it all in economic policy, and if confirmed will face new tests on debt and spending in a deeply divided Washington.
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Nov 24, 2020
ViacomCBSInc. is close to a deal to sell book publisher Simon & Schuster to German media giant Bertelsmann SE for more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Nov 24, 2020
Gap's quarterly sales rebounded from spring shutdowns but increased marketing weighed on profits. Executives cautioned that rising Covid-19 infections could slow visits to stores during the holiday season.
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Nov 24, 2020
Remote working fueled strong demand for Dell and HP personal computers in the latest quarter, cushioning the impact from lower office-equipment spending.
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Nov 24, 2020
The guilty plea follows the approval last week by a U.S. bankruptcy court judge of an $8.34 billion settlement between Purdue Pharma and the Justice Department.
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Nov 24, 2020
The apparel seller replaced its chief executive after less than a year in the role and just a few months after it emerged from bankruptcy protection with new hedge-fund owners.
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Nov 24, 2020
The proposed rule would allow internet-based platform companies to pay as much as 15% of a gig worker's compensation in the form of equity, up to $75,000 over three years.
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Nov 24, 2020
U.S. economic growth is slowing and coronavirus cases are surging, but stocks climb ever higher as investors look ahead to when vaccines usher in better days.
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Nov 24, 2020
Multicooker maker Sunbeam Products received 119 reports of lid detachment that led to 99 burn injuries, ranging from first- to third-degree burns in the U.S., according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Nov 24, 2020
The Federal Reserve is well prepared to navigate the U.S. economy's challenging path to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and the central bank can resume emergency lending efforts if it deems it necessary, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday.
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Nov 24, 2020
European hotel company Accor is set to merge its boutique properties with a U.K. company to create what it says will be the world's largest operator of lifestyle hotels, betting on the segment as it seeks growth in North America.
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Nov 24, 2020
The retailer's sales rose 21% in the third quarter from a year earlier, as it continued benefiting from online sales and items that support homebound customers during the pandemic.
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Nov 24, 2020
Consumers' views of the economic outlook soured in November as coronavirus cases soared across the country, according to survey data released Tuesday.
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