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Biden administration issues targeted new eviction moratorium
The Biden administration is issuing a new eviction moratorium in the wake of criticism from liberal lawmakers after a previous…
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Apple’s Advertising Business Is Bigger Than You Think. It Could Get Bigger Still.
Advertising is gradually becoming a material contributor to Apple’s revenue base. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Apple’s move to kill…
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New York Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, probe finds
An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees,…
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Biden to make fresh plea for the unvaccinated to get their shots after CDC raises alarm on delta variant of COVID-19
President Joe Biden will address Americans again on Tuesday with a fresh plea for unvaccinated people to get their shots…
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New York City mandates vaccination for access to restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues
New York City will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday, making…
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U.S. stocks trade slightly higher as investors assess earnings, COVID worries
U.S. stocks were back on the rise Tuesday as investors assessed corporate earnings and grappled with concerns over how the…
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Marvell To Acquire Networking Chip Startup Innovium For $1.1 billion
Marvell Technology plans to acquire networking chip startup Innovium for $1.1 billion. The deal is a bid to capture a…
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DuPont stock surges after profit and sales beats, raised full-year outlook
Shares of DuPont de Nemours Inc. DD, -0.53% rallied 1.7% in premarket trading Tuesday after the specialty materials and chemicals…
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Maersk Lifts Guidance as Supply Chain Bottlenecks Send Freight Rates Surging
By Dominic Chopping A.P. Moeller-Maersk AS late Monday lifted its full-year guidance and announced strong preliminary second-quarter earnings after seeing…
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U.S. reaches COVID-19 milestone of 70% of adults receiving at least one vaccine dose: White House
The U.S. reached a COVID-19 milestone on Monday by having 70% of American adults receive at least one dose of…
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Semiconductor stocks are rallying — and they still look like bargains
Semiconductor stocks haven’t risen in a straight line this year, but they have recovered from their last dip in May.…
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GE stock rallies, trades above $100 after reverse split takes effect
For General Electric Co. GE, -1.80% investors who might have done a double take when they saw their stock trading…
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Simone Biles to return to competition on Tuesday
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles is returning to competition in Tokyo. The 2016 Olympic champion will compete in the balance…
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Square posts upbeat profits while also announcing $29 billion deal for Afterpay
Square Inc.’s surprise release of its quarterly earnings report Sunday was its second-biggest news of the night, behind the announcement…
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Dow futures climb nearly 200 points to kick off August trade
U.S. stock futures advanced on Monday, as investors eyed progress on an infrastructure bill, merger activity and a sign that…
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Senate unveils $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, vote expected within days
WASHINGTON — After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Sunday night, wrapping up days of painstaking work…
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New COVID-19 cases in Florida break single-day record
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of…
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Olympic loss for tennis star Djokovic who loses to Germany’s Zverev
TOKYO (AP) — There will be no Golden Slam for Novak Djokovic. The top-ranked Serb lost to Alexander Zverev of…
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CDC data show 74% of people who tested positive for the virus in Massachusetts outbreak were fully vaccinated
A federal investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak earlier this month in a Massachusetts county that’s home to Cape Cod found…
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MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates join forces on $40 million donation to promote gender equality
An initiative from philanthropists Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott and the family foundation of billionaire Lynn Schusterman awarded $40 million…
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Texas, Oklahoma to join SEC in 2025
After the boards of regents for the universities of Texas and Oklahoma voted Friday to accept invitations to the Southeastern…
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‘It feels like we are getting hit by a train’: Florida’s coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a…
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Walmart requires that headquarters staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4, while Disney gives workers at all U.S. locations 60 days
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is requiring that all workers at its headquarters as well as its managers who travel…
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2-year and 10-year Treasurys in July book largest monthly yield drop since March of 2020
Treasury yields ended lower on Friday, with the 2- and 10-year rates notching their biggest one-month drops in over a…
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Trump told Justice Department officials to declare election results ‘corrupt’ and ‘leave the rest to me and the [Republican] Congressmen’: contemporaneous notes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results “corrupt” in a…
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CDC expected to release data that informed reconsideration of face masks, says delta variant of COVID means the ‘war has changed’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release data later Friday about the spread of the delta…
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U.S. consumer sentiment falls in July as inflation expectations hit 13-year high
The numbers: The second and final reading of the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 81.2 in July…
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Consumers boost spending in June and spearhead U.S. economic recovery
The numbers: Freed from most Covid restrictions Americans spent liberally in June on travel, vacations and other services they shunned…
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NatWest Swung to 2Q Pretax Profit, Resumes Dividend, to Launch GBP750 Mln Share Buyback — Update
By Sabela Ojea NatWest Group PLC on Friday reported a swing to a pretax profit ahead of market views for…
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German Economy Grew at Slower-Than-Expected Pace in 2Q
By Maria Martinez Germany’s economy grew in the second quarter, according to a first estimate published Friday by the Federal…
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IAG 2Q Passenger Capacity 21.9% of 2019
By Anthony O. Goriainoff International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said Friday that its net loss narrowed for the first half…
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Gold rallies to a more than 6-week high after Fed policy update and weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data
Gold futures rallied on Thursday, buoyed by weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data, even as the Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that the…
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Dow, S&P 500 snap 2-session skid as stock-market investors shake off signal that growth is waning; Robinhood IPO sinks
U.S. stock indexes ended solidly higher Thursday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 index finishing higher for the first…
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Amazon stock falls 5% as COVID-19 sales boom appears to stall
Amazon.com Inc. sales growth slowed down in the second quarter of the year as bricks-and-mortar stores reopened across the U.S.,…
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Biden expected to outline requirement for federal workers to get vaccinated or face regular tests in latest push for U.S. vaccine program
President Joe Biden is expected to announce later Thursday a plan to require all federal employees to either get vaccinated…
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Robinhood stock jeered in its public debut
Robinhood Markets Inc., which has disrupted Wall Street with its no-fee trading app, was jeered in its public debut on…
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Treasury yields’ gains fade after U.S. GDP report, jobless claims
U.S. Treasury yields gave up some of their earlier rise on Thursday as fixed-income investors weighed a report on second-quarter…
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The U.S. grew at a 6.5% rate in the spring, GDP shows, as economy rallied from Covid
The numbers: The U.S. grew at a blistering pace in the spring and repaired much of the damage caused by…
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U.S. stock futures edge higher ahead of GDP report, Robinhood debut
A previous version incorrectly identified the housing-market indicator due for release. It’s pending-home sales. U.S. stock futures edged higher Thursday…
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AB InBev 2Q Total Organic Volume Grew 21%
By Adria Calatayud Anheuser-Busch InBev SA said Thursday that net profit for the second quarter rose sharply as sales exceeded…
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Nokia Raises FY Sales Guidance
By Dominic Chopping Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a forecast-beating rise in second-quarter net profit and raised guidance, driven by…
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Nestle 1H Sales CHF41.76B
By Giulia Petroni Nestle SA said Thursday that net profit rose in the first half and raised its full-year organic…
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Boeing Stock Is Jumping After a Surprise Profit. Here’s What’s Behind Its ‘Shocking Beat. ‘
A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner. Ellen Banner-Pool/Getty Images Commercial aerospace giant Boeing reported a surprise profit for the second…
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Dow, S&P 500 log back-to-back losses as Fed says economy has ‘made progress’ from COVID but not enough
The Nasdaq Composite on Wednededay ended solidly higher but the broader market closed weaker as the Federal Reserve signaled that…
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Robinhood prices IPO at bottom of range, valuing trading app at $26.7 billion
Robinhood Markets Inc. priced its initial public offering at the bottom of its expected range Wednesday night, which still values…
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With some GOP support, Senate votes to start work on $1 trillion infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan after President…
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Facebook blows past estimates, but warns growth will ‘decelerate’ in second half of year
Facebook Inc. is the latest tech giant to cash in on a surge in digital advertising, but worrisome guidance in…
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Ford surprises Wall Street with Q2 profit, sees chip supply ‘improving’
Ford Motor Co. late Wednesday swung to a surprise quarterly profit, saying “strong” demand allowed it to forgo discounts on…
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Google delays workers’ return to the office until mid-October, and will require vaccinations
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google GOOG, +0.08% is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October…
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CDC head takes to the airwaves to sell change on face masks, as delta variant of SARS-COV-2 spreads to 132 countries
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took to the airwaves on Wednesday to explain her agency’s…
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