Year: 2020

A potentially $100 billion battle looms over “business interruption” coverage, which insurers say doesn’t apply unless there is physical damage, like from a fire. In the thick of the fight is a New Orleans plaintiffs’ lawyer who made his mark in the aftermath of hurricanes.

Uber Technologies is in discussions to buy Postmates for about $2.6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves to consolidate the food-delivery industry.

India banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps, including widely used TikTok and WeChat, after a border clash between troops from the two countries left 20 Indian soldiers dead this month.

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA said it is its canceling orders for 92 of Boeing Co.’s troubled 737 MAX jets, threatening to add to the U.S. planemaker’s mounting financial strain.

Ford, Clorox and Denny’s are joining a parade of companies that have moved to halt advertising spending on Facebook because of how the social-media giant has handled speech on its platforms.

Follow a day in the life of a fictional U.S. office worker coming back after working remotely during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

The media rights to the United States Golf Association, which include the U.S. Open tournament, are jumping from Fox Sports to NBC Sports, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chesapeake Energy filed for bankruptcy protection as an oil- and gas-price rout stoked by the coronavirus pandemic proved to be the final blow for a shale-drilling pioneer long hamstrung by debt.