Year: 2020

A merger deal could have been valued at around $70 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a sign that a wave of consolidation is still sweeping through the payments industry.

Big tech companies are getting into the custom chip-making game in the hunt for improved performance and lower costs, shifting the balance of power in the industry.

Authors of books tied to big film franchises such as Star Wars stopped receiving checks after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox.

Congress is considering countermanding Treasury by granting tax benefits worth hundreds of billions of dollars to businesses participating in the Paycheck Protection Program.

Kent Walker, the search giant’s chief legal officer and head of global affairs, leads the defense that will determine whether the company is able to keep growing—or gets clipped.

Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech and others have enlisted third parties to catapult their vaccine technology from the laboratory to industrial production at unprecedented speed.

Performing-arts companies, travel agencies and bowling alleys are among the biggest losers, according to government data.

President Trump signed a two-day spending bill passed by Congress Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown after midnight.

The vaccine can be more easily shipped and handled, helping smaller hospitals and rural areas overcome logistical hurdles.

The DOJ case now involves 14 states. A new lawsuit by 35 other states could land on same schedule.