Year: 2020

Relaxing domestic ticket-change fees will cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue when passenger bookings start to improve, but it is a loss aimed at winning back customers.

China’s export machine gained steam in August as countries gradually recovering from coronavirus lockdowns, including the U.S., snapped up more Chinese-made goods.

Stock in Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. fell sharply after the U.S. government said it was considering placing export restrictions on the company, in what would mark a major escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese technology companies.

The share of U.S. workers with college degrees has kept growing, but the nation’s productivity gains have been tepid.

Ski resorts and amusement parks are facing hiring hurdles this year after the Trump administration’s ban on several work-based visa types.

Big employers are telling employees they can take paid time off to volunteer as election workers as they aim to help solve a national poll-worker shortage.

The pizza delivery giant is one of several companies thriving in a time of touchless transactions, robotics, online commerce and decentralized offices. Their successes may define the business world for a long time to come.

Unemployment fell sharply in August and hiring gains moderated, as the U.S. economy continued to recover from the steep downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Trump administration is weighing whether to place export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s most advanced manufacturer of semiconductors.

The move by Amazon comes as the mystery seeds led U.S. officials to raise alarms about the ease with which sales can occur on e-commerce sites, creating potential threats to U.S. agriculture.