Year: 2020

While the pandemic takes a relentless toll, many of the largest companies came through the year in better shape than they thought they would. Their CEOs discuss the shifts that took them by surprise.

The Chinese internet company said it was leading a consortium that had agreed to buy an additional 10% stake in a deal that values the world’s largest music business at $36.8 billion.

The Trump administration is adding SMIC, China’s largest manufacturer of computing chips, to an export blacklist, restricting the company’s access to high-end technology over its alleged links it to the Chinese military.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine be cleared for broad use, setting the stage for the FDA to grant an expected emergency-use authorization late Friday.

Shipping volumes at the delivery giant’s Ground unit rose 29% in the latest quarter, as consumers continued to buy everyday goods online and retailers urged them to do their holiday shopping earlier than normal amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The legal action followed a monthslong investigation by attorneys general in Colorado and other states into whether the tech giant abuses the market power of its dominant search business.

The maker of the leading streaming-media player has taken up brash negotiating tactics over its terms to carry services like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock. At issue is how to divvy up the spoils of video streaming—and who will reign in the new order of entertainment distribution.

Election to be scheduled for workers at the company’s Bessemer facility, the first such election since 2014 at the nation’s second-largest employer.

The social-media giant said it would provide supporting documents to Epic Games and also reiterated its opposition to Apple’s plan to restrict access to iPhone users’ personal data.

A Texas-led antitrust case accuses the search giant of manipulating digital advertising markets, in part through an alleged agreement with rival Facebook aimed at preserving Google’s dominance.