Year: 2021

Many governments are likely to wait and see what others, especially a divided U.S. Congress, will do to put the deal into effect.

More administrators took hazard pay than the state previously acknowledged, records show.

The latest salvos in China’s campaign against its tech companies make one thing clear: Jack Ma’s businesses aren’t the only ones under the regulatory microscope.

U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, but not enough for the labor market to keep pace with an overall economy that is heating up as the pandemic continues to ease.

May jobs report shows progress toward central bank goals, but a formal ‘tapering’ debate remains a ways off.

Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman agreed to what would be one of the largest leveraged buyouts since the financial crisis.

Businesses would pay a minimum tax rate of at least 15%, the Group of Seven rich nations agreed, in a significant step toward delivering a global minimum rate sought by the Biden administration.

U.S. cellphone carriers are offering deep discounts on new smartphones to defend their customer base, in deals that come with long-term commitments.

Entrepreneurs who create bitcoin have long flourished in the nation, despite an uneasy relationship with the central government. A recent warning of a crackdown highlights the cryptocurrency’s tenuous status in China, and might send some crypto miners to the West.

Experts aren’t sure when, if ever, we’ll have truly autonomous vehicles that can drive anywhere without help. First, AI will need to get a lot smarter.