US Business

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit, marking the company’s first full-fledged operational mission with humans on board and beginning regularly scheduled commercial flights to the International Space Station.

Hicks Equity Partners, a private-equity firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, has held talks in recent months about acquiring and investing in Newsmax, a fledgling pro-Trump cable channel.

Owners of small businesses trying to stay open face questions ranging from whether to reopen the lunchroom to policing employees’ personal lives.

When President Trump leaves the White House in January, he will face some of the deepest financial and legal challenges in his family business empire in decades.

Coronavirus disruptions have transformed how American consumers behave by accelerating their embrace of digital commerce, and the changes are likely to prove permanent, according to businesses studying and adapting to the changes.

The libertarian-minded platform aims to challenge tech giants through a focus on free speech. Prominent conservative donor Rebekah Mercer is among the company’s financial backers.

Netflix has 16 projects in the works from its Tokyo-based team as the pandemic lifts demand.

The biggest purchase the conglomerate has made in 2020 is the purchase of its own stock. Until recently Warren Buffett eschewed buybacks.

President-elect Joe Biden said during the campaign that he wanted to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. Yet Senate Republicans have opposed Democratic proposals for large-scale debt forgiveness.

This year’s Thanksgiving celebrations are shaping up to be a little more fancy, a little more pricey and a lot smaller than usual.