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The telecom companies said they agreed to delay their rollout of a new 5G service for two weeks, reversing course after previously declining a request by U.S. transportation officials.

The iPhone maker’s shares closed below the milestone after a 41% jump since the beginning of 2021.

U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 booster from Pfizer and BioNTech in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, expanding access to an extra dose that could bolster the fight against the Omicron variant.

Brewers struggle to retain a dwindling edge, as spirits makers campaign to grab market share using canned cocktails to burnish their product’s reputation and lower taxes on it. “Alcohol is alcohol.”

The cellphone carriers offered a counterproposal that would allow limited 5G deployments to move forward this week.

Early-stage venture capitalists are now investing millions of dollars in companies before they even have a coherent business plan, while a growing number of VCs are saying that we are likely in a bubble.

The electric-vehicle maker’s expansion comes despite parts shortages and other logistical problems that have hamstrung the auto industry.

Surging Covid-19 infections have prompted flight cancellations, store closures and increased overtime work.

Environmental-driven shift is complicated by frequent higher cost of cardboard, and by carbon-footprint calculus. Kalamazoo paper factory is a big test of whether the flood of ESG capital can transform supply chains.

China put up barriers to studying the origins of Covid-19, leading to a conflict that means less scientific collaboration and more mistrust among global powers that must work together to head off the next disaster.