US Business

Columnist Joanna Stern put the four new iPhone 12 models side by side with three older models still on sale, and cut through the confusion to help consumers decide which one to choose.

As production resumes during the pandemic, fear of contagion is changing everything about making television. Producers are avoiding scenes with crowds, guest stars or intimacy between characters, wherever possible. “Are we crazy to be doing this?”

Johnson & Johnson hopes to know within days whether it can resume testing its Covid-19 vaccine, although executives said they know little about the illness that prompted a pause in the clinical trials.

The aerospace giant said that it didn’t win any new orders in September and delivered only 11 aircraft, weighed by the continued grounding of the MAX, weak demand for its wide-body planes and production problems affecting its 787 Dreamliner.

The company says an independent committee is reviewing the subject’s illness, and it will review the medical information before deciding whether to restart the studies.

The changes aim to give priority to Disney’s streaming video businesses, creating new units that will produce content for digital and traditional platforms, in a shift echoing similar moves by other entertainment giants.

The carrier is pushing into two of the largest U.S. airports, signaling its plan to grab market share from United and American, bigger rivals hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Lessons from the home-sharing giant’s near-death experience: Focus on the core business, keep expenses low and listen to customers; “I did not know that I would make 10 years’ worth of decisions in 10 weeks,” its CEO said.

Retailers want the holiday buying season to hit full speed in October as they brace for a sluggish end to the shopping year. Walmart, Target and Amazon are among the retailers starting online holiday deals this week.

Tech workers fleeing the San Francisco Bay Area to work remotely amid the pandemic are being asked to take pay cuts of 15% or more, as tech companies make cost-of-living adjustments.