US Business

More than a third of the S&P 500 are expected to report their quarterly results this week, providing investors with a fuller picture of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on U.S. businesses.

There will be fewer in-person journalists than usual covering the unprecedented event, and maintaining the health of those reporters, the basketball players and employees is key to the resilience of the already abridged NBA season.

Boeing and Airbus are making planes that airlines aren’t collecting, straining their finances as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on travel and the aerospace industry.

The Trump administration’s efforts to thwart a perceived security threat from video-sharing app TikTok faces challenges beyond those it faced when taking on other Chinese-owned businesses such as Huawei.

The orders revive a signature part of his health-policy agenda after his earlier efforts stalled.

The central bank cut its key interest rate as the pandemic pushed the economy into a deep recession and forced President Vladimir Putin this week to delay a flagship $360 billion national development plan by six years.

The U.S. economy lagged in July and Europe’s bounced back, according to fresh surveys of purchasing managers, evidence that the two economic powerhouses are recovering at different speeds from the coronavirus pandemic.

Health-care providers and restaurants—which closed during pandemic lockdowns—have recalled millions of laid-off workers. Increased demand has boosted job growth in the logistics, financial-services and retail industries.

The annual leakage of plastic into the world’s oceans could nearly triple from 2016 to 2040 and countermeasures pledged by governments and companies would do little to stem the tide, a new study said.

The largest U.S. cellphone carrier continued to add customers during the coronavirus pandemic, though quarterly revenue declined in its core wireless business and its online advertising unit.