US Business

A strengthening U.S. labor market added cushion to the economic recovery in July, with employers creating jobs at the best pace in nearly a year—adding 943,000 to payrolls—and the jobless rate falling sharply to 5.4%.

The lawyer said Disney will seek to move the fight from the courts to arbitration.

The burger chain recently told restaurant owners that they needed to limit orders of bags from suppliers as usage is running ahead of already high numbers last year—the latest supply challenge affecting U.S. restaurants.

The city of Birmingham’s diversified economy, an earlier relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, and limited number of available workers put it in competition with Salt Lake City for the lowest unemployment rate for large metro areas.

A public clash between the at-home fitness giant and a federal regulator showed how messy consumer product recalls can be.

The other major studios are ‘beating each other’s brains out.’ Meanwhile, Hollywood’s only noncombatant is finding ways to profit.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it would look into revising two amendments to its whistleblower award program rules that were adopted last September and said that in the interim it would largely pause enforcement of parts of the two amendments.

Amazon told its U.S. warehouse workers that they will all have to wear masks starting Monday, expanding a requirement that so far had applied only to those who haven’t been vaccinated against Covid-19.

A rubber parts factory in Cleveland was struggling with labor shortages when a PPP loan gave it a chance to raise workers’ pay. So far the experiment has boosted the bottom line.

Nearly three dozen of the nation’s most influential business groups are calling on the Biden administration to cut tariffs on Chinese imports, saying they are a drag on the U.S. economy.