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The regulator’s examination of its July 11 flight could delay company’s next planned space launch.

The country’s largest retailer by revenue is raising hourly pay at least $1 for more than 565,000 U.S. store workers as a tight labor market creates fierce competition for staff.

The auto makers are idling plants and reducing work shifts as the global computer-chip shortage continues to hamstring the industry.

The vaccine maker asked the agency to authorize a booster at half the dose given in the first two shots, but some in the government favor the higher dose to assure the strongest protection against Covid-19 variants.

Spotify and other technology companies for years have said Apple’s restrictions were unfair and anticompetitive.

Aviation regulators are investigating how the spacecraft returned to the ground after taking billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson to the edge of space.

The OxyContin maker won court approval of a roughly $4.5 billion bankruptcy settlement that safeguards its owners, members of the Sackler family, from lawsuits accusing them of contributing to the opioid epidemic in exchange for providing funds to combat the crisis.

Retailers are spending millions a year to combat organized rings that steal from their stores in bulk and peddle the goods online, often on Amazon. It is a menace that has been supercharged by the rapid recent boom in online commerce.

Ida has left fuel makers in Louisiana struggling to restart after damage to the power grid.

The new hires will be permanent positions aimed at supporting Walmart through the holiday surge and beyond, the retailer said Wednesday. The full- and part-time jobs range from order pickers, freight handlers and forklift operators to technician and management roles at more than 250 Walmart and Sam’s Club distribution and fulfillment centers and transportation offices.