US Business

Authors of books tied to big film franchises such as Star Wars stopped receiving checks after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox.

Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech and others have enlisted third parties to catapult their vaccine technology from the laboratory to industrial production at unprecedented speed.

Kent Walker, the search giant’s chief legal officer and head of global affairs, leads the defense that will determine whether the company is able to keep growing—or gets clipped.

Congress is considering countermanding Treasury by granting tax benefits worth hundreds of billions of dollars to businesses participating in the Paycheck Protection Program.

Performing-arts companies, travel agencies and bowling alleys are among the biggest losers, according to government data.

President Trump signed a two-day spending bill passed by Congress Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown after midnight.

The vaccine can be more easily shipped and handled, helping smaller hospitals and rural areas overcome logistical hurdles.

The DOJ case now involves 14 states. A new lawsuit by 35 other states could land on same schedule.

While the pandemic takes a relentless toll, many of the largest companies came through the year in better shape than they thought they would. Their CEOs discuss the shifts that took them by surprise.

The Chinese internet company said it was leading a consortium that had agreed to buy an additional 10% stake in a deal that values the world’s largest music business at $36.8 billion.