US Business

The delivery giant recently imposed volume restrictions on Gap, Nike and some other large retailers, as the pandemic-driven surge in online shopping puts pressure on its capacity.

Discovery+ will launch on Jan. 4 and feature shows from channels including Food Network, TLC and Animal Planet.

Business schools are expected to be more selective as applications surge for the class of 2021, after programs granted record deferrals earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.

The roughly $500 billion home-appliance industry is making a hard pivot toward hygiene as the Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of moderating.

Britain became the first Western nation to grant emergency-use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine, clearing a shot developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech to be distributed in limited numbers within days.

At least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K. and South Korea were targeted, according to people familiar with the matter.

More than 40 corporations, including Amazon, Citigroup and Ford, said in a letter to Congress that they supported the U.S. rejoining the Paris climate accord.

The president is demanding the termination of the broad legal immunity that social-media companies enjoy.

The $27.7 billion purchase, which still has to clear Slack shareholder and regulatory approval, would be Salesforce’s largest ever acquisition and boost its competition with rival Microsoft.

The drugmaker is seeking approval for its Covid-19 vaccine after it was shown to be 94.1% effective, keeping the shot on track for use in the U.S. by year’s end, alongside Pfizer and BioNTech.