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The billionaire Walton family that controls the retail giant is among a group of investors in NowDiagnostics, a startup aiming to design at-home coronavirus tests to sell for as little as $10 in Walmart stores and elsewhere.

The companies requested that the FDA clear their Covid-19 vaccine, a rapid advance in the vaccine’s development expected to pave the way for distribution in December.

A Las Vegas judge has sided with former casino magnate Steve Wynn in Nevada regulators’ attempt to ban him from the gambling industry over sexual-misconduct allegations.

Hired last year as the home-sharing giant’s first “chief trust officer,” former FBI official Sean Joyce left six months later over concerns about how Airbnb shared data on millions of its users with Chinese authorities.

The auto maker is raising its bet on electric cars by more than a third, as it hustles to convince a skeptical Wall Street that it too can be successful in the nascent market.

The World Health Organization said there isn’t evidence that the antiviral drug reduces deaths or recovery times for patients suffering from the coronavirus.

BuzzFeed is acquiring Verizon Media’s HuffPo, the companies said, uniting two large digital media players in a sector looking to jump-start growth.

Travelers are calling off holiday trips as Covid-19 case counts surge around the country, threatening airlines’ hopes for bringing in more revenue this year.

As Covid-19 cases surge and what is normally the year’s most-traveled holiday approaches, many employers are inquiring about workers’ Thanksgiving plans and urging them to celebrate with caution.

Graphics-chip maker’s results were propelled by a pandemic-era boom in home computing and videogaming and the increasing use of its chips in big data centers.