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Semiconductor maker Analog Devices is in negotiations to buy rival Maxim Integrated Products for roughly $20 billion in what would be one of the largest merger deals of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Terms related to protests were on “blocklists” companies use to avoid ad placements in sensitive content. News publishers say such moves effectively punish media companies for covering important issues.

Could this be the year when you pack up your bookmarks and switch from Google Chrome to another browser? Joanna Stern weighs alternatives like Microsoft’s Edge and Apple’s Safari.

Grocers are having trouble staying stocked with goods from flour to soups as climbing coronavirus case numbers and continued lockdowns pressure production and bolster customer demand.

The Federal Reserve purchased about $1.3 billion in face value of corporate bonds from June 17 to June 26, boosting its purchases under a market-stabilization buying program to about $1.5 billion at the time.

In the first half of 2020, we saw a decade’s worth of employment gains wiped out in two months, and then about a third of the 21 million lost jobs recovered. Here is a look at who and what kinds of jobs were impacted.

Disney fans visiting the company’s Orlando theme park, which reopened Saturday, are finding the limited capacity and strict protocols reassuring but unsettling. “It’s like a Twilight Zone dream.”

Cruise-ship workers suffered from more confirmed cases of Covid-19 than passengers, according to newly released government data.

Lawyers expect a surge in small-business failures in the coming months. A new law, they say, will make many business owners realize that filing for bankruptcy might be a better option than struggling for years.

A year ago, the Permian Basin region was one of America’s hottest labor markets, fueled by a fracking gold rush. Today, the oil field has all but shut down, and everyone is feeling the pain, from restaurant owners to landlords to barbers.