US Business

SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said Thursday that he is stepping down from the board of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., effective the same day.

Apple and Walt Disney are among businesses grappling with whether to close, stay open or find some in-between as the number of cases of Covid-19 increases in dozens of states.

The deal settles tens of thousands of lawsuits with U.S. plaintiffs alleging the company’s Roundup herbicide causes cancer, a milestone in the German company’s legal battle that has been weighing down its share price.

Security employees at the online marketplace allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig’s head. The U.S. attorney’s office is investigating whether eBay targeted any other critics with harassment campaigns.

Jam-packed updates for your iPhone, iPad, Watch and Mac might save you from buying a new device this year.

Dell is considering a spinoff and other options for its stake in the cloud-software giant, as the PC maker seeks to boost the value of its shares.

Silicon Valley executives pushed back against President Trump’s move to suspend new immigration on several employment-based visas programs, warning it could damage the U.S. tech industry’s competitiveness and jeopardize job creation.

Saks Fifth Avenue will reopen its Manhattan flagship store on Wednesday with ultraviolet handrail cleaners on its escalators, a remote video-shopping service and a host of other measures designed to make customers feel safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Opponents of social-distancing rules are using Facebook to organize and broadcast protests at the homes of health officials, sometimes using violent rhetoric, in campaigns that health authorities say amount to harassment.

Businesses are grappling with whether to require customers to wear masks, on top of more-typical mandates for employees to cover their faces, a process that risks alienating some portion of the public no matter what position they take.