US Business

The president directed agencies across the government to take steps to enhance federal benefits, such as expanding food assistance and improving the distribution of stimulus checks.

A Senate panel voted to approve Janet Yellen’s nomination to be the next U.S. Treasury secretary, sending it to the full Senate, which could vote to confirm her as soon as early next week.

The drugmaker expects to deliver tens of millions fewer Covid-19 vaccine doses than planned to the EU in coming months, threatening the continent’s efforts to increase vaccinations and delivering a fresh reputational blow to the company.

As Congress weighs another round of direct payments to households, advocates see a continuing role for periodic cash from Washington.

Tech giants Microsoft, Apple and Tesla will be among the companies headlining a busy earnings week, shedding more light on how businesses performed at the end of 2020 as Covid-19 cases rose.

“Blank check” firms known as SPACs are in pursuit of America’s hottest startups. Is the invasion a sign of a market euphoria that can’t last?

United Airlines Holdings wants to require its workers to get Covid-19 vaccines, Chief Executive Scott Kirby told employees, though he cautioned there are logistical hurdles to implementing such a mandate.

National Hockey League and NASCAR programming will move to the USA Network.

The technology company is pushing for in-person union ballots in place of a mail-in option that was allowed due to the pandemic.

Prices for corn, soybeans and wheat have soared to their highest levels in more than six years as dry weather and strong export demand from China drain U.S. stockpiles.