Fed shifts tone from repeated lockdown fears to jobs focus
At Fed Chair Jerome Powell's policy meeting press conference six weeks ago he talked repeatedly about the possibility of second and third waves of the novel...
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Europe's Just Eat Takeaway to buy U.S. delivery firm Grubhub for $7.3 billion
European food ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com NV on Wednesday announced a $7.3 billion deal to buy U.S. food delivery firm Grubhub Inc and create the...
With crisis response in place, Fed looks to long term
The Federal Reserve completes its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with attention turning from its massive response to the coronavirus pandemic and toward its still-developing plans...
White House works to move stalled airline contact tracing plan: sources
The White House wants a plan in place by Sept. 1 for airlines to collect contact tracing information from U.S.-bound international passengers, but will not immediately...
Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition tech for a year
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, reversing its long-time support of selling the...
Asia stocks set to fall on Fed's dour outlook
Asian stocks were set to fall on Thursday after gloomy economic projections from the U.S. Federal Reserve sent the greenback and most Wall Street shares lower.
Goldman Sachs employees to start returning to U.S. offices from June 22
Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to start the return of an initial group of its employees to its offices in New York,...
Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition tech for a year
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it was implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, halting a business it long defended as...
Oil prices slide on concerns about patchy demand recovery, record U.S. stocks
Oil prices fell in early trade on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising, U.S. crude stockpiles hitting an all-time high and...
Oil prices drop on concerns about patchy demand recovery, record U.S. stocks
Oil prices fell more than 2% on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising, U.S. crude stockpiles hitting an all-time high and...
Asia stock rush pauses, bonds rally on sober Fed
Asian shares eased on Thursday while bonds rallied after a downbeat economic outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve stoked speculation it would have to add to...
Zoom suspends U.S.-based activists' account after Tiananmen event
Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of...
Walmart to stop keeping 'multicutural' beauty products in locked display cases
Walmart Inc will stop keeping personal care products designed for people of color in locked display cases, the retailer said, after the practice drew flak online...
As small businesses rehire and rebuild, the road to full recovery is a long one
Although the SBA has approved more than 4.5 million emergency loans to support small businesses, many workers are still unemployed.
Someone nabbed the $410 million Mega Millions jackpot. Now, here's that tax bill
Whether the jackpot is claimed as an annuity or lump sum, federal and state taxes will be withheld, and more will likely be due to Uncle...