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Target Corp., Walmart Inc., Nike Inc., and small family businesses have collectively closed hundreds of locations or are recovering from looting and physical damage related to protests. Adidas said it was temporarily closing all its U.S. stores.

Rigorous testing will ensure that Americans can trust the shot they take will be safe and effective.

Companies are getting aid they don’t need, or failing to get aid they do. There’s still a chance for reform.

Video lectures leave students cold. Better to have personalized, interactive courses.

Prices have stabilized but recovery in energy requires a signal of support from Ottawa.

Last week’s order is reminiscent of efforts against broadcasters.

Friday’s U.S. jobs report anchors another week of data that will reflect fallout from efforts to contain the new coronavirus.

Manufacturers are racing to crank out the hand sanitizer, masks and clear plastic dividers that are seen as key to reopening the U.S. economy amid the pandemic. Stepped-up production has sent materials prices soaring.

Blacks end up suffering more when hostility to police makes it impossible to maintain urban order.

If Pelosi prevails, federal, state and local spending will top 50% of GDP.

South Africans, faced with closed liquor stores during the pandemic, are improvising booze with fruit and brewing kits cobbled from balloons and rubber tubes. ‘The taste of beer with the texture of yogurt.’

Investors betting on the recovery of the global airline industry have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a previously small exchange-traded fund over the past three months.

Severe revenue shortfalls are prompting many cities around the U.S. to turn to measures that could jeopardize their future, such as borrowing money for operations or cutting police and fire protection.

Severe revenue shortfalls are prompting many cities around the U.S. to turn to measures that could jeopardize their future, such as borrowing money for operations or cutting police and fire protection.

A SpaceX capsule carrying two NASA astronauts linked up with the international space station during the first such mission by a commercial spacecraft.

India reported 8,380 cases Sunday, taking the total confirmed cases to 182,143, one of the top 10 highest totals in the world. India has seen fewer deaths than some of the hardest-hit countries, with 5,164 killed by the virus, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

A number of countries that have reopened schools have reported no resulting increase in coronavirus infection rates, an encouraging sign for authorities contemplating how to safely bring children back to the classroom.

Private-equity firm Avista Capital Partners is buying a stake in Vision Healthcare in a deal that values the direct-to-consumer health-care products company at around €305 million ($336 million).

A national meat-supply crunch driven by the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to ease, though meat and grocery suppliers expect the effects to linger for months. Meanwhile, consumers are paying more for ground beef and other staples across the country.

Rising tensions between the U.S. and China over Hong Kong have American businesses caught in the crosshairs amid a fight that they fear could disrupt their operations and that casts doubt over their long-term future in the city.

Before the pandemic, few American cities were creating jobs faster than Denver. Now the city may also hold answers about the post-coronavirus economic outlook.

A fall getaway spent watercoloring armfuls of wild plants in France turned into wallpaper—a first for lighting designer Lindsey Adelman.

The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the market for natural gas hard, undercutting hopes for a rich new vein for profits on the water. It is making the business of transporting liquefied natural gas look more like other sectors that have been sending operators of oceangoing cargo ships through wild peaks and valleys.

Despite a surge in unemployment brought on by the spread of the coronavirus, CedarWorks is having trouble attracting workers because many can make more money staying home.

Federal funds will be sought for factory building and research to keep the U.S. ahead of China and others generous in subsidizing their companies.