Новости за 18.09.2020

The clothing-rental startup, which has struggled with falling revenue since the start of the pandemic, said it is replacing its unlimited subscription plan with a pricier option that caps the number of items customers can rent each month.

The defendants were part of groups that acted as consultants to vendors on Amazon’s marketplace, according to the indictment.

New requirements aim to address gaps that led to the retraction in June of a study on hydroxychloroquine as a new-coronavirus treatment.

Many American drivers are still reluctant to buy pricey battery-powered vehicles. So what’s driving the current hype? Bulk buyers committing to hundreds of thousands of workaday electric cars and trucks.

The governor has a tight political alliance with the powerful nonprofit representing New York’s health systems.

It’s meant to invoke guilt but absolves everyone, white and black, of responsibility.

The Federal Reserve is now giving banks another, and in key ways even tougher, stress test. But this shouldn’t cause deep anxiety for investors.

With limited capacity and other Covid restrictions now in place at the city’s most beloved landmarks, locals and visitors are finding an unexpected upside to the “new normal”—plenty of elbow room. Plus: From Chicago to Memphis, live music moves outdoors for the fall.

A California federal judge will hear arguments Friday as part of an emergency push to delay enforcement of President Trump’s order placing restrictions on the app WeChat.

Do-it-yourself chains see enthusiasm from customers who have been forced to spend so much time in their living rooms and kitchens that they are now desperate to improve them.

The Trump administration has turned up the heat on the popular Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok. What it hasn’t done is lay out how information security challenges should be addressed.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis leader James Bullard said higher inflation is coming to the U.S. economy, but didn’t indicate that would be a worrisome development.

The move is a bid to increase loans to small and midsize businesses via the central bank’s program amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Federal Reserve committed in March to deploy billions of dollars to prop up the economy during coronavirus lockdowns. The move benefited money managers including BlackRock, which helped the Fed execute its plan.

Does he understand that we can’t all live on federal subsidies?

Undersecretary of State Keith Krach is the highest-ranking State Department official to visit the island since Washington cut formal ties with Taipei four decades ago.

China released new details about an investigation in Australia and searches of Chinese journalists, shedding light on the mounting tensions between the two countries.

The Trump administration will begin banning downloads and use of popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat beginning Sunday, in a move U.S. officials said was driven by national security concerns but which drew objections for impinging on free-speech rights.

Unemployment rates in regions across the U.S. moved down this summer after peaking in April, when the coronavirus first triggered widespread lockdowns. Still, jobless rates clocked in above 10% in 10 states.

King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have been at odds over whether to ease relations with the Jewish state. Israel’s deal with the U.A.E. stunned the 84-year-old monarch. Normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel before any deal for Palestinian statehood would be a seismic shift in the Middle East.

Jeanine Áñez, whose public support slid over her handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a moribund economy, said she withdrew to unite conservatives and prevent the return to power of the leftist movement led by exiled former President Evo Morales and his allies.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced women to rethink many aspects of their lives—retail routines included. We quizzed six shoppers on their spending this season and what clothes and accessories are worth buying.

The incoming CEO of the education publisher will have to get to grips with rapid shifts in how schools and universities teach as Covid-19 forces them to do more teaching online.

Citadel Securities and Quantlab Financial are at the center of a criminal trial over market manipulation known as spoofing.

Consumer law firms are working to help shoppers recoup the value of unused gift cards from bankrupt retail chains, hoping to revive court claims that might otherwise be deemed worthless.