Новости за 15.11.2020

Bad policy has made the state unlivable, so I moved my family and my venture-capital firm to Texas.

In 1972, the president called the senator-elect ‘a damn good young candidate.’

Hicks Equity Partners, a private-equity firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, has held talks in recent months about acquiring and investing in Newsmax, a fledgling pro-Trump cable channel.

U.S. retail-sales figures highlight a week of data that will help investors and economists gauge the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The idea of a free Hong Kong, kept alive by successive generations, is crashing around them. The lawyer’s moderate brand of activism has been rendered unviable or illegal. And once a symbol of the city’s democratic promise, Mr. Lee himself is becoming marginalized.

Six days after his inauguration, Peruvian President Manuel Merino resigned after two men were killed and dozens more injured during clashes with police.

Italy is on course to have more Covid-19 patients in intensive care by the last week of November than during the spring peak.

Shares of small companies are posting outsize gains, driven by investors’ bets that a rebounding economy and potential Biden administration policies will boost profits at smaller U.S. companies.

Ethiopia’s conflict with its regional government of Tigray is spilling into the wider Horn of Africa region, after militias in the rebellious state fired rockets at strategic targets in the capital of neighboring Eritrea and threatened more.

Owners of small businesses trying to stay open face questions ranging from whether to reopen the lunchroom to policing employees’ personal lives.

Fighting in the contested region threatens to unravel a U.N.-brokered truce that has maintained relative calm in the area for three decades.

Government debts are piling ever higher as the coronavirus pandemic heads toward its second year, with many businesses and households in parts of the world still reliant on the public purse to stay afloat.

Spurred by a daughter’s question, a father gets serious about chess and dares to focus on a long-ignored love of hard science.

Two key programs Congress passed this year to expand and enhance unemployment insurance expire on Jan. 1, leaving millions of people without benefits unless lawmakers can break a monthslong deadlock over a fresh round of pandemic relief.

Here’s a guide to the devices that can help you look your best at the virtual office—including webcams and webcam-alternatives like smart displays.

The company is using infection-tracking algorithms and employee testing to shield workers from a fresh surge in coronavirus cases and keep grocery stores stocked.

Container shipping companies seeking to keep pace with the strong demand for goods from China are rushing to unpack and return to Asia the containers, industry officials say. That leaves fewer boxes available for American exporters to stuff with soybeans, lumber, cotton and other products.

Asian economies are emerging as clear winners in the race to a full recovery, aided by demand from Western shoppers and success in containing Covid-19, which has helped the region keep its factories humming.

The British bank has scaled back in Europe and the U.S. and doubled down on Asia, but that isn’t reflected in its senior ranks. Just two of 14 board members are Chinese.

Fifteen countries including China signed a major trade deal after years of tricky negotiations, creating a regional bloc that covers around a third of global economic output and extends Beijing’s influence.

When President Trump leaves the White House in January, he will face some of the deepest financial and legal challenges in his family business empire in decades.

Investors who bet U.S. consumers would keep paying debts this year are reaping a windfall as households spend less and save more against the backdrop of a still-ailing national economy.

Retailers say by cutting outlets they are “shrinking to grow,” but analysts say the chains often fail to recapture customers online or at remaining locations.

Coronavirus disruptions have transformed how American consumers behave by accelerating their embrace of digital commerce, and the changes are likely to prove permanent, according to businesses studying and adapting to the changes.

At 16-under par, the world’s No. 1 golfer is four shots clear of the field. But he must stare down his own history of blowing leads at major championships.