Новости за 17.11.2020

Investors are pointing to one key factor lurking beneath a recent rally in U.S. speculative-grade bonds: falling real yields, which are driving those in search of higher returns to the high-yield market.

Offer everyone on your shopping list instant gratification with chic, affordable presents from slippers to scarves, dresses to (yes) diamonds.

A flood of online orders for furniture, fire pits and other bulky consumer goods during the coronavirus pandemic is set to add outsize new complications to one of e-commerce’s biggest holiday-season headaches: returning unwanted items.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it was too soon to say how a potential vaccine would influence the economic outlook.

The two leading Covid-19 vaccines, including one developed by BioNTech, are based on a new gene-based technology called messenger RNA that researchers believe could help fight cancer, heart disease and other viruses.

Drug-company executives were allowed to sell stock during announcements of Covid-19 vaccine results.

Americans continue to shy away from adding onto their credit cards even as they borrow more to buy houses and cars, according to a new report from the New York Fed.

Like the 1994 election, voters have chosen divided government—and issued a mandate for compromise.

The incumbent confronts Tehran on terrorism and human-rights abuses.

Airbnb and DoorDash are the latest AWS-dependent giants to go public.

In an antipoverty push, President Xi wants to repopulate rural towns with entrepreneurs and consumers. China’s rural poor have been a tool of Communist Party strategy since Mao Zedong rallied them in his revolution.

October’s retail sales slowdown largely happened before the surge in Covid-19 cases now engulfing the country, darkening the outlook for retailers just as the holiday shopping season begins.

Home Depot reported strong sales growth as the retailer continues to thrive from people spending more time on home-improvement projects during the coronavirus pandemic.

The CEOs of Facebook and Twitter hailed their companies’ efforts to fend off election interference, but skeptical senators warned them that tougher regulation of social media may be coming.

Analysts expect the addition of Tesla to the S&P 500 to further boost the company’s shares, but skeptics fear a reversal in its stock surge could help drag down the whole market.

The retailer’s comparable sales rose at a slower pace than earlier in the coronavirus pandemic even as shoppers continued to buy up food and cleaning supplies and the company pushed early holiday deals.

Amazon.com said Tuesday customers can buy prescription medications through a new store on its platform, a move that comes as more people grow increasingly accustomed to shopping online.

Auto-grading systems adopted in many districts were supposed to save time by using bots to score tests. But parents and teachers say the software leads to grading errors and requires them to double-check the bots’ work.

European leaders, who have reacted enthusiastically to President-elect Joe Biden’s win, now face the challenge of following up their congratulations with action.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined a day after the blue-chip index closed just shy of its 30000-point milestone on optimism about new Covid-19 vaccines.

The second major hurricane in as many weeks hit homes and caused further misery in an already-waterlogged region.

Output continued its slow climb back from deep declines last spring due to pandemic-related shutdowns. It remains 5.6% below where it was in February.

Tsinghua Unigroup, a key player in China’s push for self-reliance in semiconductors, has defaulted on a bond, adding to a recent spate of trouble in the country’s corporate debt markets.

A group of developing countries, led by South Africa and India, say they will press at the World Trade Organization this week to free Covid-19 vaccines from patent protections so they can be more accessible and affordable for poor countries.

Many of the companies say the funds from the Paycheck Protection Program weren’t enough to keep them going as the coronavirus and lack of additional stimulus payments weighed on their businesses.