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Muted retail sales and Covid-related store restrictions seem to be weighing heavily on CarMax investors’ minds, but they should look further ahead.

To get through this toughest of years, many of us are relying on wisdom we received long ago from older family members.

The exchange’s new type of direct listing would let companies issue new shares and sell them to public investors in a single, large transaction on the first day of trading, much like the first trade in an IPO.

Scientists around the world are struggling to sort out the significance of a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the U.K., as it and certain other countries take drastic action to curb further transmission.

Several publishers cooperated with the states to build a case, and much of the suit lines up with the complaints publishers have made about Google for years.

Elevated Covid-19 infection levels, the emergence of a new fast-spreading strain of the virus and fresh travel restrictions are weighing on markets this week.

A report on the consumer-electronic giant’s renewed car efforts has lighted up its richly valued stock following a busy launch period.

Homes sales slipped in November as the supply of properties for sale fell to a new low, the latest sign that strong economic momentum in the middle of the year is easing in the final months of this year.

Stores and other businesses limit capacity during holiday rush, creating a velvet-rope feel even at your local gym. Shoppers feel under pressure to get in and out; ‘I’m not a looky-loo.’

A propagandistic press, the crushing of academic freedom and the shattering of family loyalties.

The Covid-19 relief bill passed by Congress will cover carriers’ payrolls through March, but a rebound in air travel remains uncertain.

The Covid relief package is welcome, but the new president will have to do more.

The company’s new wheels have investors spinning in hopes for faster delivery times and better growth ahead.

U.S. lawmakers want tougher curbs on exports to Chinese semiconductor giant SMIC.

Six of China’s largest consumer internet businesses, including Alibaba and Tencent, were informed of increased scrutiny of a popular e-commerce purchasing model.

U.S. consumers’ outlook on the economy darkened this month as coronavirus cases climbed nationwide and local governments imposed new restrictions, according to survey data released Tuesday.

Investors expect government-bond yields to trade in a relatively tight range in the near term, as immediate challenges are balanced by hopes for a vaccine-fueled economic rebound.

IAC/InterActive Corp. said it would spin off online video platform Vimeo as an independent publicly traded company, sending shares of IAC up more than 14% in morning trading.

CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of a startup trying to survive. That strand of its corporate DNA is becoming a liability, as its tactics to dominate nearly every market—furniture, diapers, tripods, shoes—make it a target for antitrust enforcers and politicians.

Why not ring in 2021 with something new? Our wine columnist went looking for lesser-known bubblies from unexpected regions and found some remarkable values.

Demand for newly listed tech stocks is booming—and so, too, is the power of founders of the Silicon Valley companies.

Super Saturday wasn’t so super for bricks-and-mortar stores, and the Postal Service is starting to buckle under the flood of holiday orders that shifted online.

The coronavirus-relief bill passed by Congress will likely give economic growth a lift in the second half of 2021, though it may be arriving too late to stave off a further cooling now, analysts say.

The new coronavirus variant that is spreading across the U.K. could make it more difficult to reach so-called herd immunity, according to the chief executive of BioNTech, the German company that developed the Covid-19 vaccine with Pfizer.

The rebooted PPP includes changes on issues such as eligibility for second-time applicants and types of forgivable expenses.