Almost 2,000 airport restaurant workers who were furloughed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic have been notified that they face permanent layoffs by mid-October. In letters sent last week … Click to Continue »
U.S. home sales rose a record-breaking 24.7% in July, extending June's rebound after the coronavirus pandemic all but froze the housing market this spring. National Association of Realtors said Friday … Click to Continue »
Amazon retail chief Jeff Wilke is retiring early next year. He will be replaced by Dave Clark, who runs the company's warehouses and delivery network, the company said Friday. Wilke, … Click to Continue »
The coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on planned repairs at a 145-year-old lighthouse in eastern North Carolina. A nonprofit that runs the Currituck Beach Lighthouse is now soliciting donations … Click to Continue »
Wildfires in California have killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands from their homes, straining firefighting resources by the sheer vastness of the battle lines.
A new survey by the research firm IHS Markit showed that the European economy's recovery from the coronavirus recession stalled this month, as some earlier pandemic-related restrictions have been reinstated. IHS Markit's flash composite purchasing managers' index (PMI), which is based on a survey of 5,000 companies across the 19-country eurozone and is seen as...
The self-exiled Chinese tycoon on whose 150-foot (45-meter) yacht President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was arrested is a high-profile irritant to the ruling Communist Party. Guo Wengui … Click to Continue »
