MAY 28, 2020
The German government bristled at the European Commission’s antitrust demands on its 9 billion-euro ($9.9 billion) bailout of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, in a sign of rising tensions over the stalled aid package.
The insistence by officials in Brussels that Lufthansa ditch some of its takeoff-and-landing slots in Frankfurt and Munich is unfair, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer told...
MAY 28, 2020
First-time claims for unemployment benefits totaled 2.1 million last week, the lowest total since the coronavirus crisis began though indicative that a historically high number of Americans remain separated from their jobs.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.05 million.
Continuing claims, or those who have been collecting for at least two weeks, numbered 21.05 million,...
MAY 28, 2020
An aerial view of people lying in social distancing circles at San Francisco's Dolores Park amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 24, 2020. - Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images
In one cruise-ship coronavirus outbreak, more than 80% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 did not show any symptoms of the disease, according to a...
MAY 28, 2020
“I’m mostly having Zoom calls with strangers,” said Hasti Nazem, who left her job just before the shutdown.
After five years at the wellness industry start-up she co-founded in San Francisco, Hasti Nazem decided it was time for her next adventure in Silicon Valley. Her last day was March 5.
Two months later, the job market has imploded, promising...
MAY 28, 2020
Healthcare workers from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment check in with people waiting to be tested for COVID-19 at the state's first drive-up testing center. - Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus' spread, hindering the ability to detect...
MAY 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 5: Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey looks on during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg faced questions about how foreign operatives use their platforms...
MAY 27, 2020
President Trump is not happy with Twitter. - Getty Images
President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order on social-media companies Thursday, escalating his war on Twitter Inc., although it remains unclear what it will entail.
A White House spokesperson confirmed the order late Wednesday, a day after Twitter (TWTR) issued its first fact-checking warning label to...
MAY 27, 2020
Taylor Williams, left, and other shoppers what in line to enter a Traders Joes store, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Woodmere Village, Ohio. Only 25 customers are allowed in the store at one time. - Tony Dejak/AP
With the number of people in the United States who have died from the novel coronavirus on the verge of...
MAY 27, 2020
The persistence of the novel coronavirus is one of the few things we can count on. In New York, after subway ridership plummeted more than 90 percent, commuters are slowly returning, albeit with masks. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
There’s a good chance the coronavirus will never go away.
Even after a vaccine is discovered and deployed, the coronavirus will likely...
MAY 27, 2020
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on protecting seniors with diabetes during a event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. - BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump is threatening to "strongly regulate" or "close down" social media platforms a day after Twitter added a "fact check" label to two of...
