Economy & Business

Pharmaceutical companies — as early as mid-December — could begin sending inoculations

Markets buoyed by coronavirus vaccine developments and news that Biden’s transition process has begun

More than 2,000 workers at Malaysia factories test positive

The move is a sign that GM and other automakers are anticipating big changes when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January

Transport group downgrades sector outlook because of ongoing coronavirus crisis

General Motors says it will pull out of a lawsuit to end California's right to set its own clean-air standards

In a win for companies like Uber and Lyft, app-based employees in the state are now viewed as independent contractors no longer entitled to health care benefits or paid time off

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Ghosn's detention in Japan in late 2018 and early 2019 was 'arbitrary' and called on Japan's government to 'take necessary steps to remedy situation'   

Trump attends summit before leaving to golf in Virginia

EPP Dialogue is to continue present economic cooperation and forge new economic ties

Treasury Department sees Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act as ‘effective and appropriate tool’ against UDG, a company that seized lands, displaced families to make way for a $3.8 billion luxury gambling and lifestyle project in unspoiled area

He says his decision to end several emergency loan programs was based on the fact they were not being heavily utilized

An estimated 40% of America’s Black-owned businesses have closed since February

Facing huge backlash, Amazon and other major retailers decided to accept a delay to support small shop owners who are still closed due to health restrictions

Leaders of 21-nation APEC also say they won't resort to protectionist policies