Coronavirus

President Trump unveiled the Safer Affordable Fuel- Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles rule on Thursday in an effort to make cars more affordable for low-income Americans.

The CDC announced Thursday that cruise ships won’t be allowed to sail in U.S. jurisdictions until at least Oct. 1.

COVID-19 has Netflix watchers glued to the streaming giant but the pace may not be sustainable.

Another 1.3 million workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. These states saw the highest number of applications.

Walt Disney Company heiress Abigail Disney continued to criticize the company this week, calling out company executives for their compensation and questioning the safety of reopening theme parks as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Initial jobless claims for the week ended July 10 totaled 1.3 million, slightly higher than the 1.25 million that were expected.

Charles Schwab added 552,000 new brokerage accounts in the second quarter as total client assets swelled 11 percent to $4.11 trillion.

Per the company's existing policy, Disney does not share photos with guests who are acting in an unsafe manner.

Patrons will have to be seated and ordering food to drink alcoholic beverages at New York restaurants, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.

A month before the coronavirus-related shutdowns started, the retailer said it would close about 125 stores -- roughly one-fifth of all locations -- and cut 2,000 jobs over the next three years.  

The Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition, which includes leading individual businesses and several state legislators, claims that Walz’s orders amount to improper legislative action and that the statute that allows emergency declarations for an “act of nature” does not apply to a pandemic.

The ECB hit pause Thursday after deploying massive stimulus measures in recent weeks, calling on government leaders to do their part by agreeing on an EU-wide fund to support regions hardest hit

The rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to a historic low of 2.98 percent in the week ended July 16.

CVS and Target already require its store employees to wear face coverings.

Brands typically give retailers a period of time, such as 30 days, to pay for products they provide on credit. Since the pandemic, some retailers have extended payment terms in an effort to conserve cash. Some others have filed for bankruptcy, such as J.C. Penney Co. and J.Crew Group Inc., while still others continue to pay on time.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings plans to raise $1.175 billion through a sale of stock and debt.

The number of job openings in the U.S. is starting to shrink again as a resurgence of the coronavirus — and business shutdowns — threatens to derail the nation's gradual economic recovery.

The donations started to roll in last month to a GoFundMe created by Matt Cowan after she posted to Facebook that she was refused service by Lenin Gutierrez for going against the county’s and store's coronavirus guidelines. 

Revenue from the company's diagnostics segment rose 23% to $857 million as demand surged for Covid-19 tests. Abbott's diagnostics growth was fueled by its sales of both lab-based tests and on-site tests.

U.S. retail sales climbed a solid 7.5% in June, a sign that the economy was healing right before infections from the coronavirus spiked again and dragged down hopes for a steady recovery.