Airline Stocks Rally, American Cites Plan to Pay off Loan
Air travel hasn’t recovered from the pandemic, but a few more people are flying.
Air travel hasn’t recovered from the pandemic, but a few more people are flying.
A Dutch startup is using drones to kill moths in midair as a way of protecting valuable crops in greenhouses that are damaged by caterpillars.
The Milan fashion house Dolce&Gabbana has filed a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit in an Italian court against U.S. fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.
More than a year after two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies were moved from the nation’s capital to Kansas City, Missouri, they remain critically understaffed and some farmers are less confident in the work they produce.
California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly a year after coronavirus restrictions shuttered major entertainment spots.
The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
Warehouse retail chain Costco Wholesale says its fourth-quarter earnings rose slightly from a year ago, its profits weighed by wage premiums paid to employees during the pandemic.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation will likely pick up in the coming months but the increase will be temporary, and won’t be enough for the Fed to alter its low-interest rate policies.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite a drop in confirmed viral infections and evidence that the overall economy is improving.
Las Vegas Sands is selling the iconic Venetian casino resort and its Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion, withdrawing from gambling operations on the Las Vegas Strip after changing the nature of the casino business there and just about everywhere else.