Buying that cheap hair trimmer and electric air pumps is all the proof I need to know I'm insanely addicted to online shopping, says the Financial Times' Robert Shrimsley.
Poor attitudes about older workers and their ability to learn, adapt and work make them an exposed group in a COVID-19 economy, says SUSS’ Megan Ching.
The United States plans to nominate deputy White House chief of staff Christopher Liddell to become the next secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a senior administration official said on Friday.
Boeing Co is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said, as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates a drop in demand for the industry's largest jetliners.
McDonald's Corp said on Friday it would require customers to wear face masks in its U.S. restaurants starting next month, as new coronavirus cases surge across the country.
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose to a near 13-year high in June as the housing market outperforms the broader economy amid record low interest rates and migration from urban centers to lower-density areas because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SINGAPORE: In February, as bustling shopping malls in Singapore began to empty out due to the spread of a then little-known novel coronavirus, a small group of worried retailers got together on WhatsApp. Some had seen sales tumble by more than one-third and, as small businesses operating on thin ...
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday proposed to toughen financial oversight of companies, seeking to pre-empt an expected parliamentary backlash over the failure of regulators to spot the huge fraud that obliterated Wirecard .
U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday following heightened tensions between the United States and China, and as Intel's shares slumped after reporting a delay in a developing new chip technology.
The European Union is not interested in buying potential COVID-19 vaccines through an initiative co-led by the World Health Organisation as it deems it slow and high-cost, two EU sources told Reuters, noting the bloc was in talks with drugmakers for shots cheaper than US$40.
