WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled Senate cannot include President Joe Biden's proposed US$15 per hour minimum wage in a US$1.9 trillion coronavirus bill the party aims to pass without Republican votes, the body's parliamentarian ruled, a Bloomberg reporter said on Twitter on Thursday ...
Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat Inc said on Thursday that it has signed multi-year supply deals with McDonald’s Corp and Yum! Brands Inc, sending shares up 18per cent in after-hours trading before they dropped back to a gain of 1per cent.
Boeing Co faces a new fine from US regulators as part of a expected settlement with US regulators over quality and safety-oversight lapses going back years, two people familiar with the matter said.
Food delivery company DoorDash Inc on Thursday reported an over three-fold rise in quarterly revenue in its first results as a public company.
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric vehicle company's Fremont, California plant shut down for two days this week due to "parts shortages" and had reopened on Wednesday.
Facebook Inc on Friday said it had signed letters of intent with three Australian media firms, a day after the country's Parliament passed a law forcing it to pay media companies for using content on its platform.
Facebook Inc on Friday said it had signed letters of intent with three Australian media firms, a day after the country's Parliament passed a law forcing it to pay media companies for using content on its platform.
Salesforce.com Inc reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, helped by increased demand for its cloud-based software as remote work stretches further into 2021.
Businesses, communications, cities, even political systems are being altered and destabilised in ways beyond the control of nations, says the Financial Times’ Robert Shrimsley.
Oxford University said on Thursday it was investigating a cyber attack but that research was unaffected, following media reports that one of its biology laboratories researching COVID-19 had been hacked.






















