Business

The World Trade Organization officially named U.S.-trained Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its seventh director-general on Monday....Read More

SpaceX plans to launch 60 more of its Starlink communications satellites from Florida on Sunday night as the company expands sales of the broadband internet service those satellites provide....Read More

Amazon filed a federal lawsuit Friday against New York Attorney General Letitia James to head off legal action over the company’s handling of coronavirus conditions at its Staten Island warehouse....Read More

An international social media watchdog said Friday Facebook acted too hastily in yanking a post criticizing French President Emmanuel Macron and urging Muslims to possibly turn to violence and should reinstate both....Read More

Tax filing season officially opened on Friday as the Internal Revenue Service began accepting and processing returns for 2020....Read More

The British economy during 2020 — which was severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns — saw its greatest yearly decline since the 1700s, government figures showed on Friday....Read More

Twitter on Thursday permanently suspended the account of conservative activist organization Project Veritas and temporarily locked the account of its founder, James O’Keefe....Read More

United Airlines became the second U.S. carrier Thursday to return the Boeing 737 Max, grounded nearly two years ago after 346 people died in two crashes, to service....Read More

According to a new study, more than 11 million people in the United States will lose their unemployment benefits within the next two months if Congress does nothing to fund more COVID-19 aid....Read More

Kraft Heinz announced Thursday it is selling its Planters nuts business to Hormel Foods Corp. for $3.35 billion in cash....Read More