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Employees schedule COVID-19 tests and prepare test kits at Primary Health Medical Group's clinic in Boise, Idaho, on Nov. 24, 2020.

CDC says people should wear masks indoors as COVID-19 infections spread at record levels in United States

December 5, 2020 at 1:14 p.m.

Americans should be wearing a mask indoors whenever they're outside their own home, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending, as coronavirus infections continue to spread at...

A China Airlines Airbus 330 going from Beijing to Frankfurt, Germany, is seen in flight May 30, 2020, east of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Boeing rival Airbus bets big on hydrogen-powered, zero-emission jets

December 4, 2020 at 1:19 p.m.

There are plenty of obstacles standing in the way of developing the first zero-emission, hydrogen-powered plane. It's tricky to safely store and use the highly combustible fuel. There aren't any...

Imports | The start of summer saw a jump in import prices. According to the BLS, prices for U.S. imports increased 1.4% during the month of June.

Meat lobby group calls for vaccine priority for plant workers

December 4, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

The U.S. meat industry wants its workers early in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, once healthcare employees and those in long-term care facilities get the shot, the North American Meat...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a Senate Banking Committee hearing Dec. 1, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

As Biden seeks to boost working class, Fed chair Powell may be key ally

December 1, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden wants to reverse the decadeslong trend that has seen workers get an ever smaller piece of the economic pie. And no matter which political party ends up...

Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley is seen at his company's office pub on Dec. 8, 2016, in Chicago.

Drinking at bars might never recover from COVID-19, says Molson Coors CEO

December 1, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the world drinks beer — maybe for good, according to Molson Coors Beverage Co. Chief Executive Officer Gavin Hattersley. "There's no doubt in...

A Leave Home Save QR code in front of a escalator inside a shopping mall on November 28, 2020, in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government has rolled out a new app "Leave Home Save," which allows users to scan QR codes at different locations around Hong Kong to record their movements and inform the user when an outbreak of COVID-19 has taken place in one of the places that they visited.

Anger grows at Hong Kong’s erratic COVID-19 rules as cases mount

November 30, 2020 at 10:27 a.m.

HONG KONG — As Hong Kong battles a new wave of coronavirus infections with yet another round of social restrictions, a sense of fatigue with the confusing and inconsistent nature...

Pandemic puts decades of gains over US poverty at risk of being wiped out

November 30, 2020 at 10:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The escalating coronavirus pandemic could reverse decades of gains in the fight against poverty, as U.S. government aid for the vulnerable dries up. In the early months of...

(FILES) In this file photo The "Fearless Girl" statue stands in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on June 29, 2020 in New York City. - Wall Street stocks opened decisively higher on July 13, 2020 as progress on a coronavirus vaccine offset unease at worsening outbreaks in many parts of the United States.About 10 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 26,298.79, up 0.9 percent.The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.8 percent to 3,210.72, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 1.4 percent to 10,766.29, rising further from record levels. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Women in finance have to ask for promotions, men don’t: Survey

November 25, 2020 at 4:24 p.m.

Far fewer women than men are promoted in the finance industry unless they first ask for seniority, a sign of institutional gender bias, according to a new study in Australia....

Marie Steele works Oct. 8, 2020, at Amazon's Shakopee, Minn., fulfillment center, during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ahead of the holidays, Amazon is hiring some employees with a $3,000 signing bonus. Longtime workers who got only turkey vouchers are upset.

November 24, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

Amazon.com is doling out hiring bonuses as high as $3,000 to make sure it has enough people to squeak through the busy holiday shopping season. That's stoking resentment among existing...

Faye Flam column: Every American should be tested for COVID-19 once a week

November 24, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Americans are still doing COVID-19 testing wrong. The kind of testing and contact tracing that scientists advocated in the spring to combat the virus isn't working in the U.S. And...

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