Business

Shares have advanced in Asia, extending another rally that took the S&P 500 to within striking distance of its all-time high set in February

Millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are living with uncertainty as experts warn the recovery depends on how fast the public health crisis is solved.

When the coronavirus pandemic forced restaurants to shut their dining rooms, many chains slimmed down their menus to make service smoother — and some of those changes may be permanent.  States and cities across the country are easing restrictions, but menus are unlikely to snap back to their pre-pandemic status. Bloated menus ca...

While some industries have heralded the third quarter as the beginning of a rebound from the financial devastation wraught by the coronavirus pandemic, the outlook is still dire for U.S. movie theater operators.  In recent days all of the major cinema chains released quarterly results that showed mounting losses as nearly 100% of revenue was w...

At a time when unemployment is high and a federal jobless benefit has just expired, one category of American workers has been largely overlooked: People who still have jobs but whose financial struggles have nevertheless escalated in the face of the pandemic

President Donald Trump has issued executive orders to revive an expired unemployment benefit and defer some payroll taxes, contending he must act because lawmakers have failed to agree on a new coronavirus relief package

Businesses awaiting the next phase of Massachusetts’ reopening process learned Friday that it had been postponed indefinitely. Gov. Charlie Baker announced a pause in the reopening amid an uptick in coronavirus cases. The second step of Phase 3 has been put on hold, and a new COVID Enforcement and Intervention Team is being established. Brook...

Government employees responsible for making sure airplanes are safe say they face pressure from companies not to raise too many safety concerns

After four months of no service, New Hampshire-based Concord Coach Lines will begin running a limited schedule in New England again. The company, along with Dartmouth Coach and Boston Express, will have dozens of busses back on roads from Boston’s Logan Airport to Bangor, Maine, on Aug. 16. “We’re running a reduced service,”...

Canada said Friday it will slap retaliatory tariffs on $2.7 billion worth of U.S. goods, the latest development in a new trade feud sparked by President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose aluminum duties on the U.S. ally. “Canada will respond swiftly and strongly,” Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said at a press con...

Flying car technology has a long way to go before vehicles hit the streets and skies. But some New England drivers now have a chance to share the road with the vehicles—and one Massachusetts company is already in the testing phase. New Hampshire recently became the first state in the U.S. to enact flying car regulations, allowing pilots to......

With the pandemic, the number of packages has spiked — and so have the shipping surcharges at United Parcel Service. The shipping company said Friday in a memo that it’s tacked on additional fees for some packages shipped within the U.S. and others shipped internationally. In the memo, it listed the shipping surcharges, which depend on th...

Wall Street’s big rally let off the accelerator on Friday, despite a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, amid worries about worsening U.S.-China tensions and whether Washington can deliver more aid for the economy