Walmart earnings are surging, Amazon is expanding into pharmacies and Wall Street indices are hitting record highs, but data released Tuesday shows traditional retailers struggling to keep up as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts the US economy. READ MORE
Can your job make you get vaccinated?
News of promising Covid vaccines could get you back into the office sooner than you thought.
But can your employer actually require you to get vaccinated? READ MORE
Life on Mars? Elon Musk says Starship rockets 'designed to make life multiplanetary'
Target blows past expectations as digital sales, same-day services boom
Remote work is ‘here to stay’ — even with a vaccine, says former IBM CEO
Elon Musk is now an A-lister on Wall Street
Tesla has no shortage of doubters. But on Monday, the company got a stamp of approval from Wall Street that sends a clear message: It's time for the fast-growing electric carmaker to go mainstream. READ MORE
2021 Fortune 500 list will include D&I rankings
Fortune’s announcement follows an increase in employers self-reporting on D&I progress. PwC and Glassdoor, for example, released workforce D&I reports for the first time this year. And others, like the Washington Post, have promised to do so in the near future. READ MORE
Big Tech Snags Hollywood Talent to Pursue Enhanced Reality
Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are snapping up the people and technology behind some of Hollywood’s blockbusters in an effort to improve their augmented- and virtual-reality offerings. READ MORE
US economic growth shatters record at 33.1%, but fails to snap coronavirus recession
The U.S. economy grew at a record-shattering pace in the third quarter as businesses reopened from the coronavirus shutdown, but the nation remains in a deep hole from the COVID-induced recession. READ MORE
Big Tech Senate hearing winners and losers
Iowa whiskey distilled to help suffering restaurant community amid coronavirus
Wells Fargo explores sale of asset management business
Wells Fargo & Co is exploring a sale of its asset management business, in what would be the U.S. bank's biggest shake-up since former Bank of New York Mellon chief executive Charles Scharf joined as CEO last year, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. READ MORE
Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently
Given the nature of Microsoft's business as a software and hardware creator, some employees with roles that require a physical presence won't be able to take advantage of the new "hybrid workplace" policy, according to the report. Employees involved in hardware research and development, for instance, or employees involved with in-person training, won't be able to do that work remotely. READ MORE
Bloomberg held talks to take his media empire public
Michael Bloomberg has been in talks to take his media empire public through an entity controlled by billionaire Bill Ackman, The Post has learned. READ MORE
How the pandemic has accelerated the next generation of farming
The food service industry is betting big on vertical farming as the pandemic ushers in a heightened awareness of food safety and cleanliness. READ MORE
Here are the fastest-growing jobs in every state this year
As the U.S. grapples with unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report could help people who are trying to figure out where to look for a new job.
On Monday, SmartAsset published a list of the fastest-growing jobs in every state. According to the report, overall industry trends can give people a sense of what occupations could have open positions. READ MORE
FedEx readies COVID-19 vaccine delivery pipeline
When a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, FedEx will be ready to deliver it from the manufacturers to the consumer.
Already companies such as Pfizer are estimating1.3 billion doses could be delivered by 2021, according to the WSJ. READ MORE
Lawmakers hail DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google as 'long overdue'
Lawmakers in the House and Senate on Tuesday welcomed the Justice Department’s (DOJ's) move to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google that claims the tech behemoth used its power to preserve its monopoly via its search engine. READ MORE
CVS is filling thousands of pharmacy jobs to battle coronavirus
CVS Health is hiring 15,000 more employees in addition to the 50,000 previously hired as it braces for an onslaught of more Covid-19 and flu cases. READ MORE
The manufacturing industry's skeptical response to Trump and Biden’s appeals
Making sky-high promises to voters who work in manufacturing has been a feature of American politics for decades. READ MORE