 | | | | (This August 4 story corrects Levandowski's role at Pronto to co-founder and technical adviser, not that he "runs" Pronto, in 12th paragraph.) | | |
| | | A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a $25 billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action, according to a letter seen by Reuters. | | |
| | | Gold pushed further past $2,000 an ounce on Wednesday in the face of a weak dollar and expectations of more stimulus measures for the pandemic-ravaged global economy, while stocks in Europe and on Wall Street rallied on encouraging corporate earnings. | | |
| | | A resurgence in coronavirus cases is slowing the economic recovery and the disease will continue to weigh on the U.S. economy and American life until at least the end of next year, two Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday. | | |
| | | Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold Corp is weighing moving its main listing from Toronto to New York, the company's chief executive said, a step that would weaken its traditional links to Canada, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday. | | |
| | | U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday in the wake of a surprise quarterly profit from Disney and as investors hailed signs that a deal was near for a U.S. coronavirus fiscal aid package. | | |
| | | Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Wednesday that by 2025 it wants 7% of its employees with the title vice president to be Black and 9% to be Latino professionals. | | |
| | | Oil prices rose to their highest since early March on Wednesday after a large decline in U.S. crude inventories and the dollar weakened, but mounting coronavirus infections had investors worried about the demand outlook. | | |
| | | Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday and said it was in talks with the U.S. government to administer coronavirus vaccines at its pharmacies once they become available. | | |
| | | U.S. private employers hired far fewer workers than expected in July as companies exhausted loans to help with wages and new COVID-19 infections flared up across the country, supporting the view that the nascent economic recovery was faltering. | | |
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