Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China’s Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017. Jason Lee | AFP | Getty Images A bill that could force Chinese companies to give up their listings
Workers are back on the job at the the construction site of new towers near Government Center in downtown Boston on May 19, 2020. As the state economy cautiously begins to reopen, construction projects resume. (Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe Another round of coronavirus relief for Americans may hinge
Migrants who arrived from Gujarat on a Shramik Special train head to board buses to reach their homes, outside Danapur Station on May 20, 2020 in Patna, India. Santosh Kumar | Hindustan Times via Getty Images The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned the coronavirus pandemic is “unleashing a human development crisis,” with declines
Lowe’s reported same-store sales growth of more than 11% for the first quarter as Americans stayed home and invested in spring-time home improvement projects, but investor excitement fizzled as the company warned sales could “moderate” later in the year. The company benefited in the quarter from the home improvement industry’s busiest time of the year, spring,
Lowe’s announced Wednesday that it would assist minority-owned businesses with $25 million in grants to support efforts to relaunch the American economy. Lowe’s is dishing out the funds to help small businesses, especially home improvement professionals, in need of masks, personal protective equipment and other supplies to operate safely. The new funds follow $340 million of
We’ve all been looking for new ways to stay productive lately, particularly when it comes to work. Whether laid off, furloughed or adapting to new ways of working, more and more of us are spending time honing our skills as we adapt to the fast-changing jobs market. That has caused demand for online learning to
The U.K. government’s treasury building Matthew Lloyd | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K. borrowed at a negative interest rate for the first time on Wednesday, amid growing fears of a deep global recession and expectations of further bond buying action from central banks. In an auction Wednesday, the country’s Debt Management Office said it
Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during a virtual Senate Banking Committee hearing seen on a laptop computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified on the $2.2 trillion virus rescue package passed by the Congress in March. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via
While government aid initiatives like the Paycheck Protection Program have helped small businesses, frustrations are mounting on Main Street due to a lack of guidance from the Small Business Administration on loan forgiveness and how to use the funds appropriately to avoid being on the hook for repayment, a new survey shows. As the Covid-19
Bed, Bath & Beyond: “I think Bed Bath is a stock that I liked and then what happened is the world came to an end, basically, right, for retail. It was deemed nonessential and I think it’s a very tough thing for it to come back, but it does have the capital. It can last