BERLIN — The 2019-20 National Basketball Association season was suspended for over 140 days after a player tested positive for the coronavirus. But once play resumed in late July, no […]
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Back to news homeIt Could Be a Great Year, if Your Business Survives Winter
For Ashlie Ordonez, owner of the Bare Bar Studio, a spa in Denver, vaccinations for the coronavirus can’t come soon enough. While she anticipates better days later this year, surviving […]
German Automakers Are Charged Up and Ready to Take on Tesla
Next year, Mercedes, a division of Daimler, will introduce the EQS, a battery-powered counterpart to the company’s top-of-the-line S-Class. The EQS, which will cost more than $100,000, will be the […]
For Companies Like Workhorse, A Race to Be the Tesla of Delivery Vehicles
A fleet operator might spend about $300,000 to own and operate a diesel truck over 20 years, but the cost of owning an electric truck may be less than half […]
Carrier Plant Is Bustling, but Workers Are Wary as Trump Exits
For the workers fortunate enough to remain employed at Carrier’s Indianapolis factory, which Donald Trump singled out as a symbol of American manufacturing distress in 2016, these should be the […]
France Thought It Could Reverse Globalization, but It’s Still Bleeding Jobs
PARIS — In recent months, Fabrice Chabance has had plenty to keep him awake at night. Two foreign-owned factories in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, a region of 11,000 people where he is a […]
Biden’s China Policy? A Balancing Act for a Toxic Relationship
WASHINGTON — In addition to a deadly pandemic and a weakened economy, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will inherit one more challenge when he takes office in January: a toxic […]
Harley Davidson to Leave India After Poor Sales
NEW DELHI — Bhupender Singh crouched over a fuel tank inside a Harley-Davidson showroom. A row of motorcycles gleamed in the afternoon sun; one metallic red, another with a black […]
Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over China Labor Abuses
Apple said on Monday that it had placed a key assembler of its iPhones on probation after the Taiwanese company was found to have concealed violations of labor rules for […]