shutdowns

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic response that included lockdowns, many small businesses folded while big companies thrived, a senator said, calling this phenomenon a “wealth transfer.” Sen. Ron ...

Commentary It was a very bad year for the flu. The pathogen came in two large waves. This ...

News Analysis Office buildings continue to sit mostly empty in major cities across the United States, jeopardizing the ...

Commentary In March 2020, when COVID-19 first exploded onto the scene, sports fans waited with bated breath to ...

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—Hundreds of health care workers gathered on the Pennsylvania Capitol steps Tuesday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates. ...

Caterpillar Inc. said on Thursday that inflation may force it to further hike prices across the board as ...

Commentary Last week, I visited South Florida for four days, and what a shock: Everything was open. The ...

Commentary In Naperville, Illinois, the school board announced it would distribute $10 million back to taxpayers this year. ...

LONDON—A major chunk of the recovery in companies’ earnings expected in the first quarter is at risk of ...

TUJUNGA, Calif.—Written in large block letters on the front windows of World Gym in Tujunga, California, are the ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that ...

Commentary We are now almost one year from the dark days when the coronavirus first hit these shores. ...

Commentary ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Seven years ago, combat veteran Jack Mook was a hard-nosed Pittsburgh detective who stumbled upon ...

Commentary Democrats and their liberal economic advisers obsess about income inequality. Will someone please tell them that no ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy has bounced back strongly from the pandemic-induced plunge, supported by unprecedented monetary and fiscal responses. ...

Commentary “Are you lonesome tonight? / Do you miss me tonight? / Are you sorry we drifted apart? ...

Commentary The crisis caused by the forced shutdown of the economy has given us some important lessons: No. ...

Commentary How bad is it? That is the question on everyone's mind as we come to grips with the ...