July 30, 2020

Wall Street stumbles as markets sink worldwide; Dow down 300

NEW YORK — Stocks are falling on Wall Street Thursday as the market’s see-saw week snaps back downward. The S&P 500 was 0.8% lower in […]
July 30, 2020

Medicare coverage for Alzheimer brain scans in question

A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease missed its goals for curbing health […]
July 30, 2020

Xcel posts profit increase despite effects of COVID-19 on electricity demand

Xcel Energy notched a healthy increase in second quarter profits as hot weather and cost cutting helped to offset declining electricity sales due to COVID-19 […]
July 30, 2020

Students, alumni clamor to take care of university's cows

BURLINGTON, Vt. — When the coronavirus pandemic forced the University of Vermont to close and send its students home, the alarm spread: What would happen […]
July 30, 2020

Grubhub sees orders jump but swings to 2Q loss

Grubhub’s average daily orders jumped 32% in the second quarter as the pandemic shut in diners, but the company swung to a loss as it […]
July 30, 2020

Tyson Foods to increase virus testing in US meat plants

Tyson Foods says it plans to administer thousands of coronavirus tests per week at its U.S. facilities under an expanded effort to protect workers and […]
July 30, 2020

2 grim reports are expected on virus' damage to US economy

WASHINGTON — The government is poised Thursday to deliver a double-dose of sobering news — on the devastation the coronavirus caused the U.S. economy last […]
July 30, 2020

Record surge in daily shipping volumes for UPS in 2Q

UPS is reporting a profit of $1.77 billion with the pandemic fueling a 21% surge in daily shipping volume, the largest quarterly increase ever recorded […]
July 30, 2020

Pandemic hits Comcast 2Q; new Peacock service has 10M users

NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers […]
July 30, 2020

The Latest: South Africa now at 471,000 coronavirus cases

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases are now above 471,000 as the country with the world’s fifth-largest confirmed caseload makes up well over half […]