Business Recorder

• TikTok is led by an American CEO, with hundreds of employees and key leaders across safety, security, product, and public policy here in the US.

NEW YORK: A centerpiece of US President Donald Trump's economic relief program was under renewed scrutiny Tuesday...

• "We need to reopen the schools. We can do this safely. We need to commit to it and we need just to get it done," Redfield said.

• Wray issued the unusual appeal in an address to a think tank in which he reiterated US charges that China is using espionage, cyber theft, blackmail.
• The families of those who refuse to return are threatened and some have been arrested in China "for leverage," he said.

• Novavax shares jumped 35% in premarket trade.
• What this Warp Speed award does is it pays for production of 100 million doses, which would be delivered starting in the fourth quarter of this year.

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that US states have the right to remove and punish members of the...

WASHINGTON: Protesters in the US city of Baltimore pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Saturday, local...

UTAH: Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tyson Brummett was among four killed when a small plane he was piloting...

• Admissions of new permanent residents from Hong Kong jumped 75.7% in January and February 2020 compared to the previous year.
• Beijing imposed the legislation on Hong Kong this week despite protests from Hong Kongers and Western nations.

• The panel made a last-minute revision taking out an earlier proposal which would have required online platforms to enable law enforcement access to encrypted materials or face losing any liability protection.

• His cheering drew a sharp rebuke from former vice president Joe Biden, who is challenging Trump in the November election and said there is little to celebrate with the economy still in a dire state.

• "And we hope therefore, that there will also be gestures from Europe to have a much more objective position on the events in our country," he said.

• It is only three days since Menem, who was president from 1989-99, was discharged after two weeks in hospital receiving treatment for a severe pneumonia.

• Total exports rose 6.7% to C$34.6 billion ($25.5 billion) in May, its largest jump since January 2014 bouncing back from historic declines in April.
• "Looks like the worst is behind us, there's a small rebound and it's broadly based, which is good news," said Peter Hall.

• 1.43 million people filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week, only slightly less than the prior week.

• The goods deficit widened to $76.1 billion, while the services surplus ticked down to $21.5 billion.

• Nonfarm payrolls increased by 4.8 million jobs in June, the Labor Department's closely watched monthly employment showed on Thursday.
• The job gains added to a stream of data, including consumer spending, showing a sharp rebound in activity.

WASHINGTON: A top US health expert warned Congress on Tuesday that new coronavirus cases could more than double to...

• Consumer confidence index rises 12.2 pts to 98.1 in June.
• Labor market perceptions improve as businesses reopen.
• House prices increase 4% year-on-year in April.

• The company said in a blog post it will start with $35 million, of which $25 million will be moved to a new fund, "Black Economic Development Initiative".
• "This capital will fuel social mobility and prosperity in the low- and moderate-income communities these groups serve," Netflix said.

• Inovio's vaccine, called INO-4800, is designed to inject DNA into a person so as to set off a specific immune system response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

• The Treasury secretary was due to appear alongside Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to discuss the massive CARES Act stimulus package approved in late March.

• Growth in April plunged by 11.6% from March, a record month-on-month decline, although the fall was less than the 13% predicted.
• All 20 industrial sectors of the Canadian economy were down in April, StatsCanada said.

• The data series began in 2012, less than half the people of working age were in work, statistics agency IBGE said.
• Tuesday's figures from IBGE showed that 85.9 million people were in work, down almost 7.8 million, or 8.3%, from the same period last year.

• It was unclear how many US or coalition troops may have been targeted or killed under the Russian program.
• The Kremlin on Monday also denied the bounty report, first published by the New York Times on Friday.

CHICAGO: A one-year-old boy was killed and his mother wounded in a Chicago drive-by shooting that has stunned...

WASHINGTON: One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a Black Lives Matter rally in the US state of...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his...

• Governor Tate Reeves, who had sought to side-step the debate, said Saturday that he will sign the bill into law once it passes.

• New coronavirus cases have been surging in more than half of US states, reaching record highs.