Walmart, Target and Other Big-Box Retailers See Profits Surge During Pandemic August 19, 2020 driven by the convenience of one-stop shopping and their e-commerce operations. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes Walmart and Target reported record sales in the second quarter +
Decision to Halt Postal Changes Does Little to Quell Election Concerns August 19, 2020 Democrats are calling on Louis DeJoy to step down amid concerns that changes already made could disenfranchise voters in November. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Alabama’s program to reopen universities is a high stakes experiment. August 19, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Can This Relationship Be Saved? Big Tech and Big Advertisers Talk It Over. August 19, 2020 After last month’s Facebook boycott companies are demanding more control over how their ads appear online. And the tech companies seem to be listening. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Fed Officials Said the Economy Needed More Help From Congress August 19, 2020 IFTTT Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting show that some officials fretted as expanded unemployment insurance ran out. NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Two N.Y.C. Museums Announce Reopenings August 19, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes The Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio will reopen to the public on Sept. 12. +
New story in Business from TIME: You Might Not Catch Coronavirus On an Airplane. But Air Travel Is Still Probably Spreading COVID-19 August 19, 2020 Business IFTTT news TIME +
Trump Says Oracle Could ‘Handle’ Owning TikTok August 19, 2020 did not say whether Oracle would be a better buyer than Microsoft. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes President Trump who has been pushing for a sale of the Chinese-owned video app +
Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip August 19, 2020 Apple is the first U.S. company to reach $2 trillion in value capping a staggering ascent that began in the pandemic. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
Behavioral Contagion Could Spread the Benefits of a Carbon Tax August 19, 2020 an economist says. IFTTT It’s not too late to fight climate change with a long-overdue policy that would have surprisingly broad impact NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
The latest: Lowe’s reports second quarter profit surge. August 19, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
The Stock Market’s Record High: Why Now? August 19, 2020 A new stock market high may seem strange when set against the human and economic devastation of the pandemic. Here’s how investors are justifying it. IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +
European Stocks Higher in the Wake of the S&P 500’s Record: Live Updates August 19, 2020 IFTTT NYT NYT > Business NYTimes +