Facebook says privacy changes that Apple has made to its newest operating system will cripple the social-media giant’s ability to serve targeted ads to iPhone users while they use outside apps.
Refineries, petrochemical facilities and ports along the Gulf Coast were closing as Hurricane Laura barreled toward the Texas-Louisiana border.1
The U.S. unveiled visa and export restrictions against Chinese state-owned companies and their executives involved in advancing Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested South China Sea.14
Police said they were investigating the fatal shooting of two people and the wounding of another after a third night of protests over a shooting by police that brought armed citizens into the streets.
While the coronavirus has drastically changed life in New York City, some of its most popular destinations have become more accessible to residents.151
Moderna said its experimental coronavirus vaccine induced immune responses in people aged 56 years and older that were comparable to those seen in younger adults in a small study.
First lady Melania Trump argued for her husband’s re-election from the White House grounds, saying he was fighting for Americans, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in from Jerusalem, as the second night of the Republican convention entered unusual territory for a political event.46
Business
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With its white-collar employees working remotely at least until January because of the coronavirus pandemic, Ford is taking advantage of its empty buildings to reconfigure the workplace.40
With many gyms closed by the coronavirus pandemic, homebound Americans spent the summer buying new bicycles, golf clubs and treadmills—boosting sales at one of the few chains that sells them all, Dick’s Sporting Goods.
There will be no World Economic Forum meetings in Davos this January, after the organizer said the coronavirus crisis had forced it to postpone the event in the Swiss alpine town, a highlight on the international business calendar, to next summer.
Heard on the Street
Possible FDA approval of a new Alzheimer’s disease drug in 2021 should drive shares higher.
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McDonald’s said its investigation into former CEO Steve Easterbrook’s conduct is examining whether he covered up improprieties by other employees alongside allegations of potential misconduct within the human-resources department.
Markets
The indexing giant plans to close its operations in Hong Kong and Japan, as it focuses on individual investors and mainland China.
Treasury yields briefly climbed to highest level in about two weeks, signaling investors’ rising confidence in prospects for the U.S. economy.
The Securities and Exchange Commission deemed more investors capable of “fending for themselves” in the largely unregulated world of private-equity firms, hedge funds and business startups.
World
Tehran agreed to allow United Nations inspectors access to two sites where it is suspected of carrying out illicit nuclear-weapons work in the past, bowing to months of pressure in a bid to salvage backing for the 2015 nuclear deal.
U.S.
The operator of the nation’s largest transit system could be forced to slash New York City’s subway and bus service by 40% if it doesn’t receive $12 billion in relief from the federal government through the end of 2021.
A Native American man convicted of murder is set to be executed by the federal government over the opposition of the Navajo Nation, which says the Justice Department is infringing on its tribal sovereignty.
Life & Arts
Former Reebok CEO Paul Fireman sold his Brookline, Mass., property for $23 million.
Halfway through the pandemic-shortened season, games are once again longer than they ever have at any point in history.31
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