A Confusing Back-To-School Season May Lead To Blockbuster Spending Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies like masks and bleach wipes, but also bigger purchases like laptops, speakers, desks and chairs. Alina Selyukh
What Bikes Tell Us About A Changing Global Economy COVID-19 and tariffs are reconfiguring trade. And companies are reevaluating how and where their products get made. Greg Rosalsky
Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach, and instead arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers. Shannon Bond
There's More Big Tech In Your Life Than You Even Know. Check Out Your Stock Portfolio The market is hitting records, in large part because of a handful of superstar tech stocks. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix and Google's parent dominate indexes in retirement funds. Jim Zarroli
Despite Investors Preaching Diversity, Market Keeps Relying On Big Tech Stocks S&P 500 index funds were supposed to protect investors, by putting their money in a broad array of different stocks — but much of the recent gains have come from a few Big Tech stocks. Jim Zarroli
Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion — 1st American Company To Hit Milestone Apple first crossed the $1 trillion mark just two years ago. The iPhone maker and a handful of other tech giants propelled the S&P 500 index to a new record this week. Avie Schneider
Amazon Thinks It Will Need More — Not Fewer — Offices In Big Cities At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in six U.S. cities. Alina Selyukh
User Coalition Fights To Keep Chinese App WeChat In U.S. Market President Trump recently issued an executive order that would effectively ban the Chinese app WeChat — starting in September. The order says the app poses a national security threat. John Ruwitch
News Brief: Facebook Helping Voters, Kamala Harris And Representation, Thai Protests Facebook is launching a tool to help users register to vote. Kamala Harris' Black and Asian identities are making history. And, Thai students protest the military.
Top Facebook Official: Our Aim Is To Make Lying On The Platform 'More Difficult' Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. Ashish Valentine
