For many retailers, the final three months of the year are traditionally known as the Golden Quarter, when non-food shops make the bulk of their profits. The period this year will be far from sparkling — unless you are Amazon.com Inc. The online retailer is poised to be one of few winners from the UK government’s decision to impose a ...

As Europe struggles with the second wave of the virus and faces a new round of lockdowns, governments and businesses must ask themselves whether people will cope with more restrictions as well as they have striven to do so far. For many white-collar workers, the pandemic has already made remote work the new normal. But for all of its advantages, ...

Covid-19 vaccines may not arrive quite as soon as people hoped. An October surprise didn’t happen, there will be no vaccine by Election Day, and even Thanksgiving might be pushing it. Front-runner Pfizer Inc’s oft-repeated suggestion that it might have vaccine data by Halloween was wrong, and Anthony Fauci now suggests an immunisation might not be available on even a ...