Covid-19 is hard on the elderly, with those 65 and older accounting for 80% of the US deaths from the disease for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released demographic data. But this is true of most illnesses: In 2018, 78% of all US deaths from internal causes (that is, excluding accidents, murders, overdoses and the like) ...

Too many US companies are building empires on the backs of low-wage workers. It’s a mistake to let it continue. California, for one, is fighting back. It sued Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc in state court, contending that the ride-hailing companies violated a new state law by improperly designating drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save on ...

Over the more than 100 years that luxury retailer Neiman Marcus has been in business, it’s quite likely some customers who shopped there were living beyond their means. A similar state afflicted the department store, as it filed for bankrupty, overwhelmed by its billions of debt. With its filing, Neiman Marcus became the first major department store to succumb to ...