This has not been a great century for working in retail. The sector, which added about 5 million jobs from 1980 through the end of 2000, has added only 416,100 since. Since January 2017, retailers have shed 145,200 jobs even as overall employment growth has remained strong. The obvious explanation here is the rise of online shopping. Nonstore retailers such ...

As another deadline for the return of Boeing Co.’s troubled 737 Max slips out of reach, the aerospace company doesn’t appear to have any better handle on its messaging now than it did when this crisis started more than a year ago. Federal Aviation Administration Administrator (FAA) Stephen Dickson told CNBC that the agency won’t complete the necessary approvals for ...

Bloomberg Worsening tensions between Boeing Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) threaten new delays in the return of the 737 Max. But even after regulators sign off, airlines will still have weeks of work before passengers fly on the beleaguered plane. Southwest Airlines Co. is anticipating a month or more of preparations after the Max wins approval to fly ...