New York City (NYC), the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, and the largest public school district planning to begin at least some in-person instruction, has botched its reopening plans for the fall. Its mistakes are a cautionary tale for school systems across the US that are struggling to balance the benefits of resuming their educational programs against the ...

As President Donald Trump repeatedly touts the possibility of a Covid-19 vaccine winning approval by Election Day, the companies he needs to make that happen are pushing back. And that’s a good thing all around. Nine major coronavirus vaccine developers — including Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc, and Moderna Inc — signed a joint pledge under which they committed not to ...

Bloomberg Almost every Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner may have a newly disclosed manufacturing flaw in its horizontal stabiliser, said a person familiar with the matter. While Boeing says the issue doesn’t pose an immediate hazard, engineers are studying whether the fault could prematurely age the jets’ carbon-fiber structure. Improper gaps in the stabiliser, the small wing in the aircraft tail, ...

Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc reported a surge in its e-commerce business as quarantined consumers flocked to comfy apparel like yoga pants. Chief Executive Officer Calvin McDonald said he is “cautiously optimistic” about the second half of the year. In an echo of retailers including Gap Inc and Nike Inc, Lululemon’s comparable online sales excluding currency impacts rose 157% in the ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary lashed out at governments over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying an ineffective response to the crisis had added to the difficulties of struggling airlines. Leaders in the UK and Ireland are focussed on the wrong data with the daily coronavirus case rate and should put more effort towards test-and-trace programs to ...

Bloomberg China’s biggest airshow, which takes place every two years in the southern city of Zhuhai, has been canceled due to the coronavirus, according to a statement Wednesday. The China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition was due to take place from November 10-15 and feature industry giants including Boeing Co and Airbus SE. The biennial show first took place in ...

Bloomberg US airline passenger traffic reached new heights over the Labor Day holiday, flirting with a daily total of nearly 1 million fliers for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic erupted. On September 4, 968,673 people passed through security screening portals at US airports, the Transportation Security Administration said. That was 44.1% of the equivalent day last year, the ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE delivered 39 jets last month while avoiding order cancellations as it battles to keep revenue flowing in a market battered by the coronavirus crisis. August handovers comprised 35 A320-series narrow-body planes and four twin-aisle jets, the Toulouse, France-based company said. The overall tally is down 10 planes from July. Boeing Co said it delivered 13 planes in ...

Bloomberg The embattled Belarusian opposition lost contact with two more members of its coordination council as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko targets the leaders of the biggest protests of his 26-year rule. Lawyers Maksim Znak and Ilya Saley were targeted in separate raids on Wednesday, opposition spokesman Gleb Germanchuk said. Znak managed to tell him that “someone came to visit us” ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to announce further US troop reductions in Iraq on Wednesday, an administration official said. The US commander in the Middle East, General Frank McKenzie, said the current level of 5,200 military personnel would be reduced to 3,000 in September, CNN reported on Wednesday. After sending more American forces to the Middle East in his first ...