ABC News: Business

Biden betting on wage growth, while GOP warns of inflation
Firefighters battle flames at Poland's largest lignite mine
The Latest: Swiss fly COVID-19 medical supplies to Nepal
Activists blockade McDonald's distribution centers in UK
Infrastructure deal slips, GOP pans $1.7T White House offer
California to drop social distancing requirements in June
US enacts 'Real Water' recall amid reports of death, illness
US airlines resuming flights to Israel after cease-fire
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Foot Locker, Deere rise; Flowers Foods, V.F. Corp. fall
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Ford CEO says US needs to regulate automated driving systems
Startup Breeze Airways says it will begin flying in late May
Ford CEO: Electric vehicle demand will transform industry

Biden betting on wage growth, while GOP warns of inflation

Posted: 22 May 2021 06:50 AM PDT

The Biden administration is giving a bit of simple advice to businesses that are unable to find workers: Offer people more money

Firefighters battle flames at Poland's largest lignite mine

Posted: 22 May 2021 06:31 AM PDT

Firefighters in central Poland say 13 firefighting units are fighting flames that have engulfed a conveyer belt at Poland's largest brown coal mine in Belchatow

The Latest: Swiss fly COVID-19 medical supplies to Nepal

Posted: 22 May 2021 05:15 AM PDT

The Swiss government has flown much needed equipment and medical supplies to combat COVID-19 to help Nepal, which is struggling with a failing health system and acute shortages of hospital beds, medication and oxygen for patients

Activists blockade McDonald's distribution centers in UK

Posted: 22 May 2021 03:14 AM PDT

Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald’s distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit to becoming fully plant-based by 2025

Infrastructure deal slips, GOP pans $1.7T White House offer

Posted: 22 May 2021 01:30 AM PDT

Prospects for a vast infrastructure deal have been thrown into serious doubt

California to drop social distancing requirements in June

Posted: 21 May 2021 04:08 PM PDT

California’s top health official says the state no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15

US enacts 'Real Water' recall amid reports of death, illness

Posted: 21 May 2021 03:38 PM PDT

Federal authorities have ordered a complete recall of a Las Vegas-based bottled water brand called Real Water amid investigations of at least one death and multiple cases of liver disease in people who reported drinking it

US airlines resuming flights to Israel after cease-fire

Posted: 21 May 2021 01:37 PM PDT

The three largest U.S. airlines are getting ready to resume flights between the United States and Tel Aviv after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Posted: 21 May 2021 01:18 PM PDT

Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street

Foot Locker, Deere rise; Flowers Foods, V.F. Corp. fall

Posted: 21 May 2021 01:15 PM PDT

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Foot Locker, Deere rise; Flowers Foods, V

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:53 PM PDT

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

Ford CEO says US needs to regulate automated driving systems

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:45 PM PDT

The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems

Startup Breeze Airways says it will begin flying in late May

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:04 PM PDT

A new airline says it plans to begin flying passengers before the end of the month

Ford CEO: Electric vehicle demand will transform industry

Posted: 21 May 2021 12:01 PM PDT

A new electric version of Ford’s immensely popular F-150 pickup truck might just be the catalyst that hastens America’s transition from gasoline to battery powered vehicles