Business & Workplace

The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.

There is widespread support in Taiwan for increased economic and political ties with the U.S. While many are wary of stronger political ties with mainland China, about half would favor stronger economic relations.

90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.

For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.

Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits.

More than four-in-ten U.S. businesses with paid employees are in industries likely to be financially affected more deeply by the outbreak.

Most Americans say economic problems resulting from the coronavirus outbreak will last for at least six months.

Only 23% say they have emergency funds that would last them three months.

Newsroom employment dropped by a quarter between 2008 and 2018, but the job cuts were not shouldered equally by journalists of all ages.

Around half of Hispanics say they or someone in their household has taken a pay cut or lost a job – or both – because of the COVID-19 outbreak.