In this issue

The “queen of the skies” will no longer don the red, white and blue of the Union Jack after British Airways retired its fleet of Boeing 747s as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline, which was the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model, had already planned to ground its fleet of 31 of the iconic wide-bodied jets in 2024.

A WORLD IN ISOLATION, A SURGE OF NEW USERS FOR TWITTER

The global pandemic and U.S. protests are forcing a pullback by advertisers on Twitter, but it’s also led to an unprecedented surge of users.

2 mins

MICROSOFT WEATHERS PANDEMIC, BEATS WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS

Microsoft said the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for its flagship products, reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations.

1 min

TESLA PICKS TEXAS SITE FOR SECOND US VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANT

Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers.

3 mins

VIRUS SURGE INTERRUPTS HOPES FOR A SWIFT ECONOMIC RECOVERY

The worsening COVID pandemic risks choking off the U.S. economy’s fragile recovery and turn what some investors hoped would be a sprint back to normal into a long hard slog.

2 mins

AMERICAN, SOUTHWEST ADD TO US AIRLINE INDUSTRY'S 2Q LOSSES

Two major airlines reported huge second-quarter losses Thursday and warned that the recovery in air travel seen in April has stalled as coronavirus cases surge in the U.S.

3 mins

WHY ARE COINS HARD TO FIND DURING THE PANDEMIC?

Why are coins hard to find during the pandemic?

1 min

DAIMLER LOST $2.2 BILLION IN Q2, SEES SIGNS OF RECOVERY

Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and Freightliner trucks, lost 1.91 billion euros ($2.21 billion) in the second quarter as the coronavirus outbreak slashed sales of the company’s cars, vans, buses and trucks by about a third.

2 mins

JUMBOS RETIRED: BRITISH AIRWAYS BIDS FAREWELL TO BOEING 747S

The “queen of the skies” will no longer don the red, white and blue of the Union Jack after British Airways retired its fleet of Boeing 747s as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2 mins

FACEBOOK'S VOTING LABELS ON CANDIDATE POSTS SOW CONFUSION

Facebook has started adding informational labels to all posts about voting by federal elected officials and candidates in the U.S., as it said it would do. But the move appears to be sowing confusion rather than dispelling it.

2 mins

SLACK FILES ANTICOMPETITIVE COMPLAINT VS. MICROSOFT IN EU

Workplace chatting service Slack has filed a complaint in the European Union against Microsoft, accusing the software company of anti-competitive behavior.

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