Associated Press

A key holdup in talks has been the standoff over more money for the states and disagreement over liability protections.

The meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration represented the next-to-last hurdle before the expected start of the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history.

The 853,000 new applications are evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral higher.

They've accused Facebook of abusing its market power to crush smaller competitors.

U.S. employers added a modest 245,000 jobs as the spread of coronavirus continues to intensify.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a still-high 712,000.

Data collection has become pivotal on Wall Street as algorithms and high-speed trading overtake the traditional picking of stocks.

Moderna is just behind Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in seeking to begin vaccinations in the U.S. in December.

The Labor Department’s report Wednesday said jobless claims climbed from 748,000 the week before.

Investors were encouraged by the latest vaccine progress and news that the transition of power in the U.S. will finally begin.