Oil futures rose Monday, on track to end August on an upbeat note after data showed a stronger-than-expected pickup in China’s service sector. “The move follows moderate week-on-week gains during last week’s trading, with continued improvement to global demand levels combining with a weaker dollar and ongoing supply cuts to …
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Neighborhoods in southeast Queens as well as Brooklyn have the highest death rates from COVID-19 in the city, according to data New York City’s health department made public for the first time on Monday afternoon. The deaths by ZIP Code offer a new window into how the coronavirus has ripped …
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Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.92% employees have used data about independent sellers on the company’s platform to develop competing products, a practice at odds with the company’s stated policies. The online retailing giant has long asserted, including to Congress, that when it makes and sells its own products, it doesn’t use …
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