Gap Inc. is betting that the perfect hoodie and other clothes designed by music and fashion impresario Kanye West will help pull it out of its yearslong slump.

The casual-clothing retailer is teaming up with Mr. West’s fashion brand Yeezy on a collection called Yeezy Gap that will debut next year, according to the companies. Yeezy will receive royalties and potential equity based on meeting sales targets.

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At Apple Inc.’s software conference two years ago, Ken Case peppered peers over breakfasts with questions about their businesses. He said the conversations helped his company avoid mistakes that could have cost thousands of customers and millions of dollars.

This year, Mr. Case will be attending Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which begins Monday, from his home in Seattle. Because of the coronavirus crisis, Apple is hosting the event entirely online for the first time since it was first held more than three decades...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit Michigan in early March, managers at LaFontaine Chevrolet quickly pushed to move more of the dealership’s sales operations online. Now, they say many of those changes will remain.

“I truly believe we sold more cars last month because we’re finally utilizing technology more efficiently,” said owner Ryan LaFontaine, whose southeast Michigan chain includes 17 stores selling major brands.

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Cash remains king for large publicly traded U.S. companies adjusting to an economy and operations sharply changed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Giant companies from McDonald’s Corp. to Intel Corp. are husbanding the cash they accumulated during the decadelong expansion that ended in February, as well as cutting costs and tapping debt and other sources of liquidity, all as a cushion against persistent uncertainty.

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HONG KONG—When Huawei Technologies Co. was banned last year from buying American parts, the Chinese tech giant had a workaround: make greater use of its own chips.

That strategy is in jeopardy after the Commerce Department last month restricted chip makers globally who use U.S. technology from supplying semiconductors to Huawei, a rule that covers virtually all builders of high-end chips.

Huawei...

Apple Inc. said it would close nearly a dozen stores across four states where cases of the coronavirus have climbed, a reversal after reopening those stores for limited operation last month.

The company Friday said it would close two stores near Naples, Fla; two near Charlotte, N.C.; one in Greenville, S.C.; and six across Arizona, including in Scottsdale and the greater Phoenix area.

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The world’s largest smartphone maker is trying to jump-start lackluster sales of 5G handsets in the U.S., addressing the sticker shock that might have kept customers at bay.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy A71, when it goes on sale Friday, represents the company’s latest effort to boost flagging smartphone sales as Americans are feeling economic strain from the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing recession. The A71 will be the cheapest 5G-enabled phone in the U.S., retailing at $599.99, or about half the price of the flagship...

The world’s largest smartphone maker is trying to jump-start lackluster sales of 5G handsets in the U.S., addressing the sticker shock that might have kept customers at bay.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy A71, when it goes on sale Friday, represents the company’s latest effort to boost flagging smartphone sales as Americans are feeling economic strain from the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing recession. The A71 will be the cheapest 5G-enabled phone in the U.S., retailing at $599.99, or about half the price of the flagship...

LONDON—The global aviation industry is preparing to fly again. Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s biggest gateways, illustrates how hard that will be until governments decide how to allow overseas travel.

Big chunks of the U.S. and Europe are following Asia in reopening their economies as Covid-19 infection rates start to ebb. But despite signs of rebounding demand in sectors like retail, fliers so far aren’t returning to the skies in large numbers. United Airlines Holding Inc., for instance, is expecting June revenue to...

It has probably been a few months since you have boarded a plane. Air travel ground to a virtual halt this spring as people sheltered at home to stem the spread of the new coronavirus or were grounded by travel restrictions.

With summer vacations ahead, travel bookings are picking up as some people feel ready to start flying again. If you are in that group, get ready: Air travel has changed a lot in the past couple of months. Here is a look at what to expect—and what is expected of you—at the airport and during the flight.

A small but growing number of employers have moved to observe Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., as a company holiday.

Plans to observe the June 19 holiday have moved swiftly across corporate America in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd, with businesses ranging from Nike Inc. and Twitter Inc. to law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and Spotify Technology SA, announcing employees would have a paid day off. Target Corp. is closing its Minneapolis headquarters Friday and offered time-and-a-half...

Sara Polon pays about $800 a week to test 30 employees at her plant-based soup company for Covid-19. She holds her breath when the doctor calls with the results.

Ms. Polon and many small-business owners across the country are testing their workers to catch potential coronavirus outbreaks before they start, eager to keep their companies afloat as the U.S. economy and regions of the country reopen in varying stages. Small businesses, which typically have fewer financial reserves than large firms, are grappling with the logistics,...

Small and midsize companies are fighting a rising tide of cyberattacks largely out of public view, posing an underappreciated risk for the bigger companies and institutions that use their services.

Attacks on high-profile targets like hospitals, retailers and airlines typically make headlines. But analysts documenting the activities of increasingly savvy cybercriminals say they are hitting lesser-known targets harder, especially those closely linked with big, influential companies. That can ricochet across other, unrelated...