BBC World Service - World Business Report

Covid cases soar in the US

Scientists are warning the United States could be entering a fifth wave of infections

Economic growth has slowed in Germany, and we look at the new government's key challenges

South Korea's Samsung has chosen Taylor, Texas for a new $17bn computer chip factory

South Korea's Samsung has chosen Taylor, Texas for a new $17bn computer chip factory

Aiming to lower fuel costs, the US has authorised use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Aiming to lower fuel costs, the US has authorised use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell to stay in the job for four more years.

Amid rapidly rising Covid-19 cases, the Austrian government has imposed a 20 day lockdown

There have been huge protests in Belgium and the Netherlands over anti-covid measures

The bill now faces a difficult path in the 50-50 Senate