Business News

While 2021 is quickly winding down, scams targeting the public continue. Businesses and consumers need to be vigilant about watching for fraudulent schemes likely to catch them off guard.

A major outage in Amazon.com's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours.

Amazon.com’s widely used cloud-computing technology suffered significant technical problems in its Eastern U.S. operations, taking chunks of internet-connected services from its customers offline Tuesday.

Cargill said Monday that it plans to eliminate trans fats from its edible oils over the next two years, in line with a World Health Organization goal of phasing the heart-unhealthy substance out of global diets by the end of 2023.

Though they’re both made of plastic and can be used for payments, credit cards and debit cards have a number of important differences.

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week's promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

America's unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow their hiring — a mixed picture that pointed to a resilient economy that's putting more people to work.

Here is a look at some small business in Corridor and how they’re managing to keep their lights on and be successful.