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The Middle Seat

Travelers are finding roadblocks to getting their money back from trips canceled by the coronavirus pandemic—even when the law requires it.

Heard on the Street

Big carriers like American Airlines are getting all the attention for the unprecedented damage that Covid-19 is causing airlines. Most of the action, though, may end up happening at the regional level.

NewsPlus

China is mulling measures to stimulate auto sales and tweak policies for electric vehicles to offset the slump in the industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Europe

The European Union, the world’s second-largest economy, was built on free movement of people and goods. Coronavirus has suspended that model, upending commerce and communities.

Logistics Report

Container ship operators that canceled more than half their sailings to China as coronavirus-driven restrictions froze work at its ports last month are bracing for a second wave of disruption.

Transit

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will cut subway, bus and commuter rail services as ridership plummets and the new coronavirus crisis causes worker shortages.

Business

The U.K. is telling British carriers to seek out private-sector remedies first, making clear the uneven hurdles the global aviation industry faces in finding ways to survive the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

My Ride

The classic Ford owned by L.A. rocker Lonny Paul Johnson has plenty of back story.

Slideshow

Musician Lonny Paul Johnson shows off his vintage Ford Thunderbird convertible.

Logistics Report

International car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen will cut its fleet by 14 vessels as automobile production and demand nosedive around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Heard on the Street

Music streaming services are trying to lure drivers away from local AM/FM stations. New technology may help.

Business

The pandemic is intensifying pressure on the plane maker even as it tries to work through its 737 MAX crisis.

The Middle Seat

How life has changed for the people still flying: moments of odd quiet, and planes often so empty fliers can still practice social distancing.

Economy

Washington is grappling with an increasingly urgent problem along with the novel coronavirus pandemic: the growing risk that millions of businesses and households won’t be able to pay their everyday bills.

Heard on the Street

The severity of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe is a huge test for Volkswagen, the local market leader. In reality, though, it is one of the more fortunate ones.

My Ride

These 2000 models from 1968 were an afterthought for many car lovers. But he always loved them, and now his two-seater is en vogue.

Slideshow

A San Diego banker shows off his rare 1968 Datsun 2000, one of the first sports cars from Japan to hit U.S. shores.

Markets

Investors weigh embattled banking sector’s exposure to airlines, retail and oil giants alongside small business across the continent.

Business

The rapidly spreading coronavirus has reached every corner of the U.S. economy, upending the jobs of Seattle taxi drivers, Texas oil workers and Wall Street traders—and nearly everyone in between.

The Middle Seat

What you need to know to assess the pros, cons and potential complications of a trip far from home.

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