The Wall Street Journal: Ernst & Young to pay $10 million to settle SEC investigation

Ernst & Young LLP will pay $10 million to settle a regulatory investigation into allegations that it improperly obtained confidential information in pursuit of a contract to audit a public company’s books.

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The Wall Street Journal: NLRB official recommends new vote for Amazon workers in Alabama, union says

A federal official from the National Labor Relations Board is recommending holding a new vote and nullifying the results from a closely watched contest in which Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Alabama cast ballots overwhelmingly against unionizing, according to the union in the case.

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: The delta variant is more than twice as contagious as previous strains of the virus, federal health officials say, as they urge vaccinations

Federal health officials struck a serious tone on Monday, once again urging Americans to get vaccinated and calling on more employers to require COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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: Bubble Wrap maker Sealed Air raises prices, says ‘highly inflationary environment’ to continue

Sealed Air Corp., maker of Bubble Wrap, Cryovac, and other packaging and shipping products for several industries, said late Monday it will increase its prices by 5% to 10% in September thanks to higher input cost and inflation.

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Personal Finance Daily: Americans confront spice cabinets stocked with ancient history and what to know before traveling overseas amid COVID

Monday's top personal finance stories

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Earnings Results: Columbia Sportswear says ‘escalating’ freight costs, port congestions are curbing its upside

Columbia Sportswear Co. late Monday swung to a quarterly profit and raised its full-year 2021 outlook, but the retailer said "escalating" ocean freight prices and ongoing port congestions limited the good news for the year.

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Crypto: What new crypto tax rules would mean for average investors and miners

Experts tell MarketWatch that the average crypto investor who uses a centralized exchange like Coinbase COIN or Kraken to buy and sell crypto assets should expect the IRS to know exactly how much money they made on those transactions, if the bill becomes law.

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NewsWatch: See which U.S. companies are requiring workers to get vaccinated before returning to the office

With the recent rise of the Delta variant, many major American companies are requiring full-time employees to get vaccinated before returning to the office.

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Earnings Results: Take-Two stock drops after game delays, disappointing earnings outlook

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. shares fell in the extended session Monday after the videogame publisher topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter but provided a weaker-than-expected forecast, saying it was delaying release of some of its titles.

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Market Snapshot: Dow stages 360-point U-turn and stocks end mostly lower as investors point to worries about COVID’s delta variant

U.S. stock indexes relinquish solid gains Monday and stocks end mostly lower as persistent concerns about the spread of the COVID-19's delta variant create an excuse for modest selling in the first trading day for equity markets in August.

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