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Experian, the world's biggest consumer credit monitoring firm, on Thursday disclosed a massive data breach that exposed sensitive personal data of some 15 million people who applied for service with T-Mobile US Inc. Conn...

Volkswagen has been rocked by revelations that it cheated in its US emissions tests. Matthew Partridge looks at what went wrong at the German car maker. The post Volkswagen: what went wrong? was first published on MoneyW...

Lafayette Parish School System employees and retirees won't face any changes to their health insurance premiums or deductibles next year. …

After seven years of the political drama known as "Obamacare," you might think voters would be tired of big ideas for revamping health care. If so, the presidential candidates seem to have missed the memo. …

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Twitter shares tanked 8.4 percent on Thursday, reversing gains bagged the day before after a report that Jack Dorsey's appointment as permanent CEO was imminent. The unconfirmed report sent Twitter's...

The tobacco provision remains tentative, but its inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations would be a major victory for public-health advocates.

The Government Development Bank said the money was crucial to its ability to make coming payments to bondholders.

Apple has made an agreement to lease a large piece of real estate in Sunnyvale, California on which it plans to occupy a second “spaceship” office building. And if recent reports about the scale of Apple’s electric...

Volvo hopes to create 4,000 jobs and invest $1 billion at its Berkeley County automobile plant by 2030. …

A weak September employment report doesn't mean the job market is in trouble, but investors aren't taking any chances.

A maker of luxury hybrid cars gets a new incarnation.

The high-yield bond market is heavily exposed to the oil price thanks to the large number of highly-leveraged shale plays that emerged while oil prices were surging.

A weak employment report sent investors piling into U.S. government bonds Friday, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note tumbling below 2% for the first time in more than a month.

Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post's daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a special focus on policy and government.Here's what's affecting my small busine...

The U.K. consumer financial watchdog is right to call time on one of the country's biggest bank scandals, missold payment protection insurance.

Traders positioned themselves ahead of a U.S. jobs report and rig-count data due later in the trading day.

The absolute best way to raise money for your business is to get out there and make sales.          

How to dissect the jobs report: Apart from low unemployment, just how healthy is labor market?

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is banning Apple TV from his e-commerce site -- just in time for the holidays. Critics called it a hardball move, but Amazon insisted in a...

Thinking about expanding to a second office? Read this first.