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Refugee, migrant strawberry picker, economist, U.N. whistleblower and entrepreneur: Ismail Ahmed has worn many hats on his long journey.

Mr. Adler spent much of his career at WCBS-AM, where he anchored the news and also served as the station's news director.

Cryptocurrencies have been a winning bet this year, but the chip makers who play a key role in the market are still playing their hands very cautiously.

Disney-Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" is showing plenty of force at mulitplexes worldwide with $745.4 million globally as of Sunday. The North American take has hit $365 million in its first 10 days as of Sunday ...

Cheap, electric bicycles have made life a lot easier for New York City's legions of restaurant delivery workers, but the party may be over in the New Year. City officials …

The plunge is the result of a third consecutive year of relatively low upstream exploration budgets.        

Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section. I'm Business columnist David Lazarus. Merry Christmas. Here's a rundown of upcoming stories this week and the highlights of last week....

This year brought us no shortage of harbingers of the retail apocalypse. Mega-chains such as Toys "R" Us, Payless ShoeSource and H.H. Gregg filed for bankruptcy. The likes of Sears Holdings, Gap and Gymboree announced th...

Freelancers need to draw some lines in the sand to be successful in their practice. These are among the best points of advice.

Let's call 2017 the "Year of the Business Disruptor." It's an apt title because so many large companies and industries were shaken, or at least stirred, over the past 12 …

Cryptocurrency is a volatile investment. With prices soaring people who recently bought into the market are experiencing a hard crash.

Shares are mixed in quiet trading in the few Asian markets open during the Christmas holiday

Shares were lower in quiet trading Monday in the few Asian markets open during the Christmas holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was down less than 0.1 percent at 22,887.89, while …

Online retailers like Amazon scramble to get last-minute gifts under the tree.

Shoppers who are feeling good about the economy and spending more than expected on items like kitchen gadgets, toys and coats could make this the best holiday season in several years. That's good news for retailers, some...

The Saudi government in recent days has released at least two dozen high-profile suspects held in a wide-ranging crackdown on corruption, a sign that those accused of illegally amassing wealth are increasingly agreeing t...

Holiday shopper spending has picked up this year.        

What Puerto Rico's largest rum company is doing to respond to the island's crises. They are working on several fronts, near term and long.

(Reuters) — Israel's markets regulator will propose regulation to ban companies based on bitcoin and other digital currencies from trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, he said on Monday. Shmuel Hauser, the chairman ...

The State Land Office has issued a lease to a subsidiary of a California-based energy company to build a wind farm on trust land in New Mexico. Land Commissioner Aubrey …

GAIL feels merger with ONGC makes more sense as such a move would integrate gas producer with transportation and marketing network

The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers are vying for the anticipated 100,000 cannabis workers in California.