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Oil prices dipped on Thursday on lingering concerns about a weak demand outlook, after surging more than 2% in the previous session on the back of a surprise draw in U.S. crude stocks.

Adam Neumann stands to get up to $1.7 billion as part of a deal with SoftBank to step away from office-space startup WeWork. The company's employees aren't doing so well.

One step forward after one step back means no real gain as China just announces a return to the U.S. ag market.

China's property developers have used falling U.S. interest rates this year to issue swaths of dollar debt. Yet the state of the country's housing market--now past its prime--suggests investors would do well to steer cle...

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met this week with Democratic lawmakers to try to resolve their concerns about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement as Republicans increased pressure to get the deal ...

With 26 days to shop from Thanksgiving to Christmas, down from 32 last year, some merchants are panicked. Walmart expects "an intensity inside the stores."

Peter Hornick, an executive at the largest-ever hedge fund startup, ExodusPoint Capital, is leaving after less than two years, people familiar with the matter said.

If there is a broad tech slowdown coming, Microsoft isn't seeing it, as was the message Microsoft sent out late Wednesday with its fiscal first-quarter results.

New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods fell more than expected in September and shipments also declined, a sign that business investment remains weak amid the continuing fallout from the U.S.-China trade war but othe...

Boeing is getting smaller and its cash is getting tighter. Will the 737 MAX really be re-certified in 2019?

U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Company reported better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Thursday and raised its full-year earnings and sales outlook, helped by higher demand for weapons including missile warning system...

There are multiple ways to have a fulfilling and financially rewarding career. Ryan Letada, CEO and Founder of NextDayBetter is one such success story, marrying his non-profit and media experience to tell immigrant stori...

The company says the change is simply an effort to improve its employee calendar system.

I love retro video games (hence this column’s existence). I also love Disney. Yes, I’m one of those folks, the person who would karaoke a song from Moana at the bar. That guy who spends 75% of his vacations at Disney...

Hasbro has shut down its Backflip Studios (maker of DragonVale) mobile game business in Boulder, Colorado, according to social media posts.

New study finds bias in a common algorithm hospitals use to deploy extra medical help: It favored healthier white patients over sicker black patients.

American Airlines Group and Spirit Airlines executives said on Thursday they were working with Airbus SE to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on European-made aircraft, including having more planes delivered from Mobil...

Intel hit earnings and revenues guidance for the third quarter ended September 30, thanks to strong data center revenue during the period.

Amazon today reported fiscal Q3 2019 earnings, including revenue of $70.0 billion, net income of $2.1 billion, and earnings per share of $4.23.

Sue Halpern on the Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg's evasion of responsibility for the false information disseminated in political ads on the platform, and the ambiguity of election laws about social media.

Micron Technology said it acquired Fwdnxt, a maker of hardware and software tools for artificial intelligence deep learning applications.