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Fitbit, which has been struggling to compete with Apple, may soon join forces with one of Apple’s chief rivals. Alphabet, the parent company of…

After nearly six weeks, the strike at General Motors is in the rear-view mirror. Next up: Negotiations between the United Auto Workers union and…

Spotify recently redesigned its app to focus on podcasts. That’s paying off big time. The number of people listening to podcasts on the…

As Britain’s Brexit crisis morphs into election fever, the country’s political journalists are taking friendly fire for reporting…

Will Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell deliver a third consecutive interest rate cut? Investors sure hope so. The US economy has remained resilient…

HSBC’s global business took a beating last quarter, and the London-based bank is warning of more pain ahead as it undertakes a major…

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Businesses in the United Kingdom have already endured more than three years of Brexit uncertainty. Now, as the third deadline to leave the European…

Hong Kong is in a recession, as five months of protests send tourism and retail numbers plunging. The Asian financial hub is expected to report…

Asian stocks moved higher on Monday, boosted by a bit of trade optimism. Markets in Asia were following last Friday’s Wall Street gains, as…

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“Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s episode with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as President Trump. The NBC variety show had…

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Pieter Gunst, 34, received what he thought was a credible phone call from his bank. But in a matter of minutes, Gunst realized the call was anything…

Tesla’s stock enjoyed its biggest spike in six years this week after the automaker reported an unexpected third quarter profit. But that might…

SpaceX is on a mission to beam cheap, high-speed internet to consumers all over the globe. And this week the company revealed a few earthly locations…

When Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was developing a section for news, he said it would be devoted to curating “high quality”…

The world economy is slowing. In past recessions, fast-growing emerging markets have helped bail out the global economy. But there’s one thing…