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Lyft has spent years battling Uber in the ride-hailing market. Now, it’s taking on Hertz and Avis, too. The company announced a new service…

A giant 3D printer built two houses in an impoverished, rural part of Mexico last week, breaking ground on what will be the first 3D-printed…

HQ Trivia brought joy — and some cash — to millions of people, but despite the game’s virality, the start-up behind it struggled.…

As millions of voters leave their homes on Thursday and trudge towards polling stations on a cold, rainy December day, don’t expect to hear…

The Federal Reserve is strongly suggesting that interest rates are unlikely to budge much before the 2020 election. After three straight rate cuts,…

Facebook’s stock took a dive on Thursday following a report that federal regulators may seek to prevent the company from more tightly…

The Peloton wife has spoken, and from now on, she’d like to be known as anything but the star of the ad that exploded the internet’s…

In a year when the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen almost 20%, shattering one record after another, some newly public companies have been left…

Do you bathe in milk, gobble up kimchi or dress in getups straight out of the ’80s? If you don’t, you might soon — Facebook…

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have teamed up with Amazon Studios to produce a new reality show about Indian weddings. The celebrity power couple,…

Apple is flexing deeper into health and wellness with a new Orangetheory partnership. Customers at the boutique fitness studios will soon be able to…

Christine Lagarde has a message for investors and the media: She’s going to do things her own way as president of the European Central Bank.…

Like its rival Coke, Pepsi is launching a new coffee-infused cola. Pepsi Café, which also comes in a vanilla flavor, will hit shelves throughout the…

Saudi Aramco shares zoomed higher on Thursday, turning the massive state oil producer into the world’s first $2 trillion company and achieving…

The plan unveiled just last week by OPEC and allied oil producers to prop up crude prices could fall flat. Deeper production cuts by the cartel and…

Boeing is going to be paying its airline customers billions of dollars to compensate for the months-long grounding of the 737 Max. At least one of…

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SoftBank’s decision to abandon its $300 million investment in dog-walking startup Wag has raised more questions about the strategy of its mega…

A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world’s first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh…

Another SoftBank-backed startup is slashing its valuation and stumbling toward an IPO. OneConnect, the financial services unit of Chinese insurance…

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Asian markets mostly rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, putting an end to the year’s series of rate cuts. Hong…