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The Daily Northwestern, the independent student newspaper at Northwestern University, recently wound up in the news for all the wrong reasons. But…

Hewlett-Packard Inc.’s Board of Directors has unanimously rejected a bid to be acquired by Xerox, though it did not completely shut down an…

There is a “market failure” in the local news business, a new report suggests, because “even though Americans tend to view local…

The impeachment hearings received a melodramatic twist on the “Saturday Night Live” cold open. Now known as “Days of Our…

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Saudi Arabia believes its giant state oil monopoly is worth as much as $1.7 trillion. In a statement Sunday, Saudi Aramco said it was aiming to sell…

It’s not you. It’s the environment. Dunkin’ is ending its relationship with foam cups. For decades, those who frequent…

Government oversight officials issued a scathing report about delays in NASA’s commercial crew program, warning that Boeing and SpaceX are…

Nintendo Switch users were treated to their first mainline Pokémon games on the console with the release of “Pokémon Sword” and…

Labor talks between Fiat Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union get underway in earnest next week. Whether they are as easy as the just concluded…

Bill Gates is back on top. On Friday, Gates surpassed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to reclaim the distinction of richest person in the world, with a net…

WeWork, the co-working startup on unsteady financial footing, is spending $438 million to renovate an iconic building, according to a new securities…

Hulu is bumping the price of Hulu + Live TV by nearly 22 percent in its second price hike this year. The new price increase will bring Hulu’s…

US stock indexes hit all-time highs again on Friday, with the Dow climbing above 28,000 points for the first time in history. All three major indexes…

North American cannabis companies are slogging their way through another rough earnings season. On Thursday, it was the industry leaders’ turn…

Marie Yovanovitch, the former United States ambassador to Ukraine, testified before the House on Friday that she was troubled by the misinformation…

Bitcoin, which recently celebrated its eleventh anniversary, has surged this year. Prices have more than doubled to around $8,500 in 2019. Bitcoin…

Google wants to break into the hyper-competitive gaming industry in part by targeting an audience sometimes overlooked by rivals: women. On Tuesday,…

Consumers are overwhelmingly pleading for the government’s help in the face of an ever-growing list of corporate data breaches and privacy…

The UK’s main opposition party has promised to provide “fast and free” full-fiber broadband across the country by nationalizing…

Warren Buffett must really like comfy sofas and beds. The Oracle of Omaha’s Berkshire Hathaway bought more than 1.2 million shares of high-end…

JCPenney has a long way to go before it’s a turnaround story. But the company had some rare good news Friday: It was able to trim its losses in…