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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…

Nike’s new shoe was not created for athletes such as basketball players or tennis players, but for a different crowd — medical workers.…

Chicago just got a major caffeine jolt from Starbucks. The coffee chain opened its world’s largest Roastery location on Friday. The five-story…

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Alibaba’s plan to raise billions of dollars by selling shares on the Hong Kong stock market will be one of the largest public offerings in the…

The Hong Kong government is warning that six months of increasingly violent mass protests will cause the economy in the Asian financial hub to shrink…

The night of June 18, David Marcus and his team at Facebook pulled an all-nighter as they prepared for a big company announcement the next day.…

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