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Feb 19, 2019
Germany is leaning toward letting the Chinese tech giant participate in building its high-speed internet infrastructure despite U.S. warnings.
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Feb 19, 2019
A federal judge delayed a lawsuit over a massive Pentagon cloud-computing contract Amazon.com was favored to win while the government continues to investigate possible conflicts of interest in the procurement process.
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Feb 19, 2019
German designer Karl Lagerfeld, who dominated high fashion for decades and reinvigorated French couture house Chanel as creative director, has died.
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Feb 19, 2019
Herbalife Nutrition, whose chief executive abruptly resigned last month, reported a 9% sales increase in its latest quarter, driven largely by growth in Asia Pacific.
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Feb 19, 2019
Walmart's profit and sales rose over the winter holidays, a sign that the retail giant lured shoppers from rivals and that Americans continued to spend freely amid mixed economic signals.
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Feb 19, 2019
The auto maker intends to stop making heavy trucks in Latin America and end production at an assembly plant in Brazil this year.
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Feb 19, 2019
The Trump administration is racing to strike a deal that will result in long-term reforms—and prove that tariffs are an effective battering ram to open markets around the world.
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Feb 19, 2019
Corporate executives worried about workplace shootings are quietly installing gunfire-detection systems in U.S. offices and factories. Most don't tell employees what the sensors are, for fear of alarming them.
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Feb 19, 2019
Higher sales of medical devices used in the treatment of brain and kidney diseases helped Medtronic offset a slowdown in sales of gear for heart conditions in its latest quarter.
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Feb 19, 2019
Europe's struggle to keep up with China's government coordination of business and economic might of the U.S. has prompted more European politicians to advocate interventionism.
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Feb 19, 2019
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said she expects interest rates to rise slightly this year if the economy lives up to her expectation of solid performance.
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Feb 19, 2019
Glencore plans to curb production at one of its biggest copper and cobalt mining operations, Mutanda Mining Sarl in Congo, potentially taking a sizable portion of two industrial metals out of circulation.
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Feb 19, 2019
Honda's chief said he wanted to move some production of Civics to North America from a closing U.K. car plant, offering an example of shifts that may ensue after Brexit.
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Feb 19, 2019
If it feels like there is a steady stream of fresh outrage over consumer-brand gaffes, it may be because companies have become more adept at managing controversy than at pre-empting it.
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Feb 18, 2019
As trade negotiations with China resume, the Trump administration is racing to strike a deal that will result in long-term reforms—and prove that tariffs are an effective battering ram to open markets around the world.
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Feb 18, 2019
For Amazon, walking away from the New York HQ2 deal is unlikely to either slow its ascent or stop its hiring there. Beyond its Arlington, Va., HQ2, Amazon plans to boost hiring in 17 other cities in the U.S. and Canada it considers technology hubs—including New York.
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Feb 18, 2019
Apple is shaking up leadership and reordering priorities across its services, artificial intelligence, hardware and retail divisions as it works to reduce the company's reliance on iPhone sales.
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Feb 18, 2019
Federal air-safety regulators are investigating Southwest Airlines for widespread failures to accurately track the combined weight of checked bags loaded into each of its jets.
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Feb 18, 2019
Japanese car-maker Honda Motor will shut a major production plant in the U.K., the latest auto group to plan a pull back from the U.K. as Brexit looms.
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Feb 18, 2019
Auto makers are pulling back on discounts on sedans and shifting more promotional dollars to sport-utility vehicles and trucks.
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Feb 18, 2019
Smartphone apps can usually find users quickly and effortlessly, but 911 is often less accurate at finding callers from their cell phones. WSJ's Spencer Macnaughton looks at efforts to make 911 services more precise.
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Feb 18, 2019
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson is back on the investment scene with a new fund, more than a year after he was hit with allegations that he mistreated women and left the firm he co-founded.
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Feb 18, 2019
European apothecaries, a last bastion of the continent's market-street past, are up against a fierce challenge from a Belgian entrepreneur who doesn't follow their traditional rules designed to cushion competition.
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Feb 18, 2019
Washington's red-ink alarms have gone dead, even though the annual deficit will reach roughly $900 billion this year, then pass the trillion-dollar mark annually starting in 2022. Is this lack of concern wise?
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Feb 17, 2019
In the week ahead, the U.S. Federal Reserve releases January meeting minutes. The U.S. will also see fresh data on home sales and durable goods.
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Feb 17, 2019
A steady wave of imports into Southern California's ports, driven by a robust U.S. economy and companies trying to get goods moving ahead of potential tariffs, has the region's warehouses and shipping terminals overstuffed and distribution networks jammed.
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Feb 17, 2019
Phones are too big and too hard to hold and use with one hand—and that's why PopSockets last year sold 60 million PopGrips, a grip that attaches to the back of your giant smartphone.
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Feb 17, 2019
Congress set the stage last year to pass a sweeping consumer data-privacy law in 2019, but prospects for legislation are dimming amid sharpening divides among lawmakers over how far the federal government should go in reining in Big Tech.
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Feb 17, 2019
As the national debt rises, some economists are making a once-heretical argument: The U.S. needn't be so worried about all of its red ink.
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Feb 17, 2019
Businesses are getting sued over websites that can't be accessed by the blind, with many companies facing their second or third lawsuit even after reaching settlements to upgrade sites.
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Feb 16, 2019
Tod's, the Italian maker of chic leather loafers, isn't sorry it missed the boat on marketing to fashion consumers in their 20s and 30s—but it still has some catching up to do.
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Feb 16, 2019
Amazon's sudden move to abandon plans for a new campus in New York ends the protests in the city but doesn't remove the national scrutiny being placed on the company.
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Feb 16, 2019
Airlines are planning to modify their reservation systems to give passengers who identify as neither male nor female other options when booking flights.
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Feb 16, 2019
Brazilian police arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale on suspicion of murder after a judge found evidence suggesting they had known for months about significant safety problems at one of its dams before it burst last month, killing more than 160 people.
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Feb 16, 2019
Amazon scuttled its New York City project after talks to resolve the matter of labor organizing and to ease political opposition to subsidies failed to allay the company's concerns.
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Feb 16, 2019
As companies raise prices for a number of popular items, a look at the price bumps for eight leading products, from diapers to toothpaste.
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Feb 15, 2019
Self-taught coder Colin Kroll shot to startup fame, allowing him to live life in a fast lane. Friends saw him as a gentle, endearingly awkward soul, but he also fought with colleagues, attracted negative press for his behavior at work and struggled with drugs and alcohol.
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Feb 15, 2019
Retailer Payless ShoeSource plans to close all of its roughly 2,100 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, in what is likely to be the largest ever retailer liquidation.
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Feb 15, 2019
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson is back on the investment scene with a new fund, more than a year after he was hit with allegations that he mistreated women and left the firm he co-founded.
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Feb 15, 2019
Uber Technologies, as it steers toward a planned IPO later this year, reported its slowest sales growth since the company began disclosing detailed financials two years ago.
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Feb 15, 2019
Brazilian police arrested eight employees of mining giant Vale SA on suspicion of murder after a judge found evidence suggesting they had known for months about significant safety problems at one of its dams before it burst last month, killing more than 160 people.
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Feb 15, 2019
Ramon Laguarta said he has no plans to break up the snacks and drinks giant, nor divest the company's bottling operations, after completing a four-month review of the global business.
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Feb 15, 2019
Economic data are usually noisy, but this week included an onslaught of negative and often contradictory signals that made even seasoned economists scratch their heads.
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Feb 15, 2019
San Francisco Fed leader Mary Daly discusses her outlook for interest rates and the economy, the winding down of the Fed's bond portfolio, and reasons why a tight labor market hasn't fueled stronger wage growth and higher inflation.
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Feb 15, 2019
Apollo Global Management has reached a deal with Cox Enterprises to buy a majority stake in its television stations and its Ohio radio and newspaper properties.
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Feb 15, 2019
Great Hill Partners is in exclusive talks with Univision Communications to buy Gizmodo Media Group, a deal that would add a marquee digital brand to the private-equity firm's portfolio.
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Feb 15, 2019
Negotiators made progress on a memorandum of understanding that could serve as the basis for a deal that President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping could later finalize.
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Feb 15, 2019
Months before the arrest of auto titan Carlos Ghosn, the Japanese government intervened in talks about whether to merge Nissan and Renault .
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Feb 15, 2019
U.S. industrial output fell sharply in January, primarily driven by a large drop in vehicle production.
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Feb 15, 2019
Deere & Co. said farmers are delaying purchases of machinery as they wait for a resolution of trade standoffs between the U.S. and major foreign buyers of farm commodities such as China.
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Feb 15, 2019
Amazon's Jeff Bezos joins the ranks of celebrities, including fitness guru Richard Simmons and talk-show host "Dr. Phil," who have had to deal with the no-holds-barred approach of the National Enquirer.
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Feb 15, 2019
The Commerce Department is wrapping its probe into whether imported cars and parts pose a national-security threat under U.S. trade law. Its findings could lead to levies that would make autos from Japan, Germany and elsewhere sharply more expensive.
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Feb 14, 2019
Amazon is abandoning plans for a headquarters in New York City after facing resistance from some local politicians who objected to giving the company billions of dollars in tax incentives.
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Feb 14, 2019
Federal Reserve officials are zeroing in on a strategy to end the wind-down of their $4 trillion asset portfolio as soon as this year, which would conclude an effort to drain stimulus from the financial system earlier than they had once anticipated.
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Feb 14, 2019
China is counting on promises of big purchases of semiconductors and other U.S. goods to ease trade tensions and persuade President Trump to extend a tariff truce and later resolve the market-rattling dispute directly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Feb 14, 2019
Nvidia reported a 24% drop in quarterly revenue and signaled work ahead to shake off a funk in cryptocurrency mining and revive demand for its chips used by videogamers and data centers.
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Feb 14, 2019
FedEx veteran David Bronczek became a director on Jan. 28 and was a leading internal candidate to succeed founder and CEO Fred Smith.
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Feb 14, 2019
The media company's current contract with the National Football League runs through the 2022 season, but CBS executives are already making their case to the league for a new deal.
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Feb 14, 2019
The bankruptcy filing by PG&E is the latest stumble by a company rated highly by environmentally focused investors, further exposing a weakness in a scoring system meant to measure risk for shareholders.
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Feb 14, 2019
U.S. retailers registered a far worse December holiday selling season than many analysts had realized, according to a government report that sent stocks lower and raised new questions about the economy.
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Feb 14, 2019
Midwest employers have stepped up recruiting in Puerto Rico after finding it hard to secure workers locally or via the H-2B visa program.
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Feb 14, 2019
Carl Icahn, who owns roughly 10% of Caesars Entertainment, plans to push the casino operator to consider selling itself after it received at least two approaches.
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Feb 14, 2019
General Electric is scaling back its planned Boston headquarters, including selling the property and dropping plans to add hundreds of jobs.
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Feb 14, 2019
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. said Thursday it would delay opening new theme parks in China as the country's economy slows, resulting in lower-than-expected revenue in its latest quarter.
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Feb 14, 2019
Airbus is halting production of the A380 superjumbo jet, abandoning the $16 billion project after airlines flocked to smaller, nimbler long-range jets.
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Feb 14, 2019
Coca-Cola reported slightly stronger-than-expected revenue in its latest quarter, boosted by demand for tea, coffee, water and sports drinks, but the beverage company expects sales will slow in 2019.
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Feb 14, 2019
The Trump administration's pick to help overhaul the way many Americans finance their home purchases told Congress he would work to preserve the popular 30-year mortgage, a product he has criticized in the past.
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Feb 14, 2019
Washington's campaign to get some of its closest European allies to give up telecommunications gear made by Chinese companies has been a tough sell.
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Feb 14, 2019
U.S. sanctions on Venezuela have Gulf Coast refiners scrambling to find new sources for the dense crude oil they need to make fuel, but Canadian producers are finding the opportunity too expensive to exploit.
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Feb 13, 2019
The turnaround of General Electric depends on the revival of its core power business, a reversal that will require CEO Larry Culp to churn through a $92 billion sales backlog marred by low-margin projects.
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Feb 13, 2019
Japan's economic growth rebounded in the last quarter of 2018 but the slowdown in China is expected to weigh going forward.
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Feb 13, 2019
Federal tax revenue declined 0.4% in 2018, the first full calendar year under the new tax law, despite robust economic growth and the lowest unemployment rate in nearly five decades.
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Feb 13, 2019
The former Apple executive who enforced the company's insider-trading policies was charged criminally with violating those rules by allegedly dumping over $10 million in stock before the company announced it missed a metric for iPhone sales.
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Feb 13, 2019
Levi Strauss, which invented bluejeans and dominated the category for more than a century, is looking to go beyond denim. It hopes to raise more than $600 million with an IPO.
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Feb 13, 2019
Facing trial in Japan on financial charges, former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn replaced his legal team and brought in a lawyer noted for high-profile cases to lead his defense.
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Feb 13, 2019
The nation's biggest meatpacker is trying to reinvent itself as a maker of packaged foods to insulate itself from the boom-and-bust cycles of its traditional business. So far, the going has been tough amid a historic meat glut. "That's part of the struggle that goes on—what is Tyson Foods today?" said its chairman.
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Feb 13, 2019
Cisco Systems boosted its quarterly dividend and stock buyback program following a strong quarter in which revenue growth beat Wall Street targets.
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Feb 13, 2019
New California state records show driverless car companies are making progress but are still relying on human safety operators to take control of the wheel at times.
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Feb 13, 2019
Disagreements between Democrats and the Trump administration over how to enforce trade rules is threatening to push off a congressional vote on the new version of Nafta.
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Feb 13, 2019
The Green New Deal would both combat global warming and create millions of well-paid jobs. But by combining these goals, the Democratic plan would be absurdly expensive and deeply partisan—and thus more likely to set back than advance the climate cause.
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Feb 13, 2019
A unit of Johnson & Johnson has reached a deal to buy medical-technology firm Auris Health for about $3.4 billion in cash, the company said Wednesday.
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Feb 13, 2019
Edward Lampert, who steered Sears into bankruptcy and kept it alive with a $5.2 billion offer for its assets, says he will sell or sublease some of the 425 remaining stores, devote extra space to tools and appliances, and open more smaller stores.
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Feb 13, 2019
Dish Network reported that it lost subscribers in the latest quarter as pressure from blackouts of HBO and Univision weighs on its base.
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Feb 13, 2019
Israel's Teva, the world's largest maker of generic drugs, is looking for growth in an unlikely place: high-price biotech medicines.
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Feb 13, 2019
Volatile energy prices are holding down overall inflation in the U.S. economy, but underlying price growth remains steady.
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Feb 13, 2019
Anjali Sud has overseen Vimeo's transition from a would-be Netflix competitor to a tech company that helps filmmakers create online content. Since she took over, the number of subscribers who use Vimeo's video tools has climbed to 1 million.
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Feb 12, 2019
Employees at BuzzFeed News have voted to unionize, weeks after executives at the digital-media company announced substantial layoffs to steer the startup to profitability.
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Feb 12, 2019
Whole Foods is raising prices again. Amazon cut prices after acquiring the grocer in 2017, but pressure from consumer-product makers has led Whole Foods to raise prices on hundreds of products.
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Feb 12, 2019
Chinese and U.S. negotiators are focusing on producing a broad outline of a trade deal for their presidents to clinch at a possible summit.
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Feb 12, 2019
Shipments of Apple's iPhone in China slumped far more than overall smartphone shipments there last quarter, while local rival Huawei's sales soared in the world's biggest smartphone market.
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Feb 12, 2019
A shareholder lawsuit alleges that several current and former CBS executives engaged in insider trading before sexual-harassment allegations against former chairman and chief executive Leslie Moonves became public.
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Feb 12, 2019
Activision Blizzard said it plans to cut about 8% of its workforce as the company grapples with changes in how people buy and play videogames.
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Feb 12, 2019
Apple's plan to create a subscription service for news is running into resistance from major publishers who are balking at proposed financial terms.
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Feb 12, 2019
A company controlled by Mr. Hilfiger and its partner, Turkish conglomerate Dogus Group, are selling the historic Raleigh Hotel on Collins Avenue for $103 million.
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Feb 12, 2019
The French government engaged directly in discussions with Nissan early in 2018 about the possibility of a full-blown merger with Renault, and Nissan made clear its opposition to the idea.
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Feb 12, 2019
John Zimmer and Logan Green are preparing to take near-majority voting control of ride-hailing company Lyft when it goes public this year, despite together owning a stake of less than 10%.
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Feb 12, 2019
The French billionaire who controls Gucci, François-Henri Pinault, acknowledged the label's turtleneck sweater that resembles blackface was a mistake and pledged to beef up cultural-sensitivity efforts.
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Feb 12, 2019
There were a seasonally adjusted 7.34 million job openings on the last business day of December, the Labor Department said, and openings exceeded the unemployed by more than 1 million.
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Feb 12, 2019
Jerome Powell said during a visit to Mississippi Tuesday that the economic expansion hasn't been evenly shared across the country, particularly in rural America, and addressed issues of poverty and discrimination.
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Feb 12, 2019
The beer maker said it would spend more to draw young adults to its beers as the brewer tries to combat weaker sales in North America.
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