United States Business News

European Union regulators have opened an investigation into graphics chipmaker Nvidia’s $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm

The European Union's top court has fined Poland $1.2 million a day to prevent what it called “serious and irreparable harm” to the EU’s legal order and values

Boeing is reporting a loss of $109 million for the third quarter as it struggles to resume deliveries of the 787, a large plane that is popular on international airline routes

Norfolk Southern’s third-quarter profit jumped 32% even though the number of shipments the railroad delivered remained relatively flat because it was able to increase prices on most categories of freight

High prices for trucks and SUVs helped General Motors post a $2.4 billion third-quarter profit despite factory closures due to a shortage of computer chips and other parts

Coca-Cola Co. is getting its fizz back

A federal judge says Southwest Airlines is within its rights to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Many households are being forced to adjust their shopping lists or seek assistance. But food banks, too, are feeling the pinch.

McDonald’s is reporting stronger-than-expected sales in the third quarter, boosted by larger orders and higher prices on the menu

Internal Facebook documents reveal a country lit “on fire” in the days after controversial social media posts from then-President Donald Trump last year

Global stock markets are lower after Australian inflation rose to a six-year high and a Chinese newspaper warned more property developers might default on bonds

A Group of 20 summit scheduled for this weekend in Rome is the first in-person gathering of leaders of the world’s biggest economies since the COVID-19 pandemic started

The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula

The defense for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly has argued there is no evidence or motives linking him to alleged under-reporting of his ex-boss Carlos Ghosn’s compensation

McDonald’s workers in 12 U.S. cities have walked off the job to protest what they say is an ongoing problem of sexual harassment and violence in the company’s stores

In September, new home sales in the U.S. saw the highest increase since March of this year.

The shell company that plans to merge with former US President Donald Trump's new media firm is losing some steam after last week's trading bonanza.

Profits at payments giant Visa Inc. jumped in its most-recent quarter, driven by consumers and businesses getting back to spending on their credit and debit cards after the pandemic

A rebound in digital ad spending at Google continues to lift its parent company's profit

Meatpacking giant Tyson Foods says more than 96% of its workers have been vaccinated ahead of the company’s Nov. 1 deadline for them to do so

U.S. consumer confidence rose in October after three straight declines as the public’s anxiety about the delta variant of coronavirus appear to have abated

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman warned Tuesday that high energy prices will likely set off social unrest around the world.

The independent group is being led by employee-turned-activist Chris Smalls.

The head of the United Nations says a “leadership gap” is undermining the world’s efforts to curb global warming, days before presidents and prime ministers from around the globe gather for a climate summit in Glasgow

Supply chain disruptions, a worker shortage and pain at the gasoline pump have made inflation an economic and political problem for the White House.

Americans are paying more for everything from furniture to groceries to holiday toys as supply-chain snags help drive prices higher. Another place where parents are feeling the pinch? Their children's feet.

Ordinary Americans and the nation's airlines are combining to donate miles and cash to help Afghan refugees resettle in the United States

The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that produce fossil fuels

Asian shares are mostly higher after another rally to record highs on Wall Street

For years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his mission to connect the entire world — and his company has come closer than perhaps any other to fulfilling that lofty goal, with more than 3 billion monthly users across its various platforms. But that staggering global expansion has come at a cost.

The leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what the companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety

The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s social services and climate change plan is quickly running into criticism

In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials say they will start fining shipping companies whose cargo containers linger for too long at marine terminals

Once the current labor contract expires on Dec. 1, free agent signings, spring training and possibly the start of next season could be delayed.

The National Labor Relations Board says there's sufficient interest to form a union at an Amazon distribution center in New York City

Tesla just became the sixth company in US history to be worth $1 trillion.

The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program aimed at combatting racial inequality issues in banking and other financial-services industries

Hertz's purchase ranks at the top of the list of electric vehicle orders by a single company.

To help pay for his big economic and social agenda, President Joe Biden is looking to go where the big money is: billionaires

The Biden administration is detailing its new international COVID-19 air travel polices for most foreign travelers to the U

The military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country’s fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir

Hertz announced Monday that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, one of the largest purchases of battery-powered cars in history and the latest evidence of increasing commitments to EV technology

The first 100 winners of an initiative to nurture talented teens worldwide have been named

Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who are working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies

Toyota says it's testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using the technology in commercial products

A proposal to dig a new coal mine in northern England is dividing the British government just as it prepares to host a major climate conference

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street slipped and China tightened travel controls in some areas in response to coronavirus infections

White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is drawing the backing of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin

A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.

President Joe Biden is hosting two pivotal senators for meetings in Delaware on Sunday in hopes of resolving lingering disputes over Democrats’ long-stalled effort to craft an expansive social and environment measure