National business

U.S. consumer sentiment declined in early May to a six-month low as short-term inflation expectations and concerns about the job market picked up.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is set to meet with senior Justice Department officials in the coming weeks in a bid to stave off a potential antitrust lawsuit to break up the company. It isn’t likely to work.

SpaceX’s plans to build a Starship launch complex at Kennedy Space Center are moving closer to reality even as it potentially takes over a launch site from neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 

Amazon.com Inc. merchants have found themselves caught in an economic vice. Earlier this year, the e-commerce giant rolled out changes to the fees its charges them — essentially shifting more of its operating costs onto the small businesses that account for most of the products sold on the site. Making matters worse for merchants, shoppers are trading down.

Commercial real estate isn’t the only industry anxiously watching return-to-office mandates. Operators of vending machines, coffee service, office pantry services and self-checkout micro markets collectively saw their business decline by 70% in 2020.

There’s nothing like a streaming war to bring competitors together. Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery will offer a new streaming bundle that allows subscribers to access Disney+, Hulu and Max all in one deal, the two companies said Wednesday. The bundle will be available in the U.S. starting this summer and can be purchased through any of the three streaming platforms’ websites.

Treasuries climbed after the latest jobless claims added to evidence the labor market is cooling, paving the way for the Federal Reserve to cut rates this year.

Score a victory for Mayberry. America’s small towns, like the iconic setting of television’s The Andy Griffith Show from the 1960s, saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in decades.

Whether you’re watching the Phillies, the Texas Rangers or the Seattle Mariners, the baseballs belted over the center-field wall were likely made from cows that last chewed cud in and around Northeastern Pennsylvania.

General Motors Co. will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, the automaker confirmed Wednesday.

Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle more than 10,000 cases accusing it of hiding the cancer risks of its Zantac heartburn drug, according to people familiar with the deal, the biggest of the litigation.

The US has revoked licenses allowing Huawei Technologies Co. to buy semiconductors from Qualcomm Inc. and Intel Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, further tightening export restrictions against the Chinese telecom equipment maker.

US mortgage rates fell for the first time since late March, giving some relief to homebuyers and lifting applications for purchases and refinancing.

 Cocoa and coffee have become intertwined this year, with extreme weather and shortages fueling rallies of both commodities that test the limits of traders.

Jennifer Wunderlich can’t recall the last time Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha sauce was in stock at her workplace, a New York-based specialty confections and gourmet food distributor.