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Life in America assumes hospitals, businesses, emergency responders and everyday Americans have consistent access to the internet and cell service — until they don't.

Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Donald Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” They haven’t.

Wall Street's investment bankers expect to stay busy this year after reaping a windfall from big-ticket deals and stock market listings in 2025.  

Soaring prices for memory and storage components have turned companies like Sandisk Corp., Micron Technology Inc. and Western Digital Corp. into the hottest stocks in the market over the past year. But they’re causing headaches for many of their customers.

The much-touted corporate marriage between Saks and Neiman Marcus was supposed to show how two iconic names in luxury retail were stronger together.

President Donald Trump’s push to cap credit card interest rates at 10% would hurt banks and lower-end consumers, Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian said.

U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November as motor vehicle purchases rebounded and households boosted spending elsewhere, suggesting the economy maintained its strong pace of growth in the fourth quarter.

Who's going to pay for the artificial intelligence boom? As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up. Microsoft says it will pay its own way. 

President Donald Trump expressed indifference toward the North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, portending a lengthy renegotiation of the U.S.’s largest free-trade pact.

Tech giant Amazon said on Tuesday it held discussions with some vendors about adjusting costs to reflect the reduction in tariff rates for Chinese imports.

Netflix is working on revised terms for Warner Bros Discovery and has discussed making its offer all cash for the company's studios and streaming businesses, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the talks.

The U.S. government posted a $145 billion budget deficit for December, up 67% or $58 billion from a year earlier due to record outlays that were inflated by calendar shifts in benefit payments and receipts, the ‌Treasury Department said on Tuesday.

When Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Darren Woods told President Donald Trump Friday that Venezuela is currently “uninvestable,” he was echoing warnings already issued by oil industry leaders and analysts.

The new year promises an array of new vehicles, beginning with the 2026 Detroit Auto Show that opens Wednesday with a roar. Literally.

Oil prices surged by more than 2% on Tuesday as the prospect of disruptions to Iranian crude exports overshadowed possible increased supply from Venezuela.

David Ellison's Paramount has sued Warner Bros. Discovery — the smaller firm's latest move to block Warner's $72 billion sale to Netflix.

Mattel is releasing its first autistic Barbie doll. Created in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the toy launched Monday is meant to represent children with autism spectrum disorder and how they experience the world. The doll joins the Barbie Fashionistas line, which features more than 175 looks across various skin tones, body types and disabilities. Previous ...

Every former chair of the Federal Reserve joined a bipartisan group of former treasury secretaries and top economic officials on Monday to issue a rare public rebuke of the Trump administration’s criminal inquiry into Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell, warning that the move threatens the central bank’s independence and the rule of law.