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It's been nearly a year since sisters and cofounders Taylor Capuano and Casey Sarai went viral for providing free child care to their employees. The video of the twins announcing their child care program, which provides up to $3,000 monthly stipends, accumulated 2.4 million views on TikTok and thousands of comments from parents who felt seen.

Microsoft is losing exclusive access to OpenAI's technology, clearing the way for the ChatGPT creator to sell its products across rival cloud platforms in a sweeping change to one of the artificial intelligence era's most consequential alliances.

Oil futures rose on Monday as energy supplies were tight with U.S.-Iran peace talks stalled while Wall Street equity indexes inched down as investors looked cautiously ahead to a busy week of megacap earnings reports, economic data and central bank decisions.

WASHINGTON – You probably won’t receive a huge tariff refund.

The Justice Department is ending a controversial investigation into building-renovation cost overruns by the Federal Reserve, potentially clearing a path to confirmation for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next chair of the central bank.

When Justin Finn’s two elementary-schoolers come home, they’re not turning on the TV or grabbing an iPad. Instead, they head straight to the phone - not a smartphone, but a landline.

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a record low in April as households shrugged off a ceasefire in the war with Iran, remaining focused on the inflation fallout from the conflict.

Most Americans have health insurance, but that doesn't ease fears of a medical emergency pushing them to the financial brink, a study shows.

In-N-Out is inching closer and closer to Portland.

BERLIN – Deutsche Telekom is exploring a possible tie-up with T-Mobile U.S. to create a $300 billion telecoms giant, sources said, in what would overtake Vodafone-Mannesmann’s $203 billion merger in 1999 to become the biggest M&A deal ever.

Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared a major hurdle Thursday as Warner stockholders overwhelmingly embraced the $111 billion deal.

Travelers in the U.S. are generally happy with major airlines, according to a new survey. There are a few notable exceptions, though.

Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the Windows maker's 51-year history, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing a memo.

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it would immediately loosen restrictions on some marijuana products and move quickly to reclassify the drug as less dangerous, in one of the biggest changes to U.S. drug policy in decades.

CHICAGO – Aaron Smith, a fifth-generation pea and lentil farmer in North Idaho, says the dizzying rise of GLP-1 medications and a social media-fueled protein craze may be his farm’s only path to profit this year.

Boeing lost $7 million in the first three months of the year, failing to turn a profit but marking a drastic turnaround from the same time period a year ago, when it lost $31 million. The company again spent more money than it brought in during the first quarter, burning through $1.5 billion in cash from January through the end of March. But that was a significant improvement from a year ...

The Trump administration is nearing a rescue package for Spirit Airlines that could give the U.S. government the option to own as much as 90% of the carrier once it emerges from bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter. The agreement, which has not yet been finalized, would offer as much as $500 million in financing in exchange for warrants to purchase up to 90% of the new ...

Streaming entertainment giant Netflix is in negotiations to buy the historic Radford Studio Center lot in Studio City.

Demand for weight loss drugs is ballooning across the U.S. — and Amazon wants in. The Seattle-based tech giant launched its own GLP-1 program Tuesday aimed at streamlining access to weight loss drugs, with primary care, upfront pricing and doorstep delivery.