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Is Fortnite a game? An app? An expansive virtual universe? All of the above? Is an iPhone just another gaming device, or a tightly controlled…

Chicken, lumber, microchips, gas, steel, metals, chlorine and ketchup packets: What do they all have in common? They’re all (nearly) impossible…

Live from New York, it’s Elon Musk. And his mother too. After much fanfare, anticipation and some controversy, the eccentric tech billionaire…

Everywhere you look, there are headlines about higher prices. Some are tied to commodities, which are getting snapped up as the global economy…

“Saturday Night Live” has made some odd host picks over its history. The long-running NBC variety show’s Studio 8H stage has been…

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records of multiple Washington Post reporters, the newspaper reported on…

After two decades working for Walmart, Cynthia Murray says she only recently saw her pay go above $15 an hour. “They gave me a 30 cents…

In New Zealand, rugby isn’t just a sport. It’s a national obsession, a major cultural force and a huge source of pride. So news that…

Live from New York, it’s … a market-moving corporate liability. This weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hosting “Saturday Night…

Just when you thought you were in the clear to stock up on toilet paper again, wood pulp, the primary raw material used to make it, is getting more…

You would think that federal safety regulators would have broad powers to order the recall of products they find dangerous or even deadly. You would…

Bad economic news was once again greeted with cheers on Wall Street as two top indexes closed out the week in record territory. Investors brushed off…

Bad economic news was once again greeted with cheers on Wall Street. Investors brushed off Friday’s surprisingly weak jobs report, which showed…

A cryptocurrency that looks and sounds a lot like bitcoin has creeped up into the top 10 biggest digital currencies list: bitcoin cash. Bitcoin cash…

Staffers at the Washingtonian, a monthly DC-based magazine, are protesting Friday in response to their CEO’s opposition of remote work. On…

Sean Hannity finds himself in familiar territory as of late: second place. For most of his career, the right-wing Fox propagandist has been in the…

Microsoft is giving Windows 10 a fresh coat of paint. But it’s not just getting a touch-up — Microsoft is doing all the fine details, getting…

The pandemic continues to roil America’s economy, setting the job market on its head. Employers looking for workers are having trouble finding…

Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is selling a new use case for NFT: “Smart event” tokens that have real value rather than digital art.…

The US economy is roaring back to life after a long period of hibernation, sending companies scrambling to find workers that can help them meet a…

The US labor market collapsed a year ago when more than 20 million jobs vanished in a single month. Now the economy is healing, but millions of…

In a parallel universe, audiences around the world are heading to the cineplexes Friday to see Marvel’s “Black Widow” as it kicks…

Beijing has ordered China’s cinemas to use the box office this year to spread propaganda celebrating the Communist Party. The country’s…

Peloton is estimating its treadmill recall will cost the company about $165 million in lost revenue during the the current quarter, and result in a…

Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump. But one of…

Gary Gensler, the newly installed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, put Robinhood and Citadel Securities on notice Thursday about a…

The semiconductor industry’s constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient —…

Several top business leaders have backed President Joe Biden’s plan to raise taxes on large corporations and the wealthy and spend more on…

Three dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store…

A bubble could be brewing in steel stocks. The pandemic brought the American steel industry to its knees last spring, forcing manufacturers to shut…

David Swensen, the long-time chief investment officer at Yale University and a legend in the world of college endowments, died Wednesday at the age…

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. In a pair of new…

The pandemic has been a tough time to be in the business of shuttling people from Point A to Point B. For months, government rules and fears about…

Three dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store…

Earlier this week, Eleven Madison Park’s chef and owner Daniel Humm made an unexpected announcement: When the famed New York City restaurant…

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. In a pair of new…

Rio Tinto shareholders have rebelled over payouts to former CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques and other executives who quit last year after the company…

Bitcoin may be the king of cryptocurrencies, but it’s facing an environmental backlash over the energy-intensive technology underpinning it. A…

The divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates has sent shockwaves through China, where the Microsoft co-founder has achieved a level of fame unlike almost…

As the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. The slump never arrived and…

I clipped a keychain with one of Apple’s tiny new Bluetooth trackers, AirTags, onto my son’s book bag and waved goodbye to him on the…

Serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is selling a new use case for NFT: “Smart event” tokens that have real value rather than digital art.…

Dell imagines a future in which businesses are faster, smarter and better. The tech company is building a “world where we see wide-scale…

The latest plea for a break-up of Tribune Publishing’s newspapers is coming from inside the pages of a Tribune publication. In…

Prominent Republicans and right-wing media organizations on Wednesday cited a decision to affirm Facebook’s suspension of former President…

The New York Times has a new statistic about its reach: The site has more than 100 million registered users. The number of users implies that at…

Some of Europe’s biggest supermarkets and food companies have threatened to stop buying agricultural products from Brazil if a bill they say…

General Motors posted strong first-quarter earnings and said it’s on track to hit the high end of its full-year profit target despite the…

Blue Origin — after spending more than six years developing its space tourism rocket, New Shepard — has finally set a date for its first…

Peloton recalled its Tread+ and Tread treadmills Wednesday, and the company admitted it was wrong to fight the Consumer Product Safety…

The world won’t be able to tackle the climate crisis unless there is a sharp increase in the supply of metals required to produce electric…