More than a hundred container ships are taking the long route around Africa to avoid violence in the Red Sea, creating extra costs and delays, as the U.S. considers how to respond to the latest threat to the global economy.
U.S. Bancorp will pay $36 million to settle regulators' claims that it improperly kept unemployed Americans from easily accessing benefits through assistance programs at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toy companies such as Mattel Inc. and Hasbro Inc. are managing sales declines and squeezed consumer budgets by giving shoppers a gift this holiday season: discounts.
Blue Origin LLC's space tourism rocket blasted off to space on Tuesday for the first time in 15 months, potentially marking the resumption of regular flights for the Jeff Bezos-founded company following an in-flight failure last year.
Airbus SE and Boeing Co. are rounding out the year with a flurry of major orders, smashing records in one of the most active purchasing periods in recent memory that stretches their production lines well into the next decade.
Bayer AG was ordered to pay $857 million to former students and parent volunteers at a Seattle-area school who blamed exposure to the company's hazardous chemicals at the facility for causing brain damage and other ailments.
U.S. new-home construction unexpectedly surged in November to a six-month high, benefiting from a dearth of existing houses on the market and suggesting the crunch in residential real estate is easing.
Alphabet Inc. will pay $700 million and alter its Google Play policies to settle claims that the app store unlawfully dominates the Android mobile applications market, resolving antitrust complaints brought by attorneys general of about three dozen states and consumers.
A year ago, Avista chief economist Grant Forsyth counted himself among those prognosticators who thought the Spokane area would enter a recession at some point in 2023.
After two years of relentless pressure over everything from sky-high inflation to a looming recession, the head of the Federal Reserve was asked this month what he does for fun.
Amazon.com Inc. is in talks with Diamond Sports Group and some of its creditors to invest in the bankrupt regional-sports broadcaster and start a streaming partnership, according to people familiar with the matter.
A Spokane judge ruled that more vintage airplanes belonging to the Historic Flight Foundation will likely have to be sold to satisfy business debts incurred by a related company in North Dakota.
Japan's largest steelmaker Nippon Steel won its bid to purchase U.S. Steel, a deal valued at $14.1 billion that will put the legacy American company in the hands of a foreign firm.
U.S. homebuilder sentiment improved in December for the first time in five months as falling mortgage rates led to a pickup in prospective-buyer traffic and sales expectations.
Apple Inc. will stop selling the latest versions of its smartwatch in the U.S. due to a patent dispute, taking the devices off the market in the middle of the busy holiday season
Shipping stocks rose across the globe on Monday as disruption to Red Sea routes due to militant attacks was expected to drive up the prices they charge for moving goods in ocean containers.
