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The U.S. trade deficit in goods swelled to a 14-month high in May as businesses boosted imports, likely to avoid shortages and higher prices related to the war in the Middle East, prompting economists to cut their growth estimates for the second quarter.

U.S. consumer spending accelerated in May even as prices rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, suggesting Americans are powering through the fallout from the Iran war.

Two former Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants can move forward with a lawsuit accusing the airline and the flight attendants’ union of discriminating against them for their religious beliefs, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Apple Inc. took the extreme measure of raising prices of all Macs, iPads, home devices and the Vision Pro on Thursday, seeking to offset cost hikes caused by an unprecedented shortage of memory chips and storage.

Memory chipmakers have for decades been trapped in boom-bust cycles, with capacity buildouts hitting the market just as demand craters. Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are now trying to convince investors this time is different, arguing long-term deals will keep cash flowing even if the datacenter ​boom bursts.

The U.S. Supreme Court reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, handing a major legal victory on Thursday to the German company.

U.S. airline stocks rose 3% to 7% on Wednesday after crude prices fell to their lowest since before the Iran war, raising hopes that pressure on carriers' earnings could ease, though the benefits are ​unlikely to be passed on to passengers immediately.

For months, Medicare patients in Washington have struggled with delays and denials for medical treatments due to a new program that uses artificial intelligence to review care. Now, patients and their doctors are fed up and demanding changes. Lawmakers scrutinizing the program want to see it overhauled. “Congress and the public deserve a full understanding of the impact this program is having ...

A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, which underpinned the company's announcement this month that it will have a working quantum system by 2029.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has instructed the Department of Justice to look into oil companies for not lowering gasoline pump prices in line with ​falling crude costs, and accused the companies of "gouging" customers.

Patrice Kihlken used to get excited about Amazon.com Inc.’s annual Prime Day sale because she found the deals to be “really good.” This year she’ll browse the site for dresses and art supplies, but she’ll only buy them if the price is right. She’s been tracking prices and taking screenshots just to make sure.

One of the billionaire heirs behind French drugmaker Ipsen SA has left his $4 billion fortune to a Luxembourg charity and an offshore trust, clouding the outlook for the company’s long-term control and ownership.

 It’s been more than 30 years, but Andy’s toys are proving irreplaceable at the box office. Walt Disney Co. and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” opened to a massive $160 million in the U.S. and Canada last weekend, marking the biggest domestic box office debut so far this year. Internationally, the film brought in $152 million for a worldwide total of $312 million.

Whether they work in restaurants, offices or warehouses, Americans have seen their paycheck eaten up by a surge in everyday costs recently.

The Walt Disney Co. is rallying public support for ABC as it faces an early Federal Communications Commission review of its TV station licenses and the guest booking policy of its daytime talk show "The View." ABC began running spots Monday asking viewers to comment on the FCC's recent actions that Disney sees as an effort to stifle speech seen as critical of President Donald Trump. The ...

Micron Technology said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Anthropic that includes supply of memory and storage products, and ​a strategic investment in the IPO-bound AI company's latest funding round.

Shoppers feeling the sting of higher gas prices are expected to snatch up deals on back-to-school clothes and household goods, pushing online spending to another record during Amazon.com Inc.’s 12th annual Prime Day sale that begins Tuesday.