BUSINESS

Anbang's plan to buy Starwood Hotels would be the latest Chinese acquisition of an American business, with recent deals totaling $50 billion. Does Congress care?

Oscar, a rare newcomer in the health insurance industry, has hired a chief technology officer after losing money on health exchange websites.

Mark Fields saw his salary, bonus and stock awards jump to $17.4 million in 2015, a record year for pretax profits, the company said.

The Dow and S&P 500 closed still higher Friday, one day after reaching their highest levels for 2016.

Anbang Insurance Group has signed on to buy Starwood Hotels, the world’s seventh-largest hotel company, currently in merger talks with Marriott.

As lower oil prices lead to layoffs across the U.S. oil patch, some undergraduates are switching out of petroleum engineering.

The disclosure bucks the trend of smaller bonus pools in other European banks such as Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse.

The upscale jeweler said a stronger dollar is hurting tourist spending at its stores in the United States and eroding revenue from other markets.

Moody’s and Fitch have said in recent weeks that they plan to stop issuing ratings in Russia rather than be subjected to Moscow's new regulations.

Crude oil prices touched a 2016 high and the dollar weakened further, providing a fillip to most Asian markets Friday.

The gender pay gap is a “significant social policy issue” that shareholders should be able to consider, the U.S. stock markets watchdog said.

The Bank of Japan could end up owning 40 percent of all Japanese government bonds by the end of 2016, according to analysts.

The American jewelry giant is likely to report a drop in revenue as the dollar's appreciation has made its products more expensive in other currencies.

Trading early Friday echoed a recovery on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 closed at its highest level of the year.

Columbia's 15,000 miles of natural gas pipelines would link to TransCanada's existing assets to create a network spanning the continent.

Comments by Li Ka-shing, one of Asia's wealthiest people, came days after Moody’s downgraded its outlook on the Chinese territory’s long-term debt.

Nearly six months after a testing scandal, the German automaker has to reach an agreement on how to fix nearly 600,0000 cars.

Leaders in Congress agree that the U.S. territory needs an independent board to help address $70 billion in debt and a 45 percent poverty rate.

U.S crude broke the $40 psychological barrier Thursday on optimism that producers will agree on an output freeze.

The pharmaceutical giant’s long-delayed 2015 earnings report from newly returned CEO Michael Pearson could contain some nasty shocks for the company’s beleaguered shareholders.

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff — with her mentor, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — could embrace pro-worker policies in a bid to cling to power.

Key economic indicators released Thursday by the Labor Department point to an improving U.S. jobs market.

The defense giant is upping its manufacture of missiles and bombs as the U.S. military fight against ISIS continues.

The grants announced Thursday would develop the workforce in coal-reliant communities as mines shutter and coal plants close, leaving thousands of workers jobless.

The popular chain is deploying free food as a way to lure back customers and restore consumer confidence.

Both U.S. indexes closed Thursday at their highest levels for the year following a bumpy roller-coaster ride.

South Asia’s largest economy cut its rates earlier in the year; the most recent move follows a difficult year the resources-rich country.

Allegations made by Germany's OpenTV covered a broad range of Apple’s products and services, including its mobile devices, Apple TV, App Store and its personal computers.

The rise in commodity prices, including crude oil, and loose monetary policy from many central banks contributed to positive sentiment across much of Asia.