BUSINESS

Kanye West ends Gap partnership, aims to open own boutiques

Regulators in the UK on Thursday announced an investigation into Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy developer Activision Blizzard.

Stocks fell for the second day in a row in choppy trading and the release this week of key economic reports delivering mixed signals.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Thursday he wants the company to fully transition to EVs by 2030.

Water filtration startup ZwitterCo raised $33 million to continue to advance its work toward making ultra-polluted wastewater reusable.

Cardi B pleads guilty to two charges in strip club brawl case

Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, wants roughly half its 26 members to use biometrics technology by 2025, as passenger demand grows for contactless travel and less airport congestion after COVID-19.

Bed Bath & Beyond has announced the first round of stores that it is closing. Is your local store affected?

Disney World is being called out for its rising ticket prices amid claims the theme park isn't being kept up.

Adobe reached a $20 billion deal Thursday to buy Figma, a design startup based in Palo Alto, California.

The hot U.S. labor market has been the bright spot of a cooling economy in recent months, but there might be more at play.

Oil futures fell about 4% to a one-week low on Thursday on a tentative agreement that would avert a U.S.

Europe's power crisis, production cuts and shortages of aluminium have left consumers in a quandary about Russian supplies of the metal vital for the region's transport, construction and packaging industries.

Florida governor flies migrants to toney Martha's Vineyard

US rail companies, unions reach 'tentative' deal to avert strike

Schiphol CEO quits over Amsterdam airport chaos

Roger Federer, from enfant terrible to saintly global icon

A drop in consumer demand has caused Amazon to rethink its warehouse footprint.

Volkswagen's supervisory board is due to meet on Sunday to move forward with the IPO of its Porsche brand, which will comprise 911 million shares in a nod to its most famous model, two sources close to matter said.

Thai Supreme Court dismisses final Toyota appeal over tax bill

Even as investors crowded the exits on Tuesday, Wall Street's steepest one-day shake out since early in the pandemic in June 2020 carried few of the hallmarks of capitulation that analysts want to see before calling a bottom.

Defying warnings, Jews embark on Ukraine pilgrimage

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating "buy-now, pay-later" (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings due to worries their fast-growing financing products are harming consumers, the agency said on Thursday.

Ethereum blockchain completes 'monumental' overhaul

Malaysian firm makes surprise bid for Macau gaming licence

China's exporters - the last reliable pillar of the world's second-largest economy as it struggled with the pandemic, weak consumption and a property crisis - are warning of hard times ahead as softer overseas markets force them to shed workers, shift to lower-value goods and even rent out their factories.

Zara owner Inditex's strong first-half results show its strategy of raising prices since early 2022 paying off so far, but it and other fashion retailers have to be careful not to overdo it with further hikes that may scare away shoppers, analysts said.

Euro zone governments have raised 15 billion euros ($15 billion) from green bonds over the last two weeks, pushing volumes above a year ago even as heightened volatility cuts issuance in the broader market.

Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history