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SpaceX has launched a batch of internet satellites for a competitor

Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month’s abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees

Hundreds of New York Times journalists and other staff have walked off the job for 24 hours

An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas has shut down a major pipeline from Canada through the Plains and to the Texas Gulf Coast

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to its Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain lower for the week after five straight losses

Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain lower for the week after five straight losses

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Ciena, Duckhorn rise; Tesla, Korn Ferry fall

Memphis has long suffered from disproportionately high homicide rates

Experts say a tight job market triggers more inflation.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 55 cents to $71.46 a barrel Thursday

President Joe Biden's administration is providing nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan

Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality company in a San Jose, California, courtroom

Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend that’s likely to extend into 2023, according to several forecasts

Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend that’s likely to extend into 2023, according to several forecasts

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has unveiled the first U.S. currency bearing her signature, marking the first time that U.S. currency will bear the name of a female treasury secretary

Hundreds of New York Times journalists and other staff have walked off the job for 24 hours

President Joe Biden is facing consistent but critical assessments of his leadership and the national economy as his second year in the White House comes to a close

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fourth week in a row and have fallen more than three-quarters of a point since hitting a 20-year high last month

More than 1,000 workers launched the first such strike in four decades.

The European Union’s top court says Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly wrong

Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean battery maker say they will jointly invest $4 billion to $5 billion in Georgia to build a new electric battery plant

Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S. economy

Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S. economy

The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s collapse

The lack of workers risks worsening inflation, which could trigger a recession.

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has reached settlements covering more than 8,000 cases brought by about 10,000 plaintiffs related to its vaping products

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street sagged under weakness in tech stocks

South Korea’s government has expanded its back-to-work orders against thousands of cargo truck drivers who are staging a nationwide walkout over freight fare issues

Japan has reported its economy contracted less than previously thought in the last quarter, weathering the country’s latest big COVID wave with less damage than had been thought

Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information

Apple has embarked on its latest privacy-enhancing move

“TikTok harvests vast amounts of data from its users' devices," Abbott said.

The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast raised $757 million in bids, from mostly European companies

Many decisions by New Mexico’s most powerful regulatory panel have had direct economic and environmental consequences for one corner of the state, and yet not one candidate nominated to fill the Public Regulation Commission is from northwestern New Mexico

Balwani was convicted of 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy in July.

Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network

A member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet is urging Georgia officials to deny permits for a proposed mine near the edge of the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge

More weakness in tech stocks sent Wall Street mostly lower after another day of wobbly trading

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Campbell, MongoDB rise; Smith & Wesson, AeroVironment fall

A regulatory agency responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four Northeastern states says it is banning gas drillers from dumping fracking wastewater in its watershed

Could trawler cams help save the world’s fish

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell $2.24 to $72.01 a barrel Wednesday

Southwest Airlines is bringing back dividends for shareholders

Experts raised concerns over a new policy announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria that heavily limits withdrawals of money in a push for a cashless economy

Microsoft has agreed to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through

Italian confectioner Ferrero is acquiring Wells Enterprises, one of the largest U.S. ice cream makers

Could trawler cams help save the world’s fish

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend meetings with oil-rich Gulf Arab nations crucial to his country’s energy supplies as Beijing tries to revive an economy battered by strict coronavirus measures