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Lee had been hospitalized for years with his son in charge of company affairs

The past week in U.S. politics featured the final debate of the presidential campaign before the Nov. 3 election

Joe Biden has said the quiet part out loud on climate change

The Trump administration is giving a green light to Delta Air Lines and Canada's WestJet, who want to work together in setting schedules and prices

Two drugmakers say they have the go-ahead to resuming U.S. testing of their COVID-19 vaccine candidates

Stocks shrugged off a sluggish start and ended mostly higher on Wall Street Friday

Stocks shrugged off a sluggish start and ended mostly higher on Wall Street Friday

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Friday: Intel, American Express fall; Mattel, Boston Beer rise

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis

Democrat Joe Biden's remarks that he will transition away from the oil industry in favor of renewable energy sources have drawn quick attention from President Donald Trump

Consumers, by and large, improved their credit profile during the pandemic

A bright yellow helicopter has flown a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit has become the first such airlift since the global pandemic first threatened to swamp Dutch hospitals

American Express’ fourth-quarter profits dropped by 39% as the pandemic’s deep impacts on travel, entertainment and dining dramatically impacted results of the credit card giant

Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez is appealing for Spaniards to pull together and defeat the new coronavirus, warning: “The situation is serious.”

European lawmakers say that plant-based products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled “sausages” or “burgers.”

The international organization that monitors protections against money laundering and terrorism financing says coronavirus-related fraud is on the rise around the world

French prosecutors requested on Friday a ten-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euro ($888,634) against Russian suspect Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of using ransomware in a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fraud using the cryptocurrency bitcoin

More than four years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the two sides are still arguing over their post-Brexit relations

Japan and Britain have signed a free trade deal, the first such major post-Brexit agreement

Daimler has seen third-quarter profit rebound as the company clamped down on costs and as auto sales surged following the coronavirus lockdowns

Major companies tentatively scheduled to post quarterly earnings next week

Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue rose 9.9% in the first nine months of this year, but growth slowed due to U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. futures and Asian shares are mostly higher after President Donald Trump and his challenger former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in their second and final debate before the Nov. 3 election

Chinese leaders hope Washington will tone down conflicts over trade, technology and security if Joe Biden wins the Nov. 3 presidential election

A small group of Tesla owners is testing the company's “full self-driving” system on public roads

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat COVID-19

The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter has accelerated after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign

Gap Inc. is moving away from the nation’s malls

Stocks shook off a wobbly start and ended higher on Wall Street Thursday, as several earnings reports from big U.S. companies came in better than analysts had expected

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday: Discover, Align rise; Kimberly-Clark, Union Pacific fall

The losses are building at U.S. airlines as the coronavirus pandemic cuts into air travel

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels

U.S. long-term mortgage rates slipped this week as the key 30-year loan marked a new all-time low for the 11th time this year

A subsidiary of Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty on Thursday and agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion in a foreign corruption probe tied to the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, which was looted of billions of dollars in a corruption scandal

Union Pacific’s profit and revenue slumped by double digits in the third quarter

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 787,000, a sign that job losses may have eased slightly but are still running at historically high levels

The bill bridges gaps that left financial services out of the Civil Rights Act.

The firm admitted to violating provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago

The European Union has imposed sanctions on two Russian officials and part of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency over a cyberattack against the German parliament in 2015

U.S. allies in Europe and Canada have increased defense spending for a sixth consecutive year but most of them will still fail to achieve a NATO spending ambition by the target date of 2024

The Coca-Cola Co. said it saw gradual improvement in the third quarter, as it turned its focus to emerging leaner from the global pandemic

Huawei’s new smartphone has an upgraded camera, its latest advanced chipset and a better battery

The pandemic and recession are squeezing big apartment building owners, with a surge in vacancies leading to a decline in rent growth for the first time in years

Sales of existing homes climbed 9.4% in September, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, the latest sign that the housing market remains red hot despite the coronavirus pandemic

Police in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia are looking for a man who held over 40 people hostage at a bank for hours before releasing them and escaping with $500,000 given to him by authorities

When Zendaya won last month’s Emmy Award for top drama series actress, her triumph seemed to underscore the TV industry’s progress toward inclusivity

Career and technical education is viewed as a gateway to good jobs

The figure, however, still remains well above the pre-pandemic record.