Who is the modern “shareholder”? Is it only an individual who holds shares of a company? Is it any business or person who is affected by that company's ...
The Business Roundtable on Monday said America's corporations are responsible for improving society by serving all stakeholders fairly. This is a long-overdue ...
ICYMI, we wanted to let you know about a major change in corporate attitudes—if not yet actions—that was officially recognized this week. The Business ...
The “shareholders first” mantra that Megan McArdle of the Washington Post (“Hard to argue with kinder capitalism, but let me try,” Opinion Exchange, Aug.
The yield curve has been flattening for the past four years, steadily signaling greater odds of a recession. Consumers paid little attention until one fateful d.
Market Commentary by Cresset Asset Management. Aug. 21: Cresset does not see recession in our immediate future. Investors should bear in mind that a ...
Recession could hit sooner than you think – This is what Arturo Estrella, the renowned economist, feels. "It is impossible to be 100 percent sure about the future ...
BIARRITZ, France — President Trump asserted on Saturday that he has the authority to make good on his threat to force all American businesses to leave China ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell doesn't like how President Donald Trump's trade war is impacting the U.S. economy. To make matters worse, the central ...
President Trump is out of control. His latest attack on Jay Powell, his own appointee as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, is so far beyond shameful as to ...
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said he has provided information to the Justice Department for its investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation.
In a series of frantic and lengthy cable news interviews Thursday, the just-resigned CEO of Overstock.com wove a tale of intrigue, misconduct by federal “men ...
Former FBI Director James Comey denied claims made by Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock, about the investigation into Russian interference in the ...
In July I came forward to a small set of journalists regarding my involvement in certain government matters. No, I didn't, I'm lying, that's actually the first sentence ...
Volkswagen said Friday that it's recalling 679000 U.S. vehicles sold since 2011 with an electrical issue that could cause the car to roll away. The automaker said ...
Members of the Communication Workers of America – including 4000 in Georgia – charged the huge telecommunications company with unfair labor practices ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - People were out protesting AT&T's labor practices Saturday morning off of 16th Street in Wilmington. Dozens of workers wore red ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of AT&T employees across nine states are planning to strike this weekend, including in Jacksonville, Fla. On Friday night ...
Lotus dropped jaws last week at the 2019 Monterey Car Week with the Evija, which celebrated its public premiere, culminating with the presentation at the ...
(Bloomberg) -- Walmart Inc. isn't the only corporation that has seen its Tesla Inc. solar panels catch fire. On Friday, Amazon.com Inc. said a June 2018 blaze on ...
Earlier this week, we reported on a dispute between Tesla and Walmart over problems with a massive amount of solar power systems the former installed at the ...
Billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn called on Tesla CEO (TSLA) Elon Musk to resign over the company's “dangerous solar panels” at the heart of a ...
A couple driving along the 5 Freeway in Santa Clarita last week could hardly believe their eyes when they glanced over into another car driving alongside them.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A couple driving on the I-5 Freeway in Los Angeles captured video of a passing motorist appearing to be asleep behind the wheel of ...
This is not what you want to see while driving on a freeway. People in a passing car got video of a Tesla driver seemingly sleeping behind the wheel of a Tesla ...
Video circulating on social media Friday appeared to show a Tesla driver asleep at the wheel as the vehicle traveled at high speeds down the 5 Freeway near ...
In these times of strife and division, there are still moments that come along to unite all parts of the country. And now there's a new unifier tying our divided ...
A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Oakland made a dramatic emergency landing at Honolulu's airport Thursday about 20 minutes after smoke filled the cabin and ...
Six ships carrying about 12 million barrels of U.S. crude are headed to China just as Beijing prepares to impose its first ever levy on American oil next month.
Oil prices plunged on Friday morning as China announced new tariffs on U.S. crude oil, the first time that U.S. oil exports have been brought into the trade war.
China threatened to impose tariffs on U.S. crude oil for the first time in the escalating bilateral trade war, sending prices to two-week lows on Friday as that ...
Oil longs are counting on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to sprinkle some magic dust on crude from the podium of the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming. Bears ...
While the oil market was jittery awaiting a Fed hint at interest rate policy, China retaliated in the trade war with the U.S., announcing plans to slap tariffs on ...
United Parcel *Service* Inc and FedEx Corp on Friday said they already work closely with law enforcement to stop illegal shipments from entering the country, ...
Amazon, as a consumer-facing brand, is one of the most trusted institutions in America (second only to the military), which drives home how well the company's ...
Just like other tech companies that have struggled to tackle misinformation on their platforms, Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively ...
Amazon is reportedly selling thousands of products that are mislabeled, banned, or declared unsafe by federal agencies, according to an investigation from The ...
Amazon just got some bad news. Every company does, but this was especially bad. The Wall Street Journal reported today that an investigation found that over ...
Phone companies and attorneys general from all 50 US states are touting a new agreement to fight robocalls, but it won't actually do much to help consumers.
Attorneys general around the country are banding together with phone carriers to end robocalls. It's like you're being harassed every day by the calls, sometimes ...
America's biggest telecom providers announced Thursday they would adopt new technology to save consumers from the barrage of robocalls that these days ...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Thursday that as a result of a public/private coalition of all state Attorneys General and 12 phone companies, ...
With its sleek white finish, deep etchings and flush surfaces, Apple's titanium Apple Card is quite the looker. The card's durability is now question, however, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple believes some of its zealous customers will treasure its new titanium credit card so much that they will spend time polishing its ...
Apple's new toy bruises easily. The titanium Apple credit card isn't meant isn't meant to, um, touch much, according to a list of tips on the tech's giant's support ...
The flood of bizarre pronouncements and behavior from President Trump is likely to get worse, I fear. He is now completely unfiltered — and, apparently, ...
Washington • The flood of bizarre pronouncements and behavior from President Trump is likely to get worse, I fear. He is now completely unfiltered — and, ...
A federal appeals court is temporarily protecting Qualcomm from an antitrust ruling that would have forced the mobile chipmaker to drastically change how it.
A federal appeals court froze a ruling that Qualcomm Inc. had committed an array of antitrust violations, a boost for the chip maker that allows it to maintain its ...
By Stephen Nellis and Sayanti Chakraborty. (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc won a partial stay against the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling in a lawsuit ...
A federal appeals court on Friday handed Qualcomm a temporary victory with its decision to stay parts of a judge's ruling that chipmaker Qualcomm used its ...
Qualcomm has won a partial stay on a court ruling that threatened to upend its business, a victory for the US chipmaker as it seeks to overturn an antitrust case ...
The pilot of a small plane that went down in the waters off Northern California is a self-professed thrill-seeker whose stunts have sometimes gotten him in trouble ...
It was a plane crash and an Instagram moment. As David Lesh's airplane crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday evening, a few miles south of Half Moon ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The pilot of a small plane that went down in the waters off Northern California is a self-professed thrill-seeker whose stunts have sometimes ...
When Dell acquired EMC in 2016 for $67 billion, it created a complicated consortium of interconnected organizations. Some, like VMware and Pivotal, operate ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to tax money from cannabis sales, California is living with diminished expectations. The state pulled in $74 million in ...
We'll let the fast food giants duke it out among themselves in the Great Chicken Sandwich War of 2019. We've got plenty of local offerings around the Tampa Bay ...
Quavo is quite the opportunist. Quavo's answer to Popeye's and Chick-fil-A's growing hostilities was to stockpile their products for fear of a food shortage....
Major phone companies have pledged to do more to fight robocalls plaguing Americans, the country's state attorneys general say. It's the latest step from ...
4:00 p.m.. Markets are closing sharply lower after the latest escalation of the U.S.-China trade dispute. President Donald Trump said U.S. companies are “hereby ...
Donald Trump won't say it, but Republicans in the Senate will: Social Security and Medicare would be on the chopping block in a second Trump term. Pointing to ...
Though your Social Security benefits are calculated based on your earnings history, the age at which you file for them will dictate how much income you receive ...
After exploding the federal budget deficit with over a trillion dollars in tax cuts for the rich and massive corporations, President Donald Trump is reportedly ...
It appears that President Donald Trump has backed away from the idea of cutting payroll taxes to prop up the economy as he nears re-election. Let's hope he ...
Today's column explore when you can, and cannot, file a restricted application for spousal benefits only, when retirement benefits can be claimed after restricting ...
U.S. Steel said on Friday it will idle a plant in Indiana by mid-November as part of the consolidation of its till mill operations in the United States, a move which ...
U.S. auto and auto parts manufacturers are encouraging the U.S. and Chinese governments to work out their differences in response to China's announcement ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a broad coalition of Japanese, German and South Korean automakers warned on Friday that renewed punitive Chinese ...
By Sophie Quinton. Many Midwestern farmers decided last winter to plant soybeans in spring assuming that, by now, President Donald Trump's trade war with ...
(Bloomberg) -- The news just turned gloomier for U.S. farmers.China announced on Friday that it will impose additional tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods in ...
Company reports mixed resultsLongtime HP veteran Enrique Lores, who runs the $20 billion printer business, is succeeding Dion Weisler as CEO, effectiv...
IF FOUR YEARS is enough time to be president of the United States, it's probably a decent amount of time to be CEO of HP (the tech company, not the sauce).
Cathay Dragon union leader Rebecca Sy says she was questioned by bosses about three Facebook posts and then told she had been dismissed from her job ...
In a wild turn of events, Death Row Records is now owned by Hasbro, the gargantuan toy and board game company that is behind My Little Pony, Furby, ...
Hasbro's move to snap up Entertainment One is another salvo in an M&A shootout that puts more smaller and mid-sized entertainment companies, such as ...
Salesforce.com Inc. shares rally in the extended session Thursday after the customer-relationship management software company's quarterly results and outlook ...
It turns out that Salesforce.com still has it. Salesforce (ticker: CRM) is the largest and most seasoned of the cloud-computing software companies, but its stock ...
Things are looking up for Salesforce (CRM - Get Report) . After the cloud software giant beat on sales and earnings expectations and raised full year guidance in ...
salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) reported its earnings after the market closed on Thursday, and the company continues to deliver. For its fiscal 2020 second quarter, ...
President Trump hiked China tariffs late Friday, as the China trade war spirals. The Dow Jones, Apple, AMD, Tesla, Nike dipped late after diving Friday.
The Dow closed more than 600 points lower after China said it would impose retaliatory tariffs and President Trump vowed to respond. Treasury yields also sank ...
Iowa again reigns “King Corn.” After falling behind Illinois in 2018, the Hawkeye State's corn yields prove dominant over all previous 2019 Pro Farmer Crop Tour ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled staffers from an annual crop tour in eastern Iowa on Wednesday after a department employee received a threat, ...
Corn yield potential showed signs of improvement across west-central Iowa, but the area was still expected to produce a below-average size crop after delayed ...
WWE's about to have seven hours (at least) of product on television each week. All Elite will have two. MLW, Impact, and New Japan have shows which are on ...
Twenty-one local sports networks that used to belong to 21st Century Fox — and carried games from the Miami Heat to the Atlanta Braves — are now owned by ...
The $10.6 billion deal gives Sinclair, the largest owner of local television stations in the country, the exclusive local rights to 42 pro sports teams across the U.S., ...
Wells Fargo agreed to pay the Navajo Nation $6.5 million to settle claims it used “predatory” practices to defraud the tribe. The settlement concludes a 2017 ...
A new study confirms what frustrated Seattle-area commuters already know: Traffic congestion in the Emerald City is terrible. The average driver in Seattle spent ...
Commuters in Phoenix are spending an average of 62 hours a year stuck in traffic, costing the region a total of $3.01 billion, according to a new study.
The latest urban mobility report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute showed that Sacramento-area residents had the 22nd-worst commute delays in the ...
There are new startling numbers about just how much time Philadelphia's commuters lose to traffic on the city's increasingly-clogged streets and expressways ...
French President Emmanuel Macron and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault unveiled a plan with 32 fashion companies to reduce the environmental impact of ...
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. Kering reveals industry pact to combat climate change Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault ...
Kering CEO Francois-Henri Pinault helms an environmental Fashion Pact signed by 32 global companies today (including Chanel, Prada, Stella McCartney, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a week after announcing its $1.4 billion acquisition of Gannett , GateHouse Media was again laying off journalists and other workers at ...
The prolonged trade war between the United States and China is taking a toll on the manufacturing sector, which contracted for the first time since 2009, data ...
Businesses across the eurozone enjoyed growth this month but the rise was not enough to calm fears about the health of its largest economy.IHS Markit's flash ...
The prolonged trade war between the United States and China is taking a toll on the manufacturing sector, which contracted for the first time since 2009, data ...
A Facebook initiative announced last year designed to generate “independent, credible research about the role of social media in elections” is faltering, ...
Newly-released emails suggest that Facebook knew that Cambridge Analytica was gathering user profile data three months before the press revealed that the ...
More than a year ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out on his personal page a “timeline” related to the Cambridge Analytica “situation.” But he omitted a ...
Internal communications reveal how Facebook staff discussed Cambridge Analytica, and now the company is investigating more data lapses among marketing ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped as much as 550 points, or more than 2%, as Wall Street braced for potential moves by the White House to punish ...
Walmart may have decided to keep guns on its shelves following the massacre that left 22 dead in one of its El Paso locations earlier this month, but not all ...
Well, I guess it isn't entirely too shocking that Dick's Sporting Goods would be considering nixing gun sales due to the recent mass shootings. The chain has ...
Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL ) is trading up over 5% Thursday afternoon, ahead of its second-quarter earnings release before the market opens Friday. Traders ...
After a workers' rights organization reported in February that DoorDash using tips to cover drivers' base pay, the company promised to look into its policies.
After DoorDash was criticized for a tipping policy that amounts to tip skimming in July, its CEO and co-founder Tony Xu relented and said the company would ...
The online delivery services sector is relatively new. Instacart was founded in 2012. DoorDash was founded not long after in 2013. Similarly, Instacart came ...
