Finance

Facebook’s CEO said his company is ready to “go to the mat” to stop Elizabeth Warren from breaking up tech giants. Amazon accused her of getting facts wrong. And some Democratic donors with ties to Wall Street have quietly said they’ll sit out the election or vote for President Donald Trump if Warren wins her […]

Australia’s ban on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei’s involvement in its future 5G networks and its crackdown on foreign covert interference are testing Beijing’s efforts to project its power overseas. In its latest maneuver, China sent three scholars to spell out in interviews with Australian media and other appearances steps to mend the deepening rift with

A billionaire California technology firm founder and his friend took no-jail plea deals Wednesday that had them donate $1 million to charities while not admitting guilt in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room drug investigation. Henry Thompson Nicholas III and co-defendant Ashley Christine Fargo stood with their attorneys in court and entered so-called “Alford pleas”

Tesla’s electric car sales accelerated again during the summer, but the company is still lagging behind the pace it needs to reach CEO Elon Musk’s goal for the entire year. The company delivered 97,000 vehicles from July through September, more than in any other three-month period in its history. The performance increased Tesla’s sales for

The Latest on the World Trade Organization’s ruling over EU’s Airbus subsidies (all times local): 10:55 p.m. Gouda cheese, single-malt whiskey and large aircraft are among the European imports the Trump administration plans to hit with tariffs after receiving the go-ahead Wednesday from the World Trade Organization in a case involving illegal European Union subsidies

Microsoft’s new lineup of Surface computers includes two dual-screen devices that won’t be out for another year. The smaller one, an Android phone called Surface Duo, will mark Microsoft’s re-entry into smartphones, a market the company abandoned after flops with its own operating system and an ill-fated purchase of smartphone maker Nokia. “I believe the

Small business hiring fell back in September, resuming a listless trend following a one-month upswing. That report came from payroll company ADP, which counted 30,000 new jobs at its small business customers, those with under 50 employees. These companies added 55,000 jobs in August and just 4,000 in July. The report was a sign that

U.S. stocks extended their losses into morning trading on Wednesday as investors headed for safer holdings amid worrying economic data and lingering trade disputes. Investors are still hunkering down following a dismal manufacturing report on Tuesday that sent the market to its sharpest loss in five weeks. The report increased fears that a trade war-induced

The U.K. will offer the European Union a proposed Brexit deal on Wednesday that represents a compromise for both sides, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he urged the bloc to meet Britain halfway and allow for the country’s orderly departure after years of wrangling. Johnson’s speech to Conservative Party members at their annual

Markets sank in Europe on Wednesday morning after data published a day earlier pointed to weakening trade, slower manufacturing and increasing risk of a global recession. By midday in Europe, London’s FTSE 100 had fallen 1.7 percent and the CAC 40 in France had dropped 1.6 percent. The DAX in Germany was 1.2 percent lower.