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Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury secretary, is expected to urge lawmakers to “act big” on relief…

At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff.…

Joe Biden last week proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, part of a historically ambitious plan to combat an economic crisis. But many economists…

Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Between…

Facebook posts promoting violence during inauguration week have circulated on the platform over the past week despite a crackdown by the social media…

A new sheriff is coming to Wall Street — and, for a change, he’s not a friendly face. In a win for Elizabeth Warren and progressives,…

Scottish fisherman parked their trucks near UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office at 10 Downing Street on Monday to protest post-Brexit red…

Joe Biden last week proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, part of a historically ambitious plan to combat an economic crisis. But many economists…

Ford has ordered a month-long production halt at one of its plants in Germany, the latest sign that a global shortage of computer chips is putting…

It’s report card season for Corporate America. Companies are starting to release their earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, and so far…

Apple, along with Amazon and Google, effectively kicked Parler off the internet in the wake of the January 6 US Capitol siege. Despite criticism that…

The US government is warning that groups could rely on radio equipment as an alternative to social media to plan future criminal activities. In a…

Amazon wants India to play a key role in its ambitions to conquer streaming video. But the company now faces a political backlash over one of its new…

A 70-foot rocket, riding beneath the wing of a retrofitted Boeing 747 aircraft, detached from the plane and fired itself into Earth’s orbit on…

China’s economy grew more than expected last year, even as the rest of the world was upended by the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s…

Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong is going back to prison, casting the future of leadership at the massive tech company in doubt. The Seoul High…

Parler’s website suddenly reappeared online Sunday afternoon with a message from its CEO, John Matze: “Hello world, is this thing…

When Costco opened its first store in China in 2019, it wasn’t just the hot rotisserie chickens and discounted Birkin bags that lured frenzied…

The French government has put an abrupt end to a $20 billion takeover of the country’s biggest retailer by Canada’s largest convenience…

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday, and with it comes some business closings. The main entities closed for the day will be corporate…