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Shares in NextEra Energy dropped about 6% Wednesday after the utility holding company posted weaker-than-expected revenue for the final three months of last year.The Juno Beach, Fla.-based firm reported $6.16 billion in sales in the fourth quarter, versus...

IARPA scientists are taking up the nascent field of cyber psychology to predict and counter hacker behavior....

Instant Brands hired restructuring advisers to help it address financial challenges as consumers tighten their discretionary spending, people familiar with the matter said....

As investors grasp for forward-looking recession indicators, the recent job cuts at investment banks may be telling....

The billionaire has held talks with investors about selling new Twitter shares....

Expected acceleration in M&A deals in the IT sector has brought worries among customers about having to adapt to new—and sometimes unwanted—tech tools....

The producer is facing felony domestic violence charges for an incident in 2020....

Wholesale gasoline and diesel prices dropped this morning after the release of a government report indicating an unexpectedly large rise in gasoline reserves and a smaller than expected reduction of distillate fuel stocks, including those of diesel and he...

The state attorney general's office said Wednesday that the company has reportedly used the technology to bar entry for lawyers who are currently suing it over unrelated matters....

A new generation of novice dissidents—many artists and writers—arrested after demonstrations against pandemic lockdowns is fueled by anger over a clampdown on freedoms and attacks on women's rights....

Shares of Amazon and some other cloud stocks fell Wednesday after Microsoft's latest quarterly report showed an easing of demand for cloud services.Amazon: - 1.6%Palo Alto Networks: -1.2%Snowflake: -4.2%M...

Pontiff has made outreach to gay people a prominent theme of his papacy....

Administrators at a Virginia elementary school were warned three separate times that a 6-year-old student had a gun or was threatening people before he allegedly shot his teacher, an attorney said....

The Orlando theme park will swap inspiration from the 1940s film "Song of the South" for an updated look based on the 2009 movie "The Princess and the Frog."...

The three major U.S. stock averages traded in negative territory midday, as investors parsed a slew of quarterly earnings with more reports on tap this week.S&P 500:\-0.75%Dow industrials:\-0.56%Nasdaq Composite:\-1.08%The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was ...

Bipartisan legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would put the agriculture secretary on a panel reviewing foreign acquisitions....

The conservative network said the move was politically motivated. DirecTV says Newsmax's push for higher fees would have led to higher prices for consumers....

Shares of Nasdaq, which operates the Nasdaq stock exchange, dropped 7.5% Wednesday after the company reported disappointing earnings. The shares are on pace for their worst day since March 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data.Here's what Nasdaq re...

Trustmark shares dropped Wednesday after the company swung to a fourth-quarter loss thanks to costs for a $100 million litigation settlement related to the Stanford Financial Group's Ponzi scheme.The Jackson, Miss.-based bank's stock was recently ...

A decades-old proposal to replace federal income, estate and payroll taxes with a national sales tax has won support among GOP lawmakers, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he doesn't favor the policy....

The government now thinks Europe's largest economy might avoid a short recession altogether this winter, the latest sign of brightening growth prospects in Europe despite the shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

As losses mounted for both stocks and bonds last year, investors pulled money from mutual funds and switched into exchange-traded funds.Investors poured $592 billion into ETFs last year while yanking nearly $1 trillion from mutual funds, according to Morn...

U.K. authorities have charged a former Janus Henderson analyst and four others outside the asset manager with illegally using inside information to make trades that earned 1.5 million, or $1.8 million, in profits.The former analyst, 35-year-old Redinel Ko...

The strong dollar is hitting the results of large U.S. multinationals so far this earnings season. But there is reason to expect a brighter outlook in 2023.From recent corporate reports:Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that total revenue fell by 4.4% from a...

These enticing train routes in Oregon, New Zealand, Switzerland, Vermont and Italy give travelers a chance to relax and watch everything from the Alps to 'Middle-earth9; go by...

"Top Gun," "Avatar" and "Elvis" are a rare trio of nominees that were a hit at the box office....

Shares of Tesla retreated in early Wednesday trading as investors awaited the electric automaker's latest quarterly results, scheduled for after the closing bell. The company is poised to report a record quarterly profit....

Shares of Kimberly-Clark fell nearly 3% Wednesday after the consumer-products company, known for Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers, reported better-than-expected profit, but sales that missed Wall Street expectations.Kimberly-Clark reported adjusted ear...

The rise in ACA enrollment is attributed to generous subsidies and aggressive outreach....

The New York Stock Exchange said a manual error caused Tuesday morning's glitch that led to wild prices and temporary trading halts in dozens of stocks such as McDonald's and Walmart.In an update posted Wednesday morning, the exchange said...

Canada's main interest rate was increased by a quarter point to 4.50%, the highest level in over 15 years....

Their new home: A minimalistic glass rectangle that spans 2,000 square feet on a single level....

Cryptocurrency exchange Luno has laid off around 35% of its global workforce, dealing a fresh setback to parent company Digital Currency Group.The London-based firm told employees—known internally as "Lunauts"—about the layoffs at 12 p...

The IRS doesn't care, so why do most people put the man first on the 1040? Even Kamala Harris goes second to the second gentleman....

The bookish producer, who has died at age 79, took risks on unproven directors and trusted their instincts....

At Mattel, Disney's princesses aren't damsels in distress. They are saving the day....

Truffle hunters are trying to poison one another's dogs with tainted snacks hidden in the rolling, wooded hills of northern Italy. A lump of the buried fungus can be worth hundreds of dollars....

Americans are tiptoeing back into the mortgage market after interest rates fell from their highest level in decades.An index of mortgage activity has been rising briskly since the end of last year, though it's still down sharply from a year ago, accor...

Speculators' propensity to bet wildly on shares of Tesla accelerated ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings, scheduled for release after today's closing bell.Options traders expect a nearly 13% price change for the stock after it repor...

Agency prepares to vote on long-delayed proposal to curb conflicts of interest related to asset-backed securities....

The powerful AI tool has some updating curriculum, launching new learning guidelines and deploying tactics to make sure students learn to think for themselves....

Stocks opened lower Wednesday after disappointing corporate earnings reports the prior afternoon.The S&P 500 fell 1.15%.The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.7%.The Dow industrials slipped 0.8%.The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was at 3.453%.Another busy slate of ear...

The North Carolina and West Virginia suits mark the latest skirmish over the drugs since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade....

The president is considering Lael Brainard as the next head of the National Economic Council. A final decision hasn't been made, with Mr. Biden in the process of conducting interviews....

That's how much investors have added to global money-market funds over the past four weeks, according to EPFR data through Jan. 18. That is the best stretch since the four-week period ended May 2020.Increased cash allocations are the [latest sign of c...

Lawmakers who represent midtown Manhattan have been openly skeptical about casinos, though they haven't shut the door entirely....

The oversight panel has requested an interview with the art dealer of the president's son next month....

The debate over the idea of banning gas stoves has reignited questions about health risks....

The conglomerate, led by Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is in the middle of another growth leap, making shareholders unduly nervous about its shares....

The M1 Abrams tank is among the most powerful ground weapons in the U.S. arsenal....