Ford Move, Cited as Victory by Trump, Has No Effect on U.S. Jobs
By NEAL E. BOUDETTE for The New York Times. Judging from a couple of Twitter messages by President-elect Donald J. Trump, he had scored a…
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Fixation on Fake News Overshadows Waning Trust in Real Reporting
By JOHN HERRMAN for The New York Times. Something is deeply wrong when the pope’s voice, reputation and influence can be borrowed by a source…
Trump agrees to $25 million settlement in Trump University fraud cases
By Rosalind S. Helderman for the Washington Post. President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly bragged that he never settles lawsuits despite a long history of doing…
Wall Street fraud sentencing prompts tears and debate
By Kevin McCoy for USA Today. NEW YORK — It was an emotional federal court sentencing, with the future of an Ivy League-educated former private equity executive hanging in the…
Manure Happens, Especially When Hog Farms Flood
By DAN CHARLES for National Public Radio. Are the many hog and poultry farms of eastern North Carolina creating “fields of filth,” as two groups of environmental…
What are they thinking? Talking to Trump voters without judgment (and while black)
By ANDREA KING COLLIER for Salon Magazine. In the 2016 presidential campaign, I have not done well at all. For me it has been a real-life “Rocky Horror…
Mexico officials are planning for economic turmoil if Trump wins
By Joshua Partlow for the Washington Post. MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government is holding last-minute meetings to game-plan their response to what many here see…
Buffett’s Cash Soars to Record as Operating Profit Edges Higher
By Noah Buhayar for Bloomberg. “He’s got a lot of ammo” for investments, said Bill Smead, who oversees about $2.1 billion including Berkshire shares at Smead Capital…
Google Capital is now an investor in Snapchat
Google’s parent company now owns a piece of Snapchat. By Seth Fiegerman for CNN Money. Google Capital, one of Alphabet’s two venture capital arms, quietly…
S&P 500 Index Marks Its Longest Losing Streak in 36 Years
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEW YORK — The slow, steady retreat of the stock market ahead of the 2016 election continued Friday, with the market falling…
Oracle Wins Shares Needed to Clinch $9 Billion NetSuite Buy
By Brian Womack for Bloomberg. NetSuite Inc. shareholders endorsed Oracle Corp.’s bid for the software provider, clearing the path for the $9 billion acquisition after weeks…
Last Economic Snapshot Before the Election Shows Healthy Job Growth
By PATRICIA COHEN for The New York Times. The last time the unemployment rate was running this low was in early 2008. But by Election Day that…
120-mile beer run made by Otto self-driving truck
By Marco della Cava for USA Today. SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re sipping a Budweiser somewhere in Colorado Springs, Colo., you just might have a robot to thank for…
Caterpillar keeps the global economy on watch
By Akin Oyedele for Business Insider. Caterpillar lowered its outlook for profit this year when it reported third-quarter earnings results on Tuesday. The retailer of large industrial…
German business climate hits 2-1/2 year high in October
By Michael Nienaber for Reuters. German business morale improved unexpectedly in October, hitting its highest level in 2-1/2 years, suggesting company executives have become more…
Buick Up, Honda And Subaru Down, Says Consumer Reports
By SONARI GLINTON for National Public Radio. Buick, a subsidiary of General Motors, has become the first domestic brand in more than three decades to earn one…
Heathrow expansion: What happens next?
By Bill Wilson for the BBC. Heathrow expansion has been in a holding pattern over west London for decades, and confirmation that the UK’s largest…
AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal
By KENNETH LIPP for the Daily Beast. On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff’s deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist’s report of human…
A Chilly Reaction to AT&T-Time Warner Deal
By BROOKS BARNES and EMILY STEEL for The New York Times. The $85 billion AT&T deal for Time Warner won’t win regulatory approval. We will…
Harley-Davidson Earnings Fall as it Plans Cutbacks
By IMANI MOISE for the Wall Street Journal. Harley-Davidson Inc. said its third-quarter earnings fell as tepid demand continued to weigh on the motorcycle manufacturer’s…