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Delta Air Lines is offering passengers who were on the flight that crashed and overturned at Toronto Pearson International Airport $30,000 each.

US stocks fell Thursday after the world’s largest retailer warned that 2025 would be a rollercoaster ride and said it expected sales to slow this year amid fears that consumers are tapped out.

No one wants to pay taxes, and practically every American dislikes the IRS. But, as the saying goes, the only guarantees in life are death and taxes. So the IRS is here to stay.

Cars for export are seen at a port in Yantai, China's eastern province of Shandong, on Feb. 20, 2025.

With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.

Imagine having a language tutor who was always on, available anytime to teach you new vocabulary or check up on your progress.

Shoppers flooded to Walmart for groceries and clothing last year. But 2025 will be trickier for the retail giant as inflation ticks back up and Trump’s tariffs kick in.

President Donald Trump said he is considering a plan that would give 20% of savings identified by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) back to Americans, potentially complicating the country’s ongoing battle with elevated inflation.

As Moscow and Washington discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, one of the many questions on investors’ minds is whether the corporate exodus from Russia in opposition to the February 2022 invasion of its neighbor may be reversed.

President Donald Trump’s administration wants to roll back virtually all of former President Joe Biden’s policies. So it may come as a surprise that the Trump administration is keeping a key Biden framework designed to rein in Corporate America. federal regulators’ stricter guidelines around policing major corporate mergers.

Inbound investment in China plummeted to a four-year low in January, as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with a flurry of headwinds.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it is trying to rehire bird flu experts that the agency accidentally fired as part of its efforts to cut costs based on recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. 

President Donald Trump’s media company is suing a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in an unusual case that ties in first amendment rights, international law, and internal Brazilian politics.

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to kill New York City’s congestion pricing – a controversial program designed to help raise millions in critical infrastructure funding.

President Donald Trump threatened to place a tariff of around 25% on cars imported into the United States, a policy that could raise prices on cars from most automakers – including American car brands – almost immediately after the tariffs are imposed.

Ticket prices for the highly anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off Championship between Canada and the United States are rivaling those of the Super Bowl.

KFC, the fast food chain formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is leaving the state where it all began.

Federal layoffs may soon come for America’s largest mortgage insurer, a powerful engine of the country’s housing market.

The crash landing of Delta Air Lines flight 4819 in Toronto is some of the scariest video I’ve ever seen. While thankfully there were no fatalities, videos like that are the stuff that nightmares are made of.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports as well as semiconductors and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States as early as April 2.

HSBC HSBA.L posted annual profit on Wednesday that beat estimates, helped by increased revenue in wealth and markets businesses, and set stiff cost-cut targets as its new CEO implements a revamp of the Asia-focused bank to boost returns.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports as well as semiconductors and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States as early as April 2.

Regional jets are despised by many passengers. They’re uncomfortable and cramped, with little space for both carry-on luggage and people. The good news is their use is on the decline, but the bad news is, for many routes, there’s no choice but to fly them.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the special entity created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk to bring about greater “governmental efficiency and productivity” — has been pressing for authorized access to IRS data systems right in the middle of tax-filing season.

xAI on Monday unveiled its updated Grok 3 artificial intelligence model, as the Elon Musk-led startup works to keep pace with the reasoning and search capabilities in competitors’ models.

Nike is in a slump. Sales are down, its stock has lost more than a quarter of its value over the past year and its new CEO needs some help turning around the aging athletic company. Enter Kim Kardashian.

Poppi and Olipop, watch out: Coca-Cola is entering the “better for you” soda category with a response of its own.

The White House has ordered thousands of government web pages to be taken down over the past month, leaving virtually no trace of some federal agencies’ policies regarding critical topics such as sexual orientation, January 6 cases and discrimination.

Top officials are grappling with how to handle potential price increases caused by the administration’s policies.

Southwest Airlines said Monday it will cut 15% of its corporate workforce, or 1,750 people — the first involuntary layoffs in the company’s history.

The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.

Currency traders monitor market activity at the foreign exchange dealing room of KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 17, 2025.

Chinese drivers are buying affordable electric vehicles loaded with new technology, a trend that is redefining high-end vehicles and hurting German automakers.

Argentine lawyers filed fraud complaints against President Javier Milei in criminal court on Sunday for promoting a cryptocurrency on his social media, one of the lawyers told The Associated Press.

Tesla sales are in an unprecedented slide. Competitors are rapidly gaining ground. There’s a lot of bad news for Tesla lately – but it’s unclear if the politics of its polarizing CEO, Elon Musk, are to blame.

Last summer, rule changes from the National Association of Realtors, the powerful real estate trade organization, threatened to upend the way Americans buy and sell homes. Some experts predicted the 6% commission, the unofficial fee for buying or selling a home, would be finished.

Many Americans enjoy a day off on the third Monday of February every year. That’s because it’s Presidents’ Day, officially named Washington’s Birthday in honor of America’s first president, George Washington (his actual birthday is February 22).

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country to a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown.

Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” topped the weekend box office and is projected to finish as one of the highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend openers.

Stroll down the dairy aisle of your local grocer, and you’ll likely find a growing array of coffee creamers with so many flavors that it practically rivals sweets and sodas.

Johkiya Pierre prepares a fresh omelet at The Breakfast Brothers restaurant, Feb. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. Johkiya Pierre cracks eggs while preparing an omelet at The Breakfast Brothers restaurant, Feb. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.

In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.

When James Quincy became CEO of Coca-Cola in 2017, the beverage giant embarked on an effort to diversify its reach beyond soda, which has broadly been in decline over its sugary health effects.

Amazon workers at a warehouse in North Carolina voted against forming a union, another setback in the movement’s efforts against a company and state that is generally hostile to organizing.

The lack of clarity about tariffs and other policies could hurt hiring and investing. But the strong U.S. economy should provide a buffer.

The dinner-theater chain sued the union and got its TikTok account shut down all in an effort to intimidate workers, the judge ruled.

The National Labor Relations Board, the independent agency that is supposed to enforce labor laws for most American workers, has been essentially shut down after President Donald Trump fired one of its board members, leaving it without the quorum it needs to function.

As major retailers and department stores continue closing, malls are looking for ways to boost foot traffic and sales.

An unruly Chinese boy who battles dragons and defies destiny has made his way to Western cinema screens after smashing box office records in China.