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Fitbit gave downbeat financial projections for the current quarter, warning that a global launch of new products including a smartwatch will weight on results.

Global stocks rekindled their rally on Monday, spurred by rising commodities prices.

Zenefits banned alcohol in the office and also has warned employees to cut out crude behavior in the stairwells, as the startup tries to reverse its rambunctious culture.

Motorola Solutions on Monday reported an 8% revenue decline in its latest quarter, though earnings came in better than expected and the firm said annual profit would top market expectations.

Comments made by Vice President Joe Biden in 1992, which resurfaced Monday on the Internet, handed Republicans new ammunition in the fight over whether to fill a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year.

Bernie Sanders said Monday he has noticed a change in his opponent Hillary Clinton's language -- and said she appears to be mimicking him.

Reuters More judges using social media has often meant “more judges using social media badly,” write Dallas trial lawyer John G. Browning and Texas Supreme Court Justice Don R. Willett  in the February issue of the Texas Bar Journal. Their article looks at some of the most common blunders that judges make on sites like Facebook […]

Forget about the “Gronk Party Cruise.” Jason Gay wondered what it would be like to sail with taciturn Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Ted Cruz has one last chance to shake a reputation for dirty tricks, writes Doug Heye in @wsjthinktank

Germany’s Deutsche Telekom will work with will.i.am’s i.am+ to market a new smartwatch in several European countries.

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Verizon Communications agreed to buy the fiber-optic network business from Carl Icahn’s XO Communications for $1.8 billion, a deal the billionaire activist investor said didn’t represent a good return on his investment.

Hospital group Northwell Health enlisted their doctors, nurses and staff to act in an educational video about e-prescribing. On March 27, sending prescriptions electronically becomes mandatory in New York State. Photo/Video: Northwell Health Studios

The Academy Award-winning actor embodies his "London Has Fallen" character, Vice President Trumbull, on the crowd-sourced GPS app.

A silverback gorilla named Shabani has become a celebrity in Japan. His admirers are attracted to his powerful physique and rugged good looks. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal

Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said on Monday that she would be absent for the next three weeks for treatment in St. Louis following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Apple's dispute with the FBI escalated Monday when CEO Tim Cook reiterated that the company will not unlock an iPhone used by a shooter in last year's San Bernardino terror attack. Apple also called for the government to create a commission to address safety issues surrounding encryption. Photo: Reuters

New thinking has doctors exploring pancreatic and prostate cancer treatment and consolidating patient care under one roof.

After some strong quarters, valuations for Silicon Valley companies that raised venture funding in the fourth quarter of 2015 softened, as did some other measures of the valley’s financial health, according to a survey by law firm Fenwick & West. The fourth quarter wasn’t a bad one and alarm bells aren’t justified, but “it looks like things are weakening,” said Fenwick & West Partner Barry Kramer.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has spent months trying to convince Republican primary voters that he is a political outsider who has struggled to overcome entrenched interests inside his party. That is going to be a much tougher case to make moving forward, thanks to all the current and former elected officials who have rallied behind the Florida senator in the days following the South Carolina primary.

Some interior designers are shaking rooms up with rounded couches instead of predictable L-shaped sectionals. But are swoopy sofas a headache when it comes time to watch TV?

Key market data for February 22, 2016.