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It turns out that Dick’s Sporting Goods doesn’t need guns to prop up its business—the sports retailer had a strong quarter despite fears about its assault-rifle policy.

The FDA gave marketing clearance for a device that can potentially revamp stroke care by allowing paramedics in the field to diagnose severe strokes requiring specialized treatment.

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Oprah Winfrey, Rex Tillerson, and Abby Wambach were just a few of the notable people chosen to give commencement addresses that stressed integrity, truthfulness, and courage. Here are some highlights from this year's speeches.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on several Iranian groups and officials it accused of human rights abuses, in another round of weekly punitive actions intended to isolate Tehran.

ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after star's racist tweet, Missouri Governor to resign amid probe, and what Starbucks hoped to accomplish with its bias training day.

Big banks would have more freedom to conduct short-term trading without running afoul of the Volcker rule under proposed changes set to win unanimous approval Wednesday at the Federal Reserve.

Economic activity expanded at a moderate pace across most of the U.S. this spring, driven in part by a pickup in manufacturing activity despite trade tensions, according to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday.

Allergan PLC Chief Executive Brent Saunders told investors Wednesday the company has begun a process to sell its women’s-health and infectious-disease businesses.

As a Frankenthaler show opens in Provincetown, stepdaughter Lise Motherwell recalls childhood summers with the artist there—and the emotional resonance of exhibiting the work where it was made.

The underlying trend for profits, however, showed some signs of strain.

Gaza’s ruler Hamas on Wednesday declared a unilateral cease-fire with Israel, after a day of intense shelling from the Palestinian territory and retaliatory strikes raised concerns of an imminent wider conflict.

This luxurious vintage riverboat offers an Agatha Christie-style exploration of Egypt’s ancient ruins—without the fatal plot twist

As designers discover that loud, attention-getting men’s clothes stand out the most on social media, garishness is driving sales. Is subdued style doomed?

Companies are placing more emphasis on tracking employees on the road as a safety measure, in a practice called duty of care.

The Bank of Canada kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.25% and signaled the next rate increase could come soon, despite ongoing concerns over trade uncertainty.

President Donald Trump routinely does protectionism badly, using the wrong tools on the wrong behavior and the wrong countries, writes Greg Ip. Here are some lessons in how to do protectionism well.

A Russian journalist and Kremlin critic reported killed late Tuesday appeared alive and well Wednesday to describe his part in what Ukrainian officials called an operation to catch a would-be murderer.

Companies are spending millions of dollars on advertising campaigns to apologize for a range of corporate missteps, rolling out elaborate atonement tours to reach consumers in the era of social media.

To court millennials and Gen Z shoppers, Barneys, Nordstrom and other big stores are taking a page from younger, hipper counterparts like Dover Street Market.

Dick’s Sporting Goods posted higher profit and sales, allaying concerns that its controversial decision to tighten gun policies would damp demand at the sporting-goods chain.

WellCare’s planned acquisition of Meridian shows why small health insurers should bulk up.

Turmoil in Italian politics has sent shock waves through financial markets in moves reminiscent of the eurozone crisis. Much has changed in Europe over the past six years, but some things remain the same.

Rural areas are seeing their populations stagnate as younger people opt for urban living, adding to the gamble involved in speculative home-building.