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New Oculus Quest headset moves VR in the right direction, but Facebook’s tarnished image doesn’t help.

Stripe said a new fundraising round values the financial-technology startup at roughly $20 billion, vaulting it into the ranks of the world’s most valuable private companies.

Now the lawyer is diving into the Kavanaugh controversy.

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GOP sets committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh for Friday, President Trump speaks to the U.N., and window sticker helps woman get kidney.

The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by another quarter-percentage point—and officials signaled they want to continue lifting them through the next year to keep a strong economy on an even keel.

Watch Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a news conference following the Fed's interest-rate decision

Canada publicly declared that any changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement have to incorporate limits on the U.S. use of tariffs on national-security grounds.

President Cyril Ramaphosa must now bridge investor support, growing frustrations from South Africa’s poor and the bitterly divided African National Congress.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his North Korean counterpart, as plans advanced for a summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

General Motors is moving its Cadillac headquarters back to Detroit, nearly four years after relocating the luxury brand’s home base to New York City.

Ride-hailing app company Uber Technologies has reached a nationwide settlement to pay a $148 million penalty to settle allegations it intentionally concealed a 2016 data breach.

McDonald’s is stripping artificial ingredients from more food to win over customers who, the burger chain believes, don’t want to eat things with names like calcium propionate and sodium benzoate.

Disney investors can be relieved that 21st Century Fox is tendering its 39% stake in Sky.

Oxford and Cambridge took the top two spots for a second time in a global university ranking, with long-dominant U.S. schools mostly stagnating against international competitors.

With the news of CEO Kevin Systrom stepping down, an overview of the world-conquering platform he co-founded

SVMK Inc., the parent company of SurveyMonkey, shares rose in its first public trading showing Wednesday, indicating growing investor appetite for software services platforms.

The Trump administration has started compensating U.S. farmers for damage tariffs are doing to their business. Many farmers say the payments won’t make up for lost sales to China and other foreign markets they were counting on to buy their products.

Uber executive Cameron Poetzscher, who played a key role in negotiating SoftBank’s investment in the ride-hailing firm, was disciplined after a probe found he had a pattern of making sexually suggestive comments about other co-workers.

The globe-trotting Monty Python member explains why cheesy-looking socks are his spiritual talisman and how he becomes a different person when he travels.

21st Century Fox, after losing out on the auction for Sky, said it would sell its 39% stake in the European pay-TV giant to Comcast at the winning offer price.

President Trump accused China of “attempting to interfere” in the 2018 midterm elections in a speech to the United Nations, saying that Beijing doesn’t want his party to win because of their growing trade dispute.

For the first time, De Beers is selling jewelry featuring stones made by scientists—and significantly undercutting its competitors. It may be hedging against a permanent decline in the mining business.

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