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SoftBank dropped a $100 million investment in a smartphone startup founded by the creator of Google’s Android software, partly because of the Japanese investor’s relationship with Apple.

Brazilian authorities on Monday scrambled to contain the fallout Monday from a police sting that has raised questions about the safety of the nation’s meat industry, as China and other countries suspended imports.

David Rockefeller, a scion of the country’s greatest fortune who melded banking, diplomacy and philanthropy to spread his vision of American capitalism around the globe, died. He was 101 years old.

The seven-bedroom, 10-bathroom modern home sits on a wooded four-acre plot of land in West Lake Hills, Texas.

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Opening statements dominated the first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's nominee for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. Here's what is expected to happen next in the confirmation process.

The home resides on the top three floors of The Ardsley, a handsome pre-war building on the famed park-facing avenue of Central Park West.

Brexit is taking the fizz out of the U.K. Champagne market—one of the bubbly French wine’s most important.

Germany’s top economic officials defended the nation’s giant foreign surpluses, pushing back against the new U.S. administration’s criticism of German trade policy.

His party may have spectacularly lost the Dutch elections last week (6% of the vote compared to 25% in 2012), but Jeroen Dijsselbloem is staying on as chairman of the group of eurozone finance ministers. “I think it’s an important responsibility I don’t want to walk away from,” he said in a press conference after […]

The improbable popularity of a new golf ball sold by Costco has sparked a legal battle between the company and Titleist, the maker of golf’s top-selling ball.

Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50, the formal process for Britain leaving the European Union, or Brexit, on March […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday released a budget blueprint calling for sharp cuts to spending on foreign aid, the arts, environmental protection and other areas to pay for a bigger military and more secure border. The next day, he left Washington for his fifth weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his luxurious private golf resort in Palm Beach, Fla.—a trip estimated to cost around $3 million.

Honda Motor Co.’s U.S. unit in January shifted its more-than-$500 million media-buying account from Mediavest, a unit of advertising giant Publicis Groupe, to an independent agency.

The trendy coat maker's shares fell after Barron's called them overstuffed. Ben Levisohn and Jack Hough discuss. Plus, Apple's swelling service revenue and Disney's box-office beauty.

Nike’s dominant yet reduced exposure at the NCAA Tournament represents the quandary it faces on a global scale. The sportswear company and its affiliated Jordan Brand outfit 40 of the 68 teams in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, making them by far the most visible logos on shoes and jerseys. But that number is down from 41 last year and 48 in 2015.

Neil Gorsuch to face Senate hearings this weak, Comey set to testify on Capitol Hill and why are basketball games so squeaky.

From Bezos to the Big Mac, technology kills jobs but can create even more.

In a congressional hearing Monday, FBI Director James Comey answered questions about President Trump's tweets containing allegations that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 elections. Photo: Associated Press

The chip maker’s high multiple is nerve-racking, but Nvidia’s business is firing on all cylinders.

Finance ministers from the euro currency discussed the impasse in Greece’s talks with creditors on Monday, but no breakthrough emerged on the latest conflict that threatens to derail Greece’s bailout deal: workers’ rights.

The musical pioneer enduringly bridged the gaps between blues, country and R&B.

The host of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have a history of lucrative high-end home flips.

CEO pay at America's top corporations rose 6.8% in 2016, reversing a trend from the year before. Deloitte's Kim Christfort reveals the results of a survey of nearly 700 executives. Socio-economist Randall Bell explains every day habits of millionaires. "Shark Tank" panelist Daymond John explains Blueprint, his newest venture. Photo: iStock

What drives the success of C-suite executives? Deloitte's Kim Christfort reveals the results of a survey of nearly 700 executives that shows while they are similar to many professionals, they are unique in their approach to problems in creative thinking. Photo: iStock