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Ford Motor Co.’s board of directors is extending its scheduled meetings this week so it can press Chief Executive Mark Fields to clarify his strategy as the company’s stock price languishes and its U.S. market share recedes.

President Donald Trump approved plans to directly arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Syria, U.S. officials said Tuesday, paving the way for an offensive against the extremist group’s de facto capital.

Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new Echo speaker with a screen that will incorporate video-calling capabilities, keeping the online retailer one step ahead of technology rivals in seeking to control smart homes.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, pressed Tuesday on why a group of 13 Republicans working on a health-care bill includes no women, said the entire Republican conference has a part in shaping the bill.

Coca-Cola’s new CEO James Quincey wants the company to shake off a culture of cautiousness that has dogged it for more than a century, stressing the importance of taking risks at an existential moment for the beverage giant.

Here are the 13 Obama-era rules that have been nixed by Republicans under the Congressional Review Act so far.

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The problem is visual noise. Companies are getting creative dialing down distractions that pull eyes away from desks.

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 Then-prime minister Manuel Valls, right, speaks with then economy minister Macron in Paris. Valls suggested Tuesday that he wants to run in […]

Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas was the last pick of his NBA draft. The players who were picked before him still haven’t played in the NBA.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star appears likely to play Game 7 on Wednesday, despite yet another concussion and several more recent hard hits

Nearly one-third of all drugs approved for sale in the U.S. over a 10-year period were subject to post-approval “safety events” such as warnings in their labels and safety advisories to doctors and the public, Yale University researchers have found.

Sally Yates warned that Mike Flynn misled officials, appellate judges review travel ban, and the college graduate's guide to saving for retirement.

Discussing salary with potential new employees; and facts about small businesses in recognition of Small Business Month...like the percentage of businesses surviving from one year to the next...

Upgrade your time at the shore with this full-size beach chair, waterproof speaker with a stashbox and a sprayer for keeping your car sand-free.

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron wants to reconcile his country with globalization. The modest economic changes he is proposing to do so are already provoking resistance.

Germany’s top prosecutor said two soldiers and an accomplice plotted high-profile assassinations that would be blamed on a migrant, escalating a controversy over right-wing extremism in the military.

The combined company would be well positioned to sell more ads when “addressable” TV becomes a reality for broadcast TV

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will offer Affordable Care Act marketplace plans in the Knoxville region of Tennessee next year, filling a potential gap left when Humana Inc. announced it would pull out of all of the exchanges where it does business.

New data show a tightening labor market in construction while lumber prices are at decade highs, hitting profit margins for home builders and potentially hurting the housing market.

Coach just agreed to buy the handbag maker, so here's the low-down on the deal.

A new Tennessee law requires judges to interpret undefined words in the Tennessee Code by their “natural and ordinary meaning.” Four days after Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed the legislation, it’s come under a legal challenge from same-sex couples concerned about how it would apply it to words such as “husband,” “wife,” “father,” “mother,” “woman” […]

Kopernik Global Advisors CIO David Iben names three investments that look cheap in a fairly full-priced market.

Hertz shares plunged after the rental-car company reported a far larger loss than expected, raising concerns about its turnaround efforts.

The ‘Foxy Brown’ actress moved constantly as a child in the U.S. and England; today, she cares for rescued horses