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When Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg appears before Congress this week, he will lay out a number of steps the company has already taken to protect user data.

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President Trump said Monday he is likely to make a decision by the end of the day about the U.S. response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed dozens of civilians.

The Justice Department will allow Bayer’s megadeal to acquire Monsanto after the companies pledged to sell off additional assets to secure government antitrust approval.

Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper is predicting wider budget deficits and somewhat stronger economic growth over the coming years due to recent legislation to cut taxes and boost government spending.

President Trump warns Syria after chemical attack, North Korea ready to discuss denuclearization, and drug overdose deaths decline.

A landslide victory has left Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a position to cement both his authority at home and his influence in the European Union, potentially shifting the Continent’s balance of power.

Fashion labels like Isabella Wren and Shoes of Prey are delivering custom-made clothes and shoes from China to the U.S. within two weeks, using a “click, buy and make” business model.

In testimony to Congress, the Facebook chief is set to say the social-media giant didn’t do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm.

President Donald Trump promised to remedy the negative effects on U.S. farmers caught up in his administration’s trade dispute with China.

FirstEnergy is waging a lonely fight as it seeks to persuade the Trump administration to bail out its struggling coal and nuclear-power plants through an unprecedented emergency action that experts say would effectively end America’s largest competitive electricity market.

At Hong Kong-based womenswear boutique Isabella Wren, 3-D body scanners and proprietary algorithms allow customers to order perfectly fitting bespoke garments--no trips to the tailor involved.

More than 50 people have died this month from drinking bootleg alcohol in Indonesia, police and health officials said, including 11 on Monday.

Russian markets convulsed in the wake of new U.S. sanctions, as the ruble tumbled and domestic and foreign investors dumped Russian stocks.

Weak consumer lending risks becoming a headwind for an otherwise healthy economy, as lenders slow their credit card, auto and other loans.

Apple has rolled out a new tool to inform iPhone users about the health and longevity of their phones. The move comes months after the company came under fire for slowing older models without disclosing the practice to users.

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index rose 5.5% in March to 107.72.

In anticipation of air taxis from Uber and others, the builder of a 60-story condo tower is laying the groundwork for a ‘skyport’ on the roof.

The White House and some congressional Republicans are seeking to roll back a portion of the federal spending they approved just weeks ago. Lawrence Kudlow, the White House’s new National Economic Council director, said he was involved in planning what he called an “enhanced rescission package.”

Podcasts were a niche industry only a few years ago, but their hosts are now the rock stars of the touring circuit.

Deutsche Bank has a new chief executive, but Christian Sewing will find it much easier to change the tone of leadership than the bank’s destiny.

Ticket sales were the worst last year since 1995, prompting a nationwide theater revamp that echoes the multiplex boom. Cinemas today are offering fancy dining, high-tech screens and giant recliners to lure consumers away from Netflix and the couch.

Shares in United Co. Rusal, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers, lost half their value Monday, as the effect of U.S. sanctions on Russian companies and the tycoons that own them rippled across markets around the world.

Several missiles hit a military air base in Syria after an alleged chemical-weapons attack on a Damascus suburb killed dozens of civilians over the weekend and spurred calls for international action.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has run an exacting trial as the Justice Department seeks to block AT&T’s planned $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner.