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The economic costs of a potential Pelosi-Schumer victory.

Tariffs on steel and aluminum are driving up the value of shipments of metals being produced domestically, but they have little effect on the quantity being churned out.

As a kid, Mr. Rubin sold vegetable seeds and homemade stationery. Today, the e-commerce entrepreneur owns businesses such as Fanatics and Rue Gilt Groupe, and is worth an estimated $3 billion.

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Tariffs on steel and aluminum are driving up the value of shipments of metals being produced domestically, but they have little effect on the quantity being churned out.

Once hailed for her resistance in a Russian court, the Ukrainian now stands accused of plotting a coup. Her saga shows how this troubled country has become a political hall of mirrors, rife with suspicion, paranoia and uncertainty.

From General Electric to Siemens, industrial giants are racing to build turbines as big as skyscrapers and more powerful than any that exist today. The potential prize in this engineering derby? Dominance over a multibillion-dollar offshore wind market that is set to boom in coming decades.

A battle for control over Australia’s ruling coalition, fueled by policy disputes and personal vendettas, ended with Scott Morrison taking Malcolm Turnbull’s place as prime minister, but failed to close the rift that threatens the Liberal Party, the country’s dominant conservative force.

As cars gather information on us, the best defense is to have no secrets. Where Joe Queenan gets his poppy bagels and guitar strings.

The rise of “intangible capital” such as software, patents, intellectual property and innovative business processes explains much of the weakness in private capital investment since 2000, according to new research presented at the Jackson Hole economic symposium.

President Trump said he canceled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to North Korea planned for next week, due to a lack of progress in nuclear talks with Pyongyang.

Hurricane Lane bears down on Hawaii, Jeff Sessions fires back at attacks by President Trump, and why the American Dream is getting smaller.

The struggle for small business: finding workers willing to relocate when offered a job.

Spain’s government said the remains of Francisco Franco, the dictator who died in 1975, will be removed from a public mausoleum in coming months.

Across swaths of South America, sympathy is giving way to resentment over the 2.3 million Venezuelans the U.N. estimates have fled to neighboring countries since 2014. We look at one Brazilian town along the border—the sole road crossing between the two nations.

Defense and aerospace companies are accelerating plans to develop new types of missiles and satellites in an effort to capitalize on President Trump’s proposed military branch devoted to space warfare.

Lloyd’s of London, which controls about a fifth of the global marine insurance market, is reviewing a number of loss-making members of its marine unit, a move that could drive up costs for insuring the world’s ocean carriers.

Cigna and Express Scripts shareholders overwhelmingly supported Cigna’s $54 billion purchase of the pharmacy-benefit manager, a deal that activist investor Carl Icahn initially sought to block.

Four stadiums around the country where visitors can take in the surreal rituals of Japanese baseball. Plus: Essential advice on buying tickets and not getting kicked out.

American wine lovers are, for the most part, in the dark about Sauternes, the great sweet white of Bordeaux. And that’s too bad, because it tends to be one of the finest values around.

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court confirmed Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in last month’s presidential election, batting away opposition allegations of rigging in the first vote since the ouster of Robert Mugabe.

What We’re Watching Trump’s Travels: The president is going to Ohio, where he will visit Nationwide Children’s Hospital, meet with supporters, and speak to the Ohio Republican Party’s state dinner. Jerome Powell: He gives his first speech at the economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., as Fed chairman. The big question is whether he will […]

A new invention allows people to register their annoyance with an inexpensive gizmo, swamping airport systems; power users in San Diego

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