The Trump administration extended a license Monday allowing rural telecom providers to continue working with Chinese equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. despite national security-related restrictions imposed six months ago. The Commerce Department has added 90 days to the duration of a...

Fibrosis, or scarring in the body's organs, is becoming an increasingly hot market as drugmakers make headway in stopping its progression. Roche is buying Promedior for $1.39B in cash and milestones to secure a drug that could treat the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and...

Walmart Inc. said sales rose in the most recent quarter, a sign that the retail behemoth continues to take market share from competitors and benefit from strong consumer spending ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. U.S. comparable sales, those from stores and websites operating for at...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s leaders used the code "Project Orange" to discuss the company's blockbuster initial public offering in 2014. Now they are close to seeing the fruition of "Project Tangerine," the internal name for their effort to raise roughly $13 billion in a secondary listing in...

Walt Disney Co.’s big streaming debut arrived with technical glitches that the company blamed on unexpectedly high demand. The company’s new flagship service, called Disney+, launched Tuesday and immediately caused technical issues for some users, many of whom took to social media to complain...

That's certainly true for Boeing investors who want new information about the company's troubled 737 MAX jet - grounded since mid-March following the second fatal crash of the jet in the space of a few months. Investors got what they wanted - an update about the MAX from the commercial aerospace...

Consumer confidence ticked slightly higher in early November, although a gauge of current economic conditions trended downward. The University of Michigan said Friday its preliminary index of November consumers sentiment was 95.7, up slightly from 95.5 at the end of October. Economists surveyed...

Walt Disney Co.'s hit movies, led by "The Lion King" and "Toy Story 4," once again helped drive strong quarterly results. But the company is largely looking beyond the theater for its future, focusing instead on reasons for folks to stay home. Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger has spent...

BMW AG reported a jump in third-quarter earnings, and its finance chief said the car maker's efficiency measures are bearing fruit. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 33% to 2.29 billion euros ($2.54 billion), while revenue rose 7.9% to EUR26.67 billion, the German luxury car maker (BMW.XE)...

Air France-KLM (AF.FR) is initiating a plan to boost profitability and optimize operations over the next five years, the company said Tuesday. The Franco-Dutch carrier said its new strategic guidelines include refocusing on passenger revenue growth and analyzing consolidation options. As for...