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Target took hit with IT glitches, but unclear how large
It's never good news when your company's trending hashtag is #TargetApocalypse.In an era of social media whiplash and ... Read More
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J.J. Abrams nears massive deal with WarnerMedia as race for Hollywood talent heats up
Director and producer J.J. Abrams, known for hit movies such as "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and TV shows including "Alias," is nearing a massive production deal with WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros. and ...Read more
First flight of Boeing's new 777X delayed at least until the fall
PARIS -- Boeing's big new 777X jet, the first of which rolled out of the Everett assembly plant in early March, cannot fly until at least the fall because of a problem with the new GE9X engine.
The long delay is a blow to...Read more
Why Stanford may be more affordable than a lot of state universities
Prestigious, selective, world-ranked are all ways to describe Stanford University. Add this to the list: bargain -- at least by some measures.
Students who graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree had the lowest ...Read more
10 years after Tribune Co. 'deal from hell,' Sam Zell and other former execs agree to pay $200M to settle leveraged buyout lawsuit
CHICAGO -- More than a decade after Tribune Co. went private in a leveraged buyout that saddled the company with $13 billion in debt and led to its bankruptcy, Sam Zell and dozens of former executives have agreed to pay $...Read more
So far, real estate dominates a tax break meant for businesses
Members of Congress who pushed for the "opportunity zone" provision in the 2017 federal tax law said it would help businesses and entrepreneurs in low-income communities. The tax break rewards investors for spending ...Read more
UTC and Raytheon CEOs defend merger to skeptical industry analysts
The chief executives of United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co. on Monday defended the proposed merger of their companies to skeptical industry analysts, the second time in a week they explained the rationale for the ...Read more
Best Buy says expanded electronics tariffs would cost consumers
WASHINGTON -- Best Buy Inc. warned Monday that a Trump administration threat to tax all Chinese-made consumer electronics up to 25 % "could be immediately passed on to U.S. consumers."
Jason Bonfig, Best Buy's chief ...Read more
A question at the Paris Air Show: Will Boeing CEO Muilenburg survive?
PARIS -- One of Boeing's biggest 737 MAX customers sharply criticized the company's handling of the crisis resulting from two recent crashes, and raised the stark question of whether Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive ...Read more
We break down Vanguard's 'How America Saves' 2019 report
Want some highlights of how Americans save for retirement? We read Vanguard's latest "How America Saves" 2019 report issued on Tuesday for trends and other takeaways.
Here are some key highlights from Vanguard's report on...Read more
Trustbusters, whose forebears broke up AT&T, weigh crusade vs. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
Once upon a time, our competition cops weren't afraid of giants. Federal regulators broke up Rockefeller's Standard Oil monopoly, kept DuPont from dominating military supply, and broke Ma Bell into what's now Verizon and ...Read more
Susan Tompor: How a 25-year-old hairstylist drives a six-figure Mercedes
Alex Pardoe, 25, is what some might dub the anti-millennial. Except, he's not really.
Much like others in their 20s or 30s, he's savvy about building a brand, marketing his talents and recognizing how to use Instagram and...Read more
The Journey: How to unload your debt burden
Americans' debt load has risen nearly 23% since 2013 -- despite record stock gains and low unemployment -- and that can't bode well for their future.
Household debt totaled almost $13.7 trillion in the first quarter, with...Read more
'This is farming like we've never done before.' Illinois hemp farmers face risks with first planting of newly legal crop
Thousands of young hemp plants dance in the breeze as fans blow through a loft on Trent Lawrence's organic produce farm. And once a day, they dance to Bob Marley.
"The plants have got to have a little tunes," Lawrence ...Read more
To beat the first frost, Midwestern farmers switch to faster-growing seed
Tim Velde had about half his corn planted before the weather near Hanley Falls, Minn., went sour in May. Then he had to switch seed to make sure his corn beat the first frost in the fall.
"I had to get something that ...Read more
New Airbus leadership steps out in Paris Air Show, talks climate change and trashes Boeing
PARIS -- The leadership of Airbus appeared at a press briefing ahead of the Paris Air Show on the company's 50th anniversary with an all-new team and a new style.
Chief executive Guillaume Faury led the group, talking ...Read more
'Men in Black: International' continues the summer box office's sequel slump
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood sequels have crashed and burned at the box office this summer, with just a handful of notable exceptions.
Sony's "Men in Black: International," a spinoff of the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones ...Read more
House Calls: No Broker Involved
Ms. Lank: I have a family member who would like to buy my senior parents' home in a closed sale (without a real estate agent) to avoid commissions. What are the pros and cons of such an arrangement? I'm a little weary of ...Read more
Target checkout registers malfunctioning across US
MINNEAPOLIS -- Long lines formed at Target stores across the nation Saturday after the retail giant's cash registers quit working, and shoppers reacted with amazement and frustration.
On Twitter, Facebook and other sites,...Read more
How hackers used little-known credit-card feature to defraud woman, $1.99 at a time
Whoever stole Leslie Robison's credit card number could have bought a new computer, a flat-screen TV, or an expensive trip overseas.
Instead, the thief tried to scam her just two bucks at a time.
In January, Robison ...Read more
Huawei has 56,492 patents and it's not afraid to use them
WASHINGTON -- As Huawei Technologies Co. comes under unrelenting pressure from the Trump administration, the Chinese telecom giant has one advantage that the U.S. can't undermine: a vast, global portfolio of patents on ...Read more
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- 10 years after Tribune Co. 'deal from hell,' Sam Zell and other former execs agree to pay $200M to settle leveraged buyout lawsuit
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