CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The nation's opioid epidemic triggered a drop in the number of people able to work, hurting companies' ability to grow and leading to an increased investment in technologies to replace those workers, a new study from UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School found.

The study, which hasn't been published in an academic...Read more

PARIS -- In a dramatic move Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG), parent company of British Airways and several smaller European airlines, delivered Boeing a tremendous boost when he signed a deal to buy 200 Boeing 737 Max planes.

Walsh's stunning vote of confidence comes at a ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been hectoring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, and financial markets are screaming for a cut. This even though rates are historically low and the economy is sailing along, albeit with some recent gray clouds.

What's a central bank to do?

Fed policymakers are expected to stand pat on rates ...Read more

If there's anything that drives legitimate stem cell scientists up a wall, it's their being lumped in with clinics offering unwary customers supposedly effective disease treatments through stem cell injections.

So you can understand why a documentary series titled "The Healthcare Revolution," which is partially funded by a network of clinics ...Read more

Facebook unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new "global currency" in the form of a cryptocurrency called Libra on Tuesday, in collaboration with a slew of top players from the realms of technology and finance, including Visa, Mastercard, Uber and Spotify.

With billions of global users and tens of billions of dollars at its disposal, ...Read more

LONDON -- Facebook Inc.'s ambitious plan to roll out its own cryptocurrency ran into immediate political opposition in Europe, with calls for tighter regulation of the social-media giant.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the digital currency known as Libra shouldn't be seen as a replacement for traditional currencies.

"It is out of ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Americans gave less money to charities last year partly because the Republican tax law changes made many people ineligible for tax breaks that can inspire donations.

Giving by individuals fell an estimated 3.4%, after adjusting for inflation, last year, according to a report released Tuesday by Giving USA. The numbers reflect the ...Read more

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk turned to Twitter on Sunday to open up old wounds with one of Tesla's co-founders before announcing he had "deleted" his Twitter account.

Musk ripped into Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, stating that "Tesla is alive in spite of Eberhard, but he seeks credit constantly and fools give it (to) him." The tweet was ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Outdoor Research, a Seattle-based maker of tactical and outdoor gear, is opening a new production center in California to find workers with a skill that's declining in Seattle: sewing.

Since the company established its first factory in Seattle in the early '80s, its seam-sealed tactical gloves, which are meticulously stitched to lock...Read more

Q: I work with some people who always seem to be trying to make things more complicated than they need to be. They suggest adding forms for people to fill out to do just about anything, and the documentation needs seem to outweigh the actual work. Before it gets out of hand, how can I help rein this in? I'm not the manager so don't have ...Read more

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 massive aerospace and defense tie-up.

Investors haven't warmed to the deal, which would create a rebranded Raytheon ...Read more

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 merchandising officer, said in testimony to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that companies are running out of inventory ...Read more