A measure of SpaceX’s credit risk surged to a fresh high and the company’s bonds weakened in the secondary market on Wednesday, following reports the company is in talks with banks and investors to raise $40 billion to buy chips from Nvidia Corp.

The state would be the first to block an industry that has been connected to a deadly lung disease in workers.

In the race for A.I. computing power, hundreds of new projects are coming online across the country — and they’re getting bigger.

Rising borrowing costs are taking a toll on households and businesses. But they are doing little to dampen enthusiasm for investments in A.I. infrastructure, which are contributing to inflation.

Mavis, Midas and Pep Boys are on a tear across the country as the average car is a historic 13 years old and more complex than ever

Here are the key takeaways for the US employment report for September, released Friday:

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has vowed to avoid sending clear signals to investors on where interest rates are headed. His top deputies made clear this week they’re willing to oblige — and inv...

The September employment report will give Federal Reserve officials little reason to change their underlying view of the economy, and it removes one potential obstacle to holding interest rates steady...

The economy added fewer jobs in September and unemployment ticked up, while inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.

With prices at record highs and inventory locked up, house hunters are left with dwindling financing options.

To be successful, a weight-loss company must profess care for more than its customers’ waistline.

Yields on 10-year Treasuries soar half a percentage point in worst month in four years

Pledge comes as container shipping through key Bab al-Mandeb Strait reaches highest level in almost three years

The Trump administration has allowed US cargo ships to make over 200 trips past the blockade to Cuba, helping stave off a humanitarian and immigration crisis even as it pushes to topple the government.

A region defined by conflict and dynamism is reconstituting itself and the world.

There are shifts underway, but for now the ground remains stable.

Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US.

The Marmot PreCip Eco Pants, which come in men’s and women’s sizes and multiple lengths, are the pants that kept us comfortable and dry through wet weather.

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

Suddenly the technology is sapping people’s concentration in a new way, one that abstaining from AI won’t fix.

Amazon plans 1,000 same-day fulfillment centers to challenge Walmart and bring inventory within 10 miles of most Prime customers in the US.

OpenAI won’t go public in this year as the artificial intelligence company focuses on addressing safety-related concerns around the technology, Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman told Fortune in an in...

Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.

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Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college graduates.

By Lori-Ann LaRocco – The payout to vessel owners damaged in the Iran War is the second-biggest payout for marine underwriters in more than a decade, according to maritime insurance...

The region is showing what happens when challenges to tech and wealth converge, a contrast to booming San Francisco.

Tim Cook isn’t just passing the torch, he’s handing over one of the corporate world’s biggest successes.

Canada’s planned retaliation against US tariffs may help protect some domestic manufacturers, but it will increase costs and leave many industries worse off, according to a study from Oxford Economics.

Plus: Canada Goose bull turns bearish

Meta Platforms Inc.’s plan to pay up to $18 billion in a sweeping settlement with almost every US state will resolve a slew of legal claims related to teenage users on the company’s social media platforms.

Revolution Medicines’ therapy slows a cancer that kills seven out of eight patients within five years.