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Experian, the world's biggest consumer credit monitoring firm, on Thursday disclosed a massive data breach that exposed sensitive personal data of some 15 million people who applied for service with T-Mobile US Inc. Conn...

Volkswagen has been rocked by revelations that it cheated in its US emissions tests. Matthew Partridge looks at what went wrong at the German car maker. The post Volkswagen: what went wrong? was first published on MoneyW...

Lafayette Parish School System employees and retirees won't face any changes to their health insurance premiums or deductibles next year. …

After seven years of the political drama known as "Obamacare," you might think voters would be tired of big ideas for revamping health care. If so, the presidential candidates seem to have missed the memo. …

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Twitter shares tanked 8.4 percent on Thursday, reversing gains bagged the day before after a report that Jack Dorsey's appointment as permanent CEO was imminent. The unconfirmed report sent Twitter's...

The tobacco provision remains tentative, but its inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations would be a major victory for public-health advocates.

The Government Development Bank said the money was crucial to its ability to make coming payments to bondholders.

Apple has made an agreement to lease a large piece of real estate in Sunnyvale, California on which it plans to occupy a second “spaceship” office building. And if recent reports about the scale of Apple’s electric...

Volvo hopes to create 4,000 jobs and invest $1 billion at its Berkeley County automobile plant by 2030. …

A weak September employment report doesn't mean the job market is in trouble, but investors aren't taking any chances.

Novozymes has co-founded a not-for-profit incubator that will co-invest in for-profit impact ventures in partnership with large corporations What is the best way for multinational corporations to contribute to the achiev...

A maker of luxury hybrid cars gets a new incarnation.

Congress should consider making financial stability another goal of monetary policy in addition to low inflation and maximum employment, according to a new paper released Friday by Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren.

A weak employment report sent investors piling into U.S. government bonds Friday, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note tumbling below 2% for the first time in more than a month.

Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post's daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a special focus on policy and government.Here's what's affecting my small busine...

Since January 2015, Uganda's local currency has lost around a quarter of its value against the US dollar.

Transport secretary calms fears that owners of cars caught cheating emissions tests might be forced to pay higher vehicle excise duty linked to pollution Volkswagen drivers in Britain whose vehicle was fitted with a devi...

The U.K. consumer financial watchdog is right to call time on one of the country's biggest bank scandals, missold payment protection insurance.

Number of £1m-plus mortgages granted to lenders has risen by a fifth, with private banks main funders of central London trophy properties Britain's property bubble has created a new phenomenon: the rise of the £1m mort...

Traders positioned themselves ahead of a U.S. jobs report and rig-count data due later in the trading day.

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