The Institute for Supply Management said on Friday that employment contracted in September for the fourth straight month. The employment barometer rose only slightly to 47.2% from 46.5% in the prior ...

The U.S. economy is very close to falling into a damaging contraction — and many states are already in a recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. Zandi estimates that ...

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The threat of mass layoffs makes this shutdown different, and the “reductions in force” could start in a day or two.

Shares of technology companies ticked down amid signs of exhaustion in a long-running artificial-intelligence rally. Shares of Palantir Technologies, which harnesses AI for military and other ...

Global Business Travel Group is working with SAP Concur to offer a joint platform called Complete. The stock advanced 2% to $8.16 in after-hours trading Friday. Trinseo is indefinitely suspending its ...

Metallus and the United Steelworkers Local 1123 have reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract. The agreement covers about 1,200 employees at the metal manufacturer's Canton, Ohio, ...

Ameren Missouri President and Chairman Mark Birk retired after 24 years with the company. The public utility company said Friday that Chief Financial Officer Michael Moehn was elected to replace Birk ...

The SPDR Select Sector Utilities exchange-traded fund, which tracks the utilities industry group of the S&P 500, rose 2.5% this week to test all-time highs.

Shares of energy companies rose as a slide in oil prices halted around the psychologically significant $60 per barrel level. Oil futures slid 7.4% to $60.88 a barrel for the week, as traders ...