Microsoft hit an overall market capitalization of $812.9 billion, just ahead of Apple’s $812.6 billion

Microsoft briefly overtook Apple on Monday as the world’s most valuable company by market capitalization before slipping back into second place.

General Motors (GM) plans to halt production at five factories in North America and cut more than 14,000 jobs.

Britain’s parliament seizes confidential Facebook documents as it looks into privacy policies.

San Francisco firm backed by Uber puts 50 e-bikes on to streets of Milton Keynes

Industrial conglomerate United Technologies is planning to break itself into three independent companies now that it has sealed its $23 billion acquisition of aviation electronics maker Rockwell Collins.

Canadian oil and gas companies finding little love in the stock market are repurchasing their neglected shares, driving a rise in share buybacks that’s already reached a record high this year.

On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who is the League leader, hinted at the possibility of tweaking the deficit goal, saying “no one is stuck” to the 2.4 percent target.

Dolce&Gabbana learns the hard way: Don’t mess with China and its 770 million internet users.

World markets mostly are up on hopes for an easing in the U.S.-China trade war, an interim deal on Brexit, and as the volatile price of oil stabilized.

Foot traffic at malls and stores across the U.S. this past holiday weekend wasn’t as strong as last year, a retail tracking firm said Saturday, while a separate report suggested more consumers opted to shop online.