The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to a slowdown in layoffs.   The applications for first aid fell by 12,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was the lowest level since February and...

Japan's Kyocera said Monday it will invest $9.8 billion in chips over the next five years, as the country looks to take advantage of a global semiconductor boom. Japan is now the leading investor in chips, according to a new report from market re...

The US government has agreed to spend $36 billion to help pension funds of union workers, the White House said on Wednesday.   The move comes as Joe Biden, who is expected to sign an executive order soon that would roll back regulations pr...

The attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut have settled with Google and IHeartMedia over misleading ads.   The states filed charges against Google and IHeartMedia in September 2017 for allegedly violating a 2012 sett...

Amazon will shut down its online learning academy in India as it is not profitable, the e-commerce major said on Friday. The company had opened the global academy in India in partnership with National Institute of Technology Delhi (NITD) last year, t...