Financially speaking, the billionaire’s buyout of the social media network breaks all the usual rules.

It’s highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks. But Twitter’s board ran out of options.

Warren Buffett, at the conglomerate’s annual meeting, said Berkshire had been buying stock in the video game company Activision. And dissident shareholder proposals failed.

Dozens of countries have thrown up trade barriers in the past two months to protect scarce supplies of food and commodities, but experts say the policies will only exacerbate a global food crisis.

Are travelers missing out by not playing the credit-card game in search of first-class tickets? Our new Tripped Up columnist considers the fees and the benefits of two cards.

Amazon benefited from the coronavirus pandemic as people flocked to online shopping. Now, shoppers’ behavior has shifted.

While the company did better in its first three months of the year than many of its tech peers, it warned that Covid problems in China will be an issue.

Content moderators warn that Elon Musk doesn’t appear to understand the issues that he and the company will face if he drops its guardrails around speech.

The overall figure understates the recovery because inventories needed less rebuilding and consumer spending widened the trade deficit.