The gross domestic product reading fell short of the 0.4% growth that economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected. Hiring in the U.S. private sector slowed markedly in April, with 62,000 ...

The U.S. technology giant said Wednesday that it plans to increase its data-center capacity within the EU over the next two years, with a view to having cloud operations in more than 200 data centers ...

The estimate of modest growth in March comes after GDP declined 0.2% month-over-month in February to 2.287 trillion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of $1.653 trillion. That was weaker than the flat ...

With help from the exit from unprofitable plans, Humana reported first-quarter net income that jumped 66.8% from a year ago to $1.69 billion. Adjusted earnings per share, which excludes nonrecurring ...

Online marketplace Etsy Inc., which reported first-quarter results early Wednesday, said it is staying "nimble" amid the global tariff war and fluctuations in consumer confidence.

Advance information indicates GDP increased 0.1% month-over-month in March. "Canada GDP Ticks Up After 0.2% Decline in February," at 08:35 ET, mistated the month as February. A defensive posture, ...

The weakness marked sthe first retreat in GDP since November, following growth of 0.4% in January, the strongest pace in nine months. Economists were expecting flat monthly GDP, in line with the data ...

Microsoft plans to expand its cloud and artificial-intelligence operations in the European Union, including with a network of new data centers, as businesses in the bloc pressure policymakers to ...

The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in three years, reflecting a surge in imports ahead of President Trump's tariffs and a slowdown in consumer spending.

OPEC+ shocked the market earlier this month with plans to ramp up crude output, setting up oil prices for their worst monthly performance in years. Now the group of oil producers might add even more ...

Novartis is set to buy U.S. biotech Regulus Therapeutics for up to $1.7 billion in a move to boost its renal-disease pipeline. The Swiss pharma giant said Wednesday that it would pay Regulus ...

The S&P 500 SPX is looking at a 0.9% drop for April, which is an improvement on a 5.7% March drop, thanks to calm seen in the latter half of the month. Nonetheless, many investors and Wall Street ...