ATLANTA — Home Depot handily beat expectations during the second quarter, bouncing back from a slow start to the year when terrible weather cooled construction projects. The world’s biggest home improvement retailer boosted its full-year...
McDonald’s is spending more than $140 million in the state as the fast food giant modernizes its restaurants with tech upgrades and a makeover, inside and out. Lindsay Wallin, a McDonald’s owner-operator, said 10 of the 13 stores...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as banks, retailers, and smaller companies jumped. That helped the market recover most of its losses from the previous two days. The Turkish lira steadied as officials from Turkey and the U.S. said the...
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber is still struggling to make money while the ride-hailing service's CEO deals with the headaches left behind by his predecessor. The second-quarter results released Wednesday show Uber's pioneering service...
NEW YORK — Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans’ love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who say the pieces that...
BOSTON — The chief executive of the agency that oversees Boston’s Logan International Airport announced that he plans to step down in November after six years on the job. Massachusetts Port Authority CEO Thomas Glynn announced the move...
TOKYO — Asian shares fell Thursday after deepening worries about global economic growth, particularly in China, set off a rout on Wall Street. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2 percent to 22,158.75 and the Hang Seng in...