Articles by Erin Slifka

The U.S. government is embarking on a push to persuade developing countries to shun Chinese telecommunications equipment, offering financial assistance to use alternatives that Washington says are safer and have fewer strings attached.

The tax law that lowered the U.S. corporate tax rate when Republicans held power in 2017 could vanish next month, upending the planning companies had done around the 21% rate.

Seven months into the pandemic, many professionals say they like flexible schedules, but miss colleagues and clients and cite frustrations such as Zoom fatigue.

A surge of federal spending to combat the coronavirus and cushion the U.S. economy, coupled with a drop-off in federal revenues amid widespread shutdowns and layoffs, contributed to the widening deficit.

While AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all use Apple’s high-speed cellular capabilities to promote their networks, their pitches differ.

With so much going its way already, one might wonder why Amazon.com keeps bothering with Prime Day. The answer is that it seems to have become a profitable endeavor.

The South offers a stark example of what happens to an economy when measures are less stringent: Lowest unemployment rates in the nation, relatively strong job openings—but bigger rise in infections and deaths.

As utilities seek approval to invest millions of dollars in upgrading their infrastructure to accommodate car charging, their efforts are drawing opposition from consumer advocates, oil companies and startups.

When the New York Post published articles based on email exchanges with Hunter Biden, social-media companies saw the situation as one they spent years preparing for. Their actions drew a mixture of support and criticism.

CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube-parent Alphabet Inc. will appear before a Senate committee on Oct. 28 to face questioning about their policies for moderating content on their internet platforms.