US Business

U.S. consumers are digging deeper into their wallets to cover rising costs of essentials such as rent and utilities as inflation spreads.

The federal antitrust enforcer is investigating U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a private-equity-owned company that has built a large presence in Texas, Colorado and Florida.

The ratings company revised its outlook to negative from stable, saying recent tax-cutting plans could weaken the U.K.’s fiscal position.

The startup commercial-truck maker is setting more modest production expectations as its founder goes to court on securities-fraud charges.

Exxon is arguing against the push to get energy companies to slow overseas shipments and stash more fuel in storage tanks.

Carrier says it was unable to secure a permanent position at JFK, and remained too small to compete at New York airport.

McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway and others spend to halt effort to set fast food wages at up to $22 an hour.

Text messages produced as evidence for Twitter trial reveal cacophony of voices surrounding Tesla CEO, who responded to one, “This makes it seem like I’m desperate.”

Altria Group said it is preparing to end its noncompete agreement with Juul Labs, giving Juul’s largest shareholder the flexibility to acquire another e-cigarette brand or develop its own new vaping products.

The company’s net loss ballooned to $366 million, and gross margin declined to 27.7% of sales as it cleared inventory it was unable to sell at full price.