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The encrypted messaging platform is allowed to bring the service to a maximum of 20 million users, up from a limit of one million but far from all of its more than 400 million users in India.

Toyota raised its full-year operating profit estimate by nearly $8 billion, adding its name to the list of big car makers benefiting from an upsurge in Chinese and American demand for vehicles.

The social-media company has announced new measures to restrict the spread of false and possibly dangerous material.

Consumers holed up during the pandemic redirected their travel and entertainment dollars toward pizza, videogames, home-exercise equipment and luxury goods, according to several corporate updates Thursday.

Food delivery continues to be a bright spot for the ride-hailing operator, but it hasn’t offset an overall revenue decline.

Gig-economy companies won passage of a California ballot measure protecting their contract-worker systems, a major victory the companies hope will help them beat back challenges to their business models elsewhere.

Mobile-phone chip-making giant Qualcomm reported strong quarterly earnings, boosted by Apple’s new iPhone 12 and other smartphones capable of connecting to superfast 5G networks.

With the presidential race and control of the Senate still undecided, many corporate leaders foresee a clouded path through the pandemic and other immediate business challenges.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was dismissed by Pentagon brass during its early years. But now, the billionaire entrepreneur and his company are enjoying more success than ever in snaring Pentagon business.

The biotech giant received a big boost after U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulators appeared to give a positive assessment of the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug, sending shares up 40%.