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State attorneys general accuse the Android and Play Store operator of diminishing competition. Google says the suit is motivated by users wanting benefits of software without paying.

The pandemic changed the makeup of staffs at companies from Costco to American Airlines, fueling sometimes counterintuitive changes in median employee pay last year.

The president’s sweeping new executive order to spur competition targets big tech companies in ways that could fundamentally alter how they do business.

The city could use a boost for its crucial trade-show industry after the pandemic left it silent. Here’s how one of the first big post-lockdown expos looked on the ground.

The ride-sharing giant gave regulators in Beijing the impression it would pause the IPO. It told bankers in New York it had a green light. The resulting backlash has cast a fresh pall over China’s tech giants.

Plan encourages federal agencies to adopt policies that push back against corporate consolidation and practices that the White House says stifle competition and lead to higher prices and fewer product choices.

The entrepreneur’s planned journey to the edge of space could bolster interest in trips, but widespread travel there is probably still years off.

The tobacco maker said the acquisition of the U.K.’s Vectura for $1.24 billion in cash is part of its evolution into a broader healthcare and wellness company.

Shale companies pumped with abandon anytime oil prices rose sharply last decade. But as crude tops $70 a barrel, they are barely doing enough to sustain U.S. production.

The company and its partner BioNTech are also developing an updated version of their vaccine to better protect against the Delta variant.