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Chicago-based Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. reported better-than-expected earnings for a fourth straight quarter on Nov. 6, 2018. ADM is successfully navigating markets battered by both the the trade war and droughts from Argentina to Russia.

Agribusiness giant ADM shows there’s money to be made in trade war

December 11, 2018 at 8:10 p.m.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the 116-year-old agribusiness giant, is shaping up as one of the few crop-trading houses to benefit from President Donald Trump's trade war with China. On Tuesday, the Chicago-based...

Visa predicts 100 million of its cards in the U.S. will be converted to contactless, which users tap against payment terminals, by the end of 2019.

Paying with credit: You used to swipe your card, now you insert it. Soon you’ll tap it.

December 11, 2018 at 8:07 p.m.

Starting about three years ago, Americans were asked to insert — or “dip” — their credit cards at the checkout instead of swiping them. Now they'll soon be tapping. Starting...

Customers browse apparel at a renovated Sears store, Oct. 4, 2018 at Oakbrook Center.

Sears chairman keeps his cash on sidelines as retailer plans to auction top stores

December 11, 2018 at 8:10 p.m.

For once, Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert is keeping his wallet in his pocket. Sears is closing in on a deal with new lenders to finance it through its...

A woman waits for an Uber ride at Kingdom Center shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia owns more than 10 percent of Uber. That could be tricky.

December 11, 2018 at 8:09 p.m.

Even as Uber’s lawyers finalized the details of the deal, they still couldn't quite believe it would really happen. The Saudi Arabia government was set to give the San Francisco...

A U.S. Air Force E-3, commonly known as AWACS, is seen Oct. 31, 2018, at Orland Air Base during a military exercise near Brekstad, Norway. The Air Force terminated a Boeing contract to update the radar on AWACS surveillance aircraft after the company hit major delays.

Air Force scraps Boeing’s $76M upgrade of surveillance plane’s radar

December 11, 2018 at 8:12 p.m.

The Air Force terminated a Boeing contract to update the radar on its flagship AWACS surveillance aircraft after the company encountered major delays in developing hardware and software, according to...

Sources say Amazon's HQ2 search is nearly ended. Amazon is close to deals to split the new headquarters between two locales, said one person. One is the Crystal City area of Arlington, Va., two people said. Another is Long Island City, in New York's Queens borough, others said.

Amazon close to agreements placing HQ2 in New York, Northern Virginia

December 11, 2018 at 8:09 p.m.

Amazon.com's yearlong search for a second headquarters is nearing an end, people with knowledge of the matter said. The e-commerce giant is close to agreements that would split the new...

WP-Bloomberg correction: CLIMATE-RATS-COMMENT

December 11, 2018 at 7:56 p.m.

This correction refers to CLIMATE-RATS-COMMENT (Flam, Bloomberg Opinion) that moved Nov. 4. --- A Bloomberg Opinion column about climate change and rats provided an incorrect academic affiliation for rat expert...

Store manager Sonni Sanders searches for gowns on Jan. 20, 2014, at David's Bridal in Los Angeles. The Pennsylvania company is making preparations for a bankruptcy filing if the retailer can't reach an out-of-court deal with its creditors, according to sources.

David’s Bridal weighs bankruptcy ahead of debt deal

December 12, 2018 at 3:28 p.m.

David's Bridal is making preparations for a bankruptcy filing if the retailer can't reach an out-of-court deal with its creditors, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The goal...

A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City. Experts warn of a rat population explosion as the climate warms.

Climate change is scary. ‘Rat explosion’ is way scarier.

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

What’s so scary about climate change? The term is not scary — at least not in a visceral, skin-crawling sense. Scientists have shown that the likely 2 degrees of global...

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett is seen in May 2018. Buffett poured more money into stock purchases last quarter than he has in more than four years and spent $928 million on share buybacks during a few weeks in August.

Warren Buffett has stacks of cash and few places to put it, so he spends nearly $1 billion on share buybacks

December 11, 2018 at 7:49 p.m.

The world's most famous stock-picker showed a growing appetite for equities in the third quarter -- including a rare move to buy his own firm's shares. Now, October's market slide...

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