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Albertsons is suing Kroger for breach of contract and accusing it of failing to exercise its "best efforts" to get regulatory approval for the merger.

While the catch-all term "ESG" has become a political flash point, small-fund investors and retirement savers still have options to green their portfolio.

Republicans have threatened to unwind the final acts of the Biden administration once the they take control of the House, Senate and White House next year.

Inflation has proved incredibly stubborn over the fall, the November consumer price index shows.

Top officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a flurry of changes on Tuesday following an investigation into problems with the release of economics data earlier this year, one of which sparked accusations of data manipulation by Trump.

Squeezed by Western sanctions and soaring interest rates, Russia's businesses fear bankruptcy as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with the Ukraine war.

The Biden administration has pushed to disburse money for semiconductor manufacturing under the Chips and Science Act before Donald Trump takes office.

Beijing is responding to Biden administration actions decisively and swiftly -- a warning to Donald Trump that it will play hardball this time, analysts say.

Face-to-face talks between Nippon Steel and the United Steelworkers union failed to close the gap over the Japanese company's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel.

The move comes after the United States expanded the number of Chinese tech companies subject to export controls.