WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity in the October-December quarter fell by the largest amount in 39 years as the coronavirus pandemic roiled the labor market. Productivity […]

Ken Frazier, the longtime chief executive of Merck and one of the few remaining Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, is retiring. Frazier, Merck’s […]

David Wichmann is stepping down as chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer and Minnesota’s largest company. Andrew Witty, the head of […]

LONDON — The Bank of England opted against another monetary stimulus on Thursday amid rising optimism over the British economy’s prospects later this year in […]

UnitedHealth Group is promoting former GlaxoSmithKline leader Sir Andrew Witty to become the health insurance provider’s next CEO immediately. The company said Thursday that current […]

NEW YORK — Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. The book […]

TOKYO — Japanese space experts said Thursday they will examine soil samples brought back from a distant asteroid in an attempt to find the source […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. productivity fell sharply in the October-December quarter while labor costs rose. The Labor Department reported Thursday that productivity dropped at a 4.8% […]

Merck posted a big fourth-quarter loss due to a hefty charge and higher spending on research, production and overhead. The company also announced Ken Frazier, […]

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined to 779,000 last week, a still-historically high total that shows that a sizable number of […]