Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.  On the biggest shopping day of the year, U.K.-based trade union GMB is organizing a protest …

Overstock plans to sell its decades-old retail business in the next few months to make way for a full-blown bet on blockchain. The previously announced sale plans could go through as soon as February, the company’s CEO told the Wall Street Journal in a report published Friday. Overstock founder and …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. President Donald Trump on Friday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a “badly needed” criminal justice reform bill. But while …

Matthew Horwood | Getty Images Hillary Clinton at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 15, 2017 in Cheltenham, England. European leaders should push for greater control over immigration in order to deal with the rise of populist politics, according to former Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton. “I think Europe needs …

Maike Elan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Motorcyclists pass vendors selling food in a market at night in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The trade war between the Washington and Beijing is pushing many global companies to rethink the manufacturing and fabrication work they now …

Niklas Halle’n – WPA Pool/Getty Images Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (R) and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal is the “worst of all worlds,” opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in the House of Commons on Thursday. His …

First it was Vine, then Yik Yak, then HQ Trivia: Mobile apps that shot up in downloads and took the digital world by storm. Almost just as suddenly, they all fell from public favor and off the top charts. TikTok, the latest app to skyrocket in popularity, recently unseated Instagram, …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Information about Facebook stock shares is displayed on a monitor as traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the closing bell, November 19, 2018 in New York City.  A collection of hedge funds’ favorite stock picks …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Facebook is appealing a £500,000 ($639,255.40) fine from the U.K.’s privacy watchdog …

Michael Regan | Getty Images Caleb Ekuban of Leeds reacts to Aston Villa’s first goal during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Leeds United at Villa Park on April 13, 2018 in Birmingham, England “Concluding these negotiations has indeed been challenging, as is the case when managing …