Pigs raised by farmers are seen at Linquan county on December 5, 2018 in Fuyang, Anhui Province of China. Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China needs more pork imports than ever as the country grapples with an outbreak of a swine disease — and that could become …

A bottle of Diet Coke is pulled for a quality control test at a Coco-Cola bottling plant in Salt Lake City, Utah. George Frey | Getty Images Here are the most important things to know about Friday before you hit the door. 1. Earnings off to a strong start: Will …

Chris Britt, CEO, Chime Source: Chime Chime, the leading branchless bank in the U.S., is in the midst of a service outage that has left millions of customers without access to their accounts. Issues cropped up Wednesday, leaving users stranded at restaurants, parking garages and gas stations, unable to use …

Democratic presidential hopeful former US Vice President Joe Biden waves as he arrives onstage for the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season, co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on October 15, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty …

IBM’s stock tanked after earnings and investors should not expect the situation to improve any time soon. The technology company issued weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter, marking the fifth-straight quarter of falling revenue. IBM shares dropped over 5% after its Wednesday earnings. The stock stayed down on Thursday and …

Adam Neumann, co-founder and chief executive officer of WeWork, in April 2018. Jackal Pan | Visual China Group | Getty Images Last year WeWork boasted of becoming the biggest private tenant in Manhattan, London and Washington, D.C. Those feats have now become an albatross, and WeWork’s biggest investor, SoftBank, is …

A woman fuels her SUV at an Exxon Mobile gas station in Chicago. Getty Images If worldwide demand for SUVs continues to grow at its current pace, the carbon emissions from these larger vehicles will outweigh the benefits from electric vehicles, a new study from the International Energy Agency found. …

Semis stocks are down Thursday but surging this week. The SMH semiconductor ETF has rallied 3% in the past five sessions, outpacing gains by the S&P 500. “It definitely has been the leadership. It has also been the sign of the risk-on trade for the market. I think that even if …

Elaine Benes’ New York City apartment building from “Seinfeld” is on the market for $8.65 million — in reality it’s a townhouse that served as the exterior shot for Elaine’s home. Elaine was played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In 1995, the home, which is in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, was purchased by …

IBM shares moved 5% lower after the company issued weaker-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Wednesday. Here’s how IBM did: Earnings: Excluding certain items, $2.68 per share, vs. $2.67 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $18.03 billion, vs. $18.22 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. IBM’s …