Bears are known for hibernating, but its the bulls in the oil market that might as well settle in for a long nap, according to Wells Fargo. The bank expects the current bear market for crude oil to last another five to 10 years, Wells Fargo Investment Research Analyst Austin …

He fought with distinction and held almost every major office in Britain. He commanded a country in the midst of world war and is credited with inventing the social safety net. He has been called an imperialist and a warmonger. A drunk and a racist. He won the Nobel Prize …

The U.S. economy created 261,000 jobs in October as the economy rebounded from hurricane-related disruptions. But as always, there are industries that are doing better or worse in terms of employment each month. Here are the net changes by industry for the month of October. The leisure and hospitality industry …

The current leg of his world tour for the album, his third LP, wraps up with four nights at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., starting Tuesday, Nov. 7. The tour will come to a handful of American cities in December, but this stop in the Los Angeles area is most …

U.S. employers hired significantly more people in October than last year but only slightly more than in September, according to the LinkedIn Workforce Report. Hiring across the U.S. was 24.1 percent higher last month than a year earlier, the data showed. The seasonally adjusted hiring figure was just 0.3 percent …

When Thomson first proposed an opera about 19th-century America to Stein, his longtime collaborator, she immersed herself in the era’s literature and political speeches, and remarked in a letter that “if it comes off it will be a most erudite opera.” Still, she hoped to write a work that “would …

Jordan Klepper on Political Correctness Video by Comedy Central On “The Opposition,” Jordan Klepper pulled out a gaslight as he tried to justify some of the Trump administration’s public statements. Later, he discussed Mr. Trump’s recent suggestion that “we’re so politically correct that we’re afraid to do anything.” “He’s right. …

Brent Lewin| Bloomberg | Getty Images The mobile-messaging application WhatsApp is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in this photograph taken on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. WhatsApp was hit by a major outage on Friday morning, preventing people around the globe from using the world’s most popular messaging app. Users …

Flaunting the rules has been one of his favorite sports from the start. Born and raised in Charleston, S.C., where his father is a family physician, he fell for the rebellious attitude of punk music and skateboarding culture while a teenager. (He took the title “Damaged” from the 1981 Black …

Antoine Antoniol | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Airbus A320 aircraft (L) and an Airbus A321 (R) stand on the tarmac at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. Air France-KLM has also been benefiting from a return of U.S. and Asian passengers to Europe this year after attacks …