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Cruz Foam has launched a packaging line to displace polystyrene peanuts and bubble wrap in ecommerce.

The competition regulator said Microsoft's $69 billion takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard could harm competition in the U.K. gaming market.

Schools, corporate boardrooms and social media are abuzz with talk about ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by AI startup OpenAI.

Biden renewed his call for levying a tax on billionaires, continued his fight against junk fees, cracked down on monopolistic practices and high drug prices.

Alibaba joins a flurry of technology firms including Google and Baidu to respond to OpenAI and Microsoft's ChatGPT AI chatbot.

Societe Generale on Wednesday reported a 64% drop in annual net profits for 2022 and said the new year will be challenging.

Meituan's hiring spree is in contrast to Silicon Valley technology giants from Microsoft to Alphabet that have laid off thousands of workers.

Crude oil loadings from Turkey's Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan terminal in the Mediterranean have been suspended, following earthquakes that devastated Turkey and Syria.

Altogether, the five Big Oil companies reported combined profits of $196.3 billion last year, more than the economic output of most countries.

ByteDance's Douyin is trialing a food delivery service in China "that enables merchants to promote and sell 'group-buying' packages."

China's economy will expand by 5% in 2023, Fitch Ratings said in a revised forecast on Wednesday – an improved outlook from its previous 4.1% growth prediction from December.

Maersk, one of the world's largest container shipping firms, on Wednesday reported the best full-year result in its history.

Wholesale egg prices have declined by over 50% from their recent record highs. Retail prices may soon follow, but that's not a sure thing.

Zoom on Tuesday announced plans to cut about 1,300 workers, or 15% of its workforce, according to a blog post shared to the company's website.

The world's biggest drone maker DJI found itself embroiled in the Russia-Ukraine conflict last year.

The hotel is scheduled to open in 2025 on a 22-hectare estate called Burnham Beeches, located 25 miles from Melbourne in the Dandenong mountain range.

Satya Nadella said A.I.-powered search is the biggest thing to happen to the company in the nine years he's been CEO.

A copper deficit is set to inundate global markets throughout 2023, fueled by increasingly challenged South American supply streams and higher demand pressures.

A Chinese spy balloon was shot down on orders of President Joe Biden, and his administration is considering other actions, Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell spoke Wednesday in a question-and-answer session at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.