Any economic change such as a Fed rate increase brings good news and bad news. Here's what it means for you. Since the Great Recession started eight years ago, the Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate near zero as a way to strengthen ...

The town is talking about the major announcements made Friday morning by The Dow Chemical Co. Business and economic officials in Midland and around the Great Lakes Bay Region are discussing the implications of a “merger of equals” between Dow ...

Another drop in the price of oil rattled stock investors around the world on Friday, with steep losses in Europe and the US, where a major market index ended its worst week since the summer.

Elon Musk has unveiled his latest big-money project: saving humanity from destruction by artificial intelligence. The man who made his billions from PayPal and who has gambled a chunk of his fortune on the race for space, has warned frequently that AI ...

The rise of the new, online sharing economy may be promoting racial discrimination according to a new survey that found AirBnB hosts are biased against guests with “black” names.

The U.S. Navy's new stealth destroyer, the future USS Zumwalt, assisted in the rescue of a fisherman who had a medical emergency early Saturday off the Maine coast, officials said.

When you hear the word "Kickstarter," you probably think of campaigns asking for your money. This time, though, the crowdfunding website is using its own money to fund a project: one that aims to discover why Zano mini-drone, the most-funded campaign ...

China's Alibaba Group Holding announced today that it will acquire Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper the South China Morning Post, as the company deepens its media push.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Even as Oklahoma's economy was roaring thanks to an oil boom, state services like education felt the pinch because costly tax cuts and incentives ate up much of the surplus revenue.

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, a drone is demonstrated in Brigham City, Utah. Researchers say there have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government's definition of a near midair ...