Walmart warns it’s in for a tough year

Walmart had a strong holiday shopping season, but the year ahead will be more challenging for America’s largest retailer.Read More
Dow drops by nearly 700 points as retail earnings disappoint

US stocks dropped on Tuesday afternoon after fourth-quarter earnings and forecasts from mega-retailers like Walmart and Home Depot raised concerns about the strength of demand from the US consumer.Read More
Home Depot to spend $1 billion more on hourly workers

Home Depot said it will increase pay and benefits for front line hourly staff by $1 billion this year, another sign of a tighter labor market and rising wages across the US economy.Read More
Justice Kagan voices concern on whether Supreme Court should step in. Listen why

Supreme Court justices appeared broadly concerned about the potential unintended consequences of allowing websites to be sued for their automatic recommendations of user content, highlighting the challenges facing attorneys who want to hold Google accountable for suggesting YouTube videos created by terrorist groups.Read More
Analysis: The future of the internet? Don’t ask the Supreme Court

Nine justices set out Tuesday to determine what the future of the internet would look like if the Supreme Court were to narrow the scope of a law that some believe created the age of modern social media.Read More
In New York, 2 Teens’ Deaths Underscore Dangers of ‘Subway Surfing’

In New York, incidents of people riding outside of train cars have more than quadrupled in one year. Two recent deaths show the dangers of a trend stoked by social media.Read More
Supreme Court Weighs Tech Company Protections in Google Case

The case, concerning a law that gives websites immunity for suits based on their users’ posts, has the potential to alter the very structure of the internet.Read More
Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason

Caustic accusations by the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suggest that his vaunted access to Vladimir Putin may be on the wane.Read More