Business

Legal services may be one of the last industries to be disrupted by technology, but the momentum is picking up.

Native American businesses generate more than $39 billion in annual income and employ around 208,000 workers, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Ranging from charter schools and financial institutions to construction and gambling industries, they successfully combine community strengths with entrepreneurship. Tribe-owned businesses have allowed Native Americans to re-invest and create new enterprises within […]

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump warned of further retaliation against China and accused Beijing of seeking to influence November midterms by targeting U.S. farmers and industrial workers in the escalating trade war. Trump sent two tweets on Sept. 18 blaming China as both parties announced they would slap new tariffs on each other. “China has openly stated that […]

LONDON—British Airways apologized on Sept. 7 after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the most serious attack on its website and app. The airline discovered on Sept. 5 that bookings made between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5 had been infiltrated in a “very […]

United Continental Holdings on Aug. 31 increased its checked bag fees on routes to and from North America, the Caribbean, and Central America, the company said, as it grapples with rising fuel costs. The parent company of the no. 3 U.S. airline will now charge $30 for the first checked bag on the routes, up from […]

NEW YORK—Global equity markets rallied on Sept. 18 as the latest tit-for-tat U.S.-Chinese trade dispute was seen as barely denting world growth, while U.S. Treasury yields rose in anticipation the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this year and next. China said it will levy tariffs on about $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, as […]

DUBLIN—Ireland has collected 13.1 billion euros ($15.2 billion) in disputed taxes from Apple plus interest of 1.2 billion euros, which it will hold in escrow pending an appeal against a European Union tax ruling, Ireland’s finance minister said Sept. 18. The European Commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives. Both […]