Clues gathered by investigators are increasingly pointing to a potential maintenance error suspected of touching off the rapid sequence of events leading up to last month’s Lion Air jet crash, which killed 189 people.

Microsoft briefly eclipsed longtime rival Apple as the world’s most valuable company, before a late rally by the iPhone maker kept it in the top spot.

President Trump threatened to cut subsidies for General Motors, including for electric cars, a day after the company said it was planning to cut up to 14,800 jobs in the U.S. and Canada and end production at several North American factories.

Amazon.com has begun to sell software that mines patient medical records for information doctors and hospitals could use to improve treatment and cut costs, the latest move by a big technology company into the health-care industry.

Plunging oil prices once again threaten to force American shale drillers to pull back on production, just as they were preparing to unleash a flood of crude.

UPS is hoping that billions of dollars in system improvements this year will help it avoid shipping problems during the online shopping surge of the holiday season.

Nissan Motor’s chief executive told employees Carlos Ghosn had too much power as chairman, highlighting the tension welling up between the two men before Mr. Ghosn’s arrest a week ago. The fallout spread Monday as Mr. Ghosn was ousted as chairman of Nissan partner Mitsubishi Motors.

The industrial conglomerate has decided to separate itself into three independent companies, breaking apart one of America’s last industrial conglomerates.

General Motors plans to cut up to 14,800 jobs and end production at certain plants, marking the auto maker’s first significant downsizing since bankruptcy as it tries to adjust to lower demand for passenger cars. President Trump said GM should stop making cars in China and make them in the U.S. instead, in an exclusive WSJ interview.

A British lawmaker is considering making public documents from a 2015 lawsuit that a small app developer filed against Facebook over how the social-media giant restricts access to user data.

A job offer from electric-car maker Tesla is a career break that appeals to newly minted engineers and ambitious young workers, despite the long workweeks, frenzied pace and legal tussles with securities regulators.

Carlos Ghosn received tens of millions of dollars in deferred compensation at Nissan Motor and told colleagues that he was acting appropriately when he didn’t report that money in financial disclosures.

A surge in online shopping and higher spending by low-income Americans gave a lift to the start of the holiday season, even as initial reports showed foot traffic to traditional stores continued its long decline.

Longer growing seasons are helping lead northern farmers to plow up forests and plant crops such as corn and soybeans that were once hard to grow in their chilly territories, helping drive up land prices. ‘We’re seeing crops grown in places they’ve never grown before.’

Beneath the trappings of food, family and often-forgettable football games, Thanksgiving is really a management story, a case study in how extraordinary leaders build happy, productive teams.

Toys ‘R’ Us staff are filling shelves this holiday season at hundreds of stores across Asia, where the brand has been given new life after being sold off by the bankrupt American toy retailer.

Chinese regulators have approved United Technologies’s takeover of airplane-parts maker Rockwell Collins, removing the final hurdle for a $23 billion combination that was struck more than a year ago.

An activist hedge fund seeks to oust five soup company directors and install its own, in a tug of war for control among warring heirs who were once allies.

Low unemployment and rising wages are giving shoppers an extra reason to make the annual pilgrimage to the mall on Black Friday, but below that cheerful veneer, chains from Walmart to Macy’s are struggling with rising costs as more shopping shifts online.

The downfall of Sears and Toys “R” Us is delivering a silver lining to surviving chains, which are picking up business from displaced shoppers.

Marketing companies are offering shoppers cash back, coupons or price tracking. Here are six ways to get a deal online this holiday season.

The U.S. government has launched an outreach campaign to foreign allies to persuade wireless and internet providers there to shun telecom equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co., people familiar with the situation say.

Nissan Motor’s board voted unanimously to oust Chairman Carlos Ghosn from his post, and allegations emerged that Mr. Ghosn used company money to buy personal residences and pay his sister for work she didn’t perform.

While the auto industry star is in detention in Tokyo, the global auto alliance he ran is showing signs of strain and conflict.

IKEA, in its most dramatic restructuring ever, is slashing thousands of jobs and creating new ones as the furniture giant scrambles to cope with fast-changing shopper behavior that has hammered brick-and mortar retailers globally.

Greg Kelly, the Nissan board member and former executive jailed with Carlos Ghosn in Japan, was well-known inside the company as a gatekeeper and confidant to the former CEO.

A Japanese court extended the detention of Carlos Ghosn for an additional 10 days, giving prosecutors more time to question him over alleged financial wrongdoing, while the French government said it was still waiting for evidence to back up the allegations.

Amazon.com warned some customers that its website disclosed their names and email addresses as a result of a technical error.

New York City officials said that of the at least 25,000 jobs, half will be in tech and the rest will be “administrative jobs, custodial staff, HR, all those things.” Virginia officials said they expect the same job breakdown.

As Carlos Ghosn remained in detention in Japan for alleged financial misconduct, members of the globe-spanning automotive partnership he leads moved to make sense of his arrest and fill the void left by his absence.

Barnes & Noble posted a narrower than expected loss of $27.4 million in the latest quarter as the struggling bookseller worked to lower expenses and turn around its store operations.

Samsung Electronics is planning a major technological advance for its 10th anniversary flagship phones next year, including next-generation 5G network speeds, bigger screens and more cameras, according to people familiar with the matter.

A parade of U.S. retail chains reported rising sales in the latest quarter, another sign of healthy consumer spending heading into the critical holiday shopping season.

Condo sales in Long Island City are suddenly soaring, thanks to Amazon’s decision to open a headquarters in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood.

France is moving to fill a power vacuum at car maker Renault after Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on allegations of financial misconduct at Nissan, Renault’s Japanese partner.