The retail giant teams up with Hollywood studio MGM and an interactive-video startup in its rivalry with Amazon. First up is a remake of “Mr. Mom.”

Sears Holdings met with lenders to discuss emergency financing for the retailer. Lenders are pushing for the company to liquidate its assets. The meeting ended without an agreement.

Edward Lampert, the hedge-fund manager who controls Sears Holdings, has repeatedly bailed out the struggling retailer with short-term loans. Now, he is cutting the cord.

McDonald’s franchisees are considering making a push to urge the company to help improve profit and cash flow at their restaurants.

Activist investor Trian Fund Management disclosed a new stake in PPG and plans to push for changes at the paint maker.

Slack Chief Executive Stewart Butterfield failed at videogames and launched Flickr and Slack instead; he talks about how he works.

William Ackman said his activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has built a 1.1% stake in coffee giant Starbucks and sees room for the coffee giant to grow despite recent struggles.

SoftBank is in discussions to take a majority stake in WeWork, in what would be a giant bet on the provider of shared office space.

A containership and a ferry collided off the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea, causing a three-mile long spill of heavy fuel, with French and Italian coastal authorities scrambling to contain it.

Facebook is working to get more Africans onto a faster internet, but critics say the company’s efforts threaten to funnel traffic to its own platform and away from rivals.

The two voice-controlled tabletop systems feature cameras, microphones and touch screens—and Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant.

GE’s choice to name board member Larry Culp as CEO has led some executives to wonder whether they would be better off seeking out long-retired executives as directors.

Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network, though it didn’t find evidence of misuse. The company opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny.

The Golden Age of Television comes with too many apps and devices, and there aren’t enough tools to help you find and play the best shows.

Offices, break rooms and factory floors have grown unusually rife with political discussion. The Supreme Court confirmation battle over Brett Kavanaugh made the debates especially personal, and left Americans looking for ways to find common ground with their colleagues.

Car companies are turning to cash rebates and discount lease rates to lure buyers back to showrooms.

Two new hit movies—“Venom” and “A Star Is Born”—gave Hollywood its best-ever October showing at the box office over the weekend.

After the collapse of Toys “R” Us, billions of dollars of holiday toy sales are up for grabs. Retailers are vying for a piece of the action.

Ford Motor has informed its global salaried workforce of a planned reorganization that will cut jobs, part of Chief Executive Jim Hackett’s broader plan to squeeze costs and improve efficiencies at the struggling auto maker.

The embattled company limited the products it offered to Veterans Affairs and Defense Department hospitals, forcing the government to buy more expensive products.

Tweet referencing the ‘Shortseller Enrichment Commission’ comes days after the Tesla chief executive settled with the regulator over fraud charges.

In the U.S., the recall covers more than 800,000 vehicles: the model year 2010-2014 Prius and the larger model year 2012-2014 Prius v.

Foreign car makers are considering moving more manufacturing to North America from overseas plants after the trade deal.

Mattress Firm, the largest U.S. specialty-mattress retailer by stores, plans to close up to 700 retail outlets.

Bed Bath & Beyond survived the recession and outlasted rivals, positioning the seller of home-related items to benefit from a booming U.S. housing market. Instead, the chain is mired in a slump.

Constellation Brands said sales for its beverages rose in its latest quarter on higher volume. Shares jumped after the company provided an upbeat outlook.

Campbell Soup is in talks to sell its fresh-foods business to investors led by Bolthouse Farms’ former chief executive.

Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Clarus, an investment firm focused on life sciences, to serve as a platform for future acquisitions and partnerships in an area it thinks lacks access to capital.

The average cost of health coverage offered by employers rose to nearly $20,000 for a family plan this year, according to a new survey, capping years of increases that experts said are tied to rising prices paid for health care.

Printed meals, edible bar codes and facial-recognition technology for cows are among the innovations transforming the food industry.

Facebook officials are briefing lawmakers about its massive security breach as the social-media company tries to quell a potential backlash in Washington over its latest setback involving user data.

The company says Amazon.com’s sales reps tried to poach sellers for its own marketplace through eBay’s messaging system.

Honda Motor is investing $750 million in General Motors’ self-driving car unit, with plans to commit an additional $2 billion in the coming years, in an effort to jointly develop a fully autonomous car for mass production.

U.S. companies are putting savings from the corporate tax cut to use, but only a fraction is flowing to employees’ wallets in the form of wage increases and bonuses, new data show.

Sales of beverages in PepsiCo’s home market picked up in its latest quarter, reversing a year-long slide at the soda giant’s largest division.