The higher the price goes in the bidding for 21st Century Fox’s assets, the less room there is for error in managing and extracting value from the assets.

Economists try to model the effect tariffs have on the economy but actually believe the impact could be much worse.

President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to jawbone the price of oil is in danger of backfiring and nearly did before the OPEC meeting in Vienna.

Light truck sales, which are crucial to the profits of U.S.-based auto makers, are holding up despite pump prices nearing a psychological milestone.

Germany’s role as an anchor for Europe makes its export engine a risk for the continent.

Less than two months after its unveiling, President Trump’s plan to lower prescription drug prices is up for a big test.

The tech giant’s plan to return to public market is one of its least-bad options.

China has yet to really deploy one of its most effective means of economic blackmail.

Amazon’s purchase of online pharmacy PillPack sparked a sharp selloff in drug supply chain stocks, as the deal shows the retailing behemoth is serious about entering the pharmacy business.

This was supposed to be the year global markets moved in sync, Europe following the U.S. with higher bond yields and stock prices. But at halftime things don’t look so simple.

Setbacks are minor for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, but gaps with the Fed’s view raise concerns.

Consolidation and growing demand for cloud and AI servers have kept chip prices stable—and high.

Conagra Brands and Pinnacle Foods, two leaders in the fast-growing frozen food category, are finally merging after months of speculation.

Luxury car makers are in the eye of the trade storm unleashed by President Trump. One consequence: Hoped-for IPOs of Aston Martin, Volvo Cars and possibly Jaguar Land Rover are looking unlikely, even though most brands are reporting record sales.

Banks are running out of time to prepare for a sudden break in relations between the U.K. and Europe.

A court victory for Amex will help the three big card companies continue charging high fees and hurt upstart payment companies.

Trade wars are brewing, Chinese stocks are tanking and investors are getting nervous about Chinese growth again.

GE’s transformative moves will buy it valuable time to reduce leverage, but investors should wait for more concrete improvements in the businesses.

With their escalating trade feud showing little evidence of hurting their economies, the U.S. and China aren’t close to backing down. Investors may get squeezed between the two giants before one of them cracks.

Even if incumbents such as Disney and AT&T bulk up, tech companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple will still have more leeway to spend.

Darden Restaurants has had a successful turnaround, but its shares remain attractive in an industry that has some positive economic tailwinds.

The surprise resignation of Intel’s CEO means the chip maker needs to deal with longer-term challenges now.

Disney’s blockbuster track record, along with some unique quirks of comic book history, explain why it can top Comcast’s bid for 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets.

Chinese shoppers have boosted the likes of Estée Lauder and Shiseido, but investors should remember fashions can be fickle.

It’s been a stormy 2018 for markets, with volatility returning, trade tensions ratcheting higher and global growth proving less solid than expected. Investors looking for the financial equivalent of all-weather gear might find it in the Japanese yen.

The tech company has postponed plans for a mainland Chinese listing—a blow to its hopes of a high valuation.

Escalating trade tensions have helped push the U.S. Treasury yield curve to its flattest in more than a decade. But another curve deserves attention—and it is getting steeper.

Past performance isn’t necessarily a guide to the future. Investors in public stock markets and mutual funds have heard this for years, and academics have shown it to be true. But it isn’t so in private markets.

OPEC is back to its squabbling ways. But investors who are bidding up oil prices in the expectation of a split are misunderstanding both the history of the cartel and the current state of the oil market.

Delivery apps like Grubhub, meal kits and takeout are a rising threat to supermarkets like Kroger and Walmart and packaged food companies like Kraft Heinz

The iPhone maker is delaying its full transition to a new screen technology, but that won’t help most Asian manufacturers for long.

Tech companies have shown they don’t need to own large media agencies to establish a strong presence in the business.

The ECB hasn’t finished surprising investors yet. Thursday it brought the end of its massive bond-buying program closer, but pushed any interest-rate increases further out. The more dovish message won, sending the euro sinking against the dollar.

China’s ZTE has narrowly escaped death, only to become living proof of the way political risk can dominate a stock’s fortunes. The Hong Kong-listed shares of the Chinese telecom-equipment maker dropped about 40% Wednesday.

Approval of the deal pushes government to the sidelines and encourages media, tech and telecom companies to find partners to compete against Silicon Valley.