NEW YORK — The wildfires that are rampant this time of year in California force small business owners to be prepared in the same way as owners in other parts of the country who deal with tornadoes and other natural disasters. It means being prepared for disruption.

West Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood is inching closer to getting a long-awaited grocery store, as part of a development that will also bring a radio station and hundreds of homes to a series of vacant city-owned lots.

Hulu is again raising prices for its online TV bundle, as other streaming-TV providers do the same.

DETROIT  — Nissan is recalling over 450,000 vehicles worldwide because a brake fluid leak could cause them to catch fire.

Hundreds of local newspapers are now under one umbrella company, making it the largest US media company by print circulation and completing a deal that has journalists and advocates for strong local media worried about the future.

Attorneys for Entertainment Studios co-founder and CEO Byron Allen and Comcast engaged in a contentious back and forth with U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday as the highest court in the land debated what to do with Allen's discrimination lawsuit against the nation's largest cable TV a…

Reconstruction of Maplewood Mall in Germantown is set to begin on Monday, Nov. 18. The renovated mall is expected to attract more people, provide more customers for businesses and create employment opportunities for residents.

Dean Foods, America's biggest milk processor, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday amid a decades-long drop-off in U.S. milk consumption blamed on changing trends and a growing variety of alternatives.

As consumers, we all have “secret scores”: hidden ratings that determine how long each of us waits on hold when calling a business, whether we can return items at a store, and what type of service we receive. A low score sends you to the back of the queue; high scores get you elite treatment.

As high-powered men across various industries have faced a reckoning for their treatment of women in the wave of the #MeToo movement, other men have stepped back from interacting with women in the workplace.

A $20 billion lawsuit a Black media mogul and comedian has filed against Comcast is headed to the Supreme Court this week, and the justices’ ruling in the case has the potential to roll back civil rights protections for African Americans and others.

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Dec. 14, 2018, Aaron Cole was about to buy a new house and received an email that he thought was from his title company, directing him to make a $123,000 deposit.

Walgreens reportedly wants to go private, and KKR is said to be interested in buying it. The acquisition would almost certainly be the largest private takeover in history.

ATLANTA — A daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has sent a letter to Comcast executives in which she accuses the company of trying to "dismantle" a law barring racial discrimination.

Gap outlined a plan to rescue itself in February, and Wall Street was firmly behind it: The company would spin off its popular Old Navy brand in 2020 and focus on its own struggling flagship, as well as its Banana Republic, Athleta and Hill City lines.

NEW YORK  — A few fun facts about Kanye West: He's running for president in 2024, he recited color psychology to wife Kim Kardashian West as she sat in a morning bath Thursday, and he was fired at 16 for shoplifting at the Gap where he worked.

Uber shares fell to an all-time low Wednesday as its stock lockup period ends.

The American economy is experiencing turbulence. The trade war and global weakness are slowing growth. But Mary Daly, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, is confident the economy will get through the storm unscathed.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The food at West Hollywood’s first weed restaurant, Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Café, isn’t actually infused with weed. But the cuisine could certainly be described as cannabis complementary.