Bloomberg A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S fell short of earnings expectations last year but promised its shareholders profit at the world’s biggest shipping company will grow as much as 43 percent in 2018. Maersk opened about 5 percent lower in Copenhagen, making it the day’s worst performer on Denmark’s index of benchmark stocks. In a note to clients, Clarksons Platou said Maersk ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to give Waymo about $245 million in closely held stock to cut short a trade-secret theft trial, ending a high-stakes conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant its top driverless car engineer and threatened to further embarrass the company. The deal will give the Alphabet Inc. driverless-car unit 0.34 percent of Uber equity, Waymo said. ...

Well, we just kicked the can down the road again — to quote former President Barack Obama, who developed into an expert can-kicker during his eight years in the White House. The bipartisan budget agreement reached last week by Congressional leaders is nothing if not a huge evasion of responsibility. Neither party will make the unpopular choices necessary to pay ...