Amid all the scandals and controversy, Facebook Inc watchers were on pins and needles going into the company’s most hotly anticipated quarterly report in years. In the end, it fell a bit short. But with many expecting far worse, sometimes avoiding disaster is good enough. The social-media company posted third-quarter sales figures that slightly missed Wall Street’s expectations. Revenue in ...

It’s being called the Great Resignation. Quits are at their highest rate in 20 years and no one seems to understand why. One thing is for sure: the labour market has gone weird. People are leaving their jobs without having a new one lined up, pushing up unemployment rates even as wages rise and companies complain they can’t find enough ...

Bloomberg China pledged to help the Taliban “rebuild the country” while reiterating calls for the US to lift sanctions against the new leaders of Afghanistan as the economy worsens. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks to a Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar, during the first high-level meeting between Beijing and the Taliban since it formed an interim government ...