For four of the biggest US technology companies — Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and Google parent Alphabet Inc. — 2020 was one for the books. During a year when the global pandemic put many companies out of business, these market leaders thrived, raking in profits that sent their stock prices soaring and left them more powerful and valuable ...

Should Chinese regulators determine Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to be a monopoly, they ought to look directly to Beijing for an explanation as to how it happened. China announced an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices at the Hangzhou-based e-commerce giant. Ant Group Co is also in the crosshairs, as the central bank and the banking watchdog will separately ...

The US economy runs on immigration. Immigrants support crucial industries, pay huge amounts in taxes, take care of children and the elderly, sustain American innovation and — perhaps most importantly — make the country a more attractive destination for multinational investment. Over the past few years, President Donald Trump, the Covid-19 pandemic and the end of the big Mexican migration ...