The defining image of Britain’s Christmas Eve trade deal with the European Union was a beaming Boris Johnson with his thumbs up in the air. There were no celebratory pictures from any of his continental counterparts. Getting to this point is a win in itself for the UK. An end to Brexit’s drama should let the Brits reenter a more ...

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 ...