When people think about Amazon disrupting the economy, they tend to focus on physical retail — all those disappearing bookstores — but the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report makes it clear that its focus is increasingly moving onto the turf of other tech companies. Amazon.com Inc.’s fastest growth is in ads and Amazon Web Services. Amazon’s “other” line of business, which ...

As Prime Minister Theresa May continues to bang her head against a hard Brussels wall, the probability that the UK will leave the European Union (EU) without an orderly separation agreement increases with every wasted day. The biggest loser if that happens would be the UK, but the EU countries also have a stake. They haven’t neglected preparations for a ...

Bloomberg In recent years, the video-game industry looked like it had found the antidote to the boom-bust cycles that had long plagued the business. Publishers focused on a few well-known titles and extended their lives through in-game purchases, expansion packs and online tournaments. Electronic Arts Inc., one of the largest players, doubled its market value to almost $45 billion last ...