Amazon’s best Prime Day deal was likely an accident – The Washington Post

New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced several subway train delays due to a “network communications issue” Friday.  (Photo: Robert Deutsch, USAT) If you live in New York City, check your subway line before you swipe your Metro card. In th…

Equifax Inc. EFX -1.39% is nearing a deal to settle a slew of state and federal investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed nearly 150 million Americans Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information.Under the agreement, the credi…

A federal judge on Friday denied Johnson & Johnson’s request to transfer about 2,400 lawsuits over its talc-based baby powder to a district court in Delaware, sending the cases back to state courts. J&J asked to transfer the cases, which alleg its ba…

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a settlement with Google in its investigation into YouTube for violating federal kids data privacy laws, according to two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss it on record. The settleme…

Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren is a voting member of the Feds interest-rate committee this year. Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren on Friday said he doesnt think an interest-rate cut is needed at the moment. Most of the news that weve been getting ha…

The Candylicious store in the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates. John Stanmeyer for NPR Ninety-five percent of 12-year-olds in the Philippines have tooth decay, or cavities. And cavities affect seven in 10 children in India, one-third of Tanzania teens…

A growing chorus of critics in government and the financial sector has raised concerns about Facebooks plans to create a global currency. This week, two hearings in Congress highlighted those fears, with most lawmakers saying its dangerous to give the Silico…

J.C. Penney shares plunged 17% on Friday after a report that the 117-year-old retailer has hired advisers to help restructure its debt in a bid to stave off bankruptcy.  Shares fell 18 cents to close at 90 cents. The stock had dipped as low as 88 cents earli…

Major stock market indexes declined on Friday as investors weighed a largely encouraging slate of earnings reports against higher oil prices following news of escalating tensions with Iran. After spending much of the session in the green, both the Dow Jones I…