Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More Crisis Tests Samsung Heir Apparent + MORE 10/11/2016

General Electric is buying LM Wind Power, a manufacturer and supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry, for $1.65 billion.

Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong decided to pull the plug on the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone that threatened to inflict lasting damage on one of the world’s most valuable consumer brands.

Open enrollment season is under way, and many workers can expect rising out-of-pocket costs, often in the form of insurance plans with high deductibles.

If a market has lots of competition it’s a sign there are plenty of buyers and opportunities available.

Boeing said that it’s delayed the first manned flight of its new space taxi for the second time this year and could take a financial charge against the program as early as the third quarter.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would take the tax code in opposite directions, with the split being especially sharp on their treatment of the top 1% of U.S. households, according to an analysis released Tuesday.

Amazon.com is pushing deeper into the grocery business with plans for convenience stores and curbside pickup locations, aiming to compete more directly with Wal-Mart and other grocery discounters.

St. Jude Medical warned that hundreds of thousands of implanted defibrillators could quickly lose power and stop functioning.

Samsung bungled the recall of the exploding Note 7 phones—and exposed bigger concerns with the battery safety of our favorite gadgets, Geoffrey A. Fowler and Joanna Stern write.

Here are a few things you can do to keep your small business thriving in your local community.

Alcoa, less than a month away from splitting up, reported worse-than-expected earnings growth, as lower alumina pricing and changes to aerospace delivery schedules dented revenue.

Gale Bowman, managing director of IrishAngels, provides advice to early-stage companies from an investor’s perspective.

NBC is expected to part ways with “Today” show anchor Billy Bush after the emergence of a tape in which he engaged in a lewd conversation about women with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.