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U.S. companies that employ nobody but the owner soar, especially those making food, beer, perfume and soap. That’s great for the entrepreneurs, but some worry it won’t help overall job growth.

Mountain Dew Kickstart had its “puppymonkeybaby,” Taco Bell its giant taco head selfies—and it was mostly downhill from there.

If you’re planning to get a loan from friends or family, find out what can go wrong before money exchanges hands.

Nobody you hire works for free and neither should you.

Like all Chinese citizens, Liu Zhongtian, chairman of aluminum behemoth China Zhongwang Holdings, isn’t supposed to move more than $50,000 a year outside of the country. A Dallas lawyer’s correspondence suggests Mr. Liu got around this by stockpiling billions of dollars worth of aluminum in Mexico and Vietnam.

President-elect Donald Trump said telecommunications company Sprint Corp. notified him that it would move 5,000 jobs back to the U.S. from overseas.

The volatile housing market is widening the divide between pricey urban and coastal areas and more affordable inland regions, creating large swaths of winners and losers based largely on geography.

Work on your hobby, learn about sales and marketing and dedicate yourself to steady improvement.

Three of the four officials who gain votes next year on the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee are from a minority group in the central bank’s leadership: They aren’t economists.

A slowdown in the sale of high-end goods has forced luxury brands to look elsewhere for growth, and shoes are stepping into that role.

Takata is nearing a settlement with federal prosecutors to resolve allegations of criminal wrongdoing in the Japanese automotive supplier’s handling of rupture-prone air bags linked to numerous deaths and injuries.

Indian government officials will likely meet early next week to evaluate the financial incentives sought by Apple to manufacture its products in the country.

Toshiba’s shares plunge as its bet on a nuclear-power revival with its purchase of Westinghouse weighs heavily on the Japanese conglomerate amid cost overruns and missed deadlines.

Consider which roles are suited for outsourcing, and use the right tools for hiring and managing virtual workers.