Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More 'Super Mario Run' Jumps to Top of App-Store Charts + MORE 12/17/2016

After years of missteps, the software giant is among the few titans of the 1990s to figure out the post-desktop world. One cultural change: CEO Satya Nadella took aim at the company’s “not invented here” bias.

Outlaw Country, founded by rocker Steven Van Zandt, is a model for how the satellite-radio giant plans to take on Spotify, Pandora and AM/FM radio

What you need to know to land a $10,000 to $50,000 loan.

She sought to solve one problem, but discovered a bigger one in the process.

The U.S. economy is strong, with unemployment near the lowest in a decade, and home prices notching records. But the number of single-family homes under construction remains at recessionary levels.

Marketing, finance, focus and adaptability will help you weather major challenges.

William Ackman and Chipotle Mexican Grill reached a settlement that gives the activist investor two seats on the burrito maker’s board.

If two’s a bit too much company for your business, the solo route could help you maintain control while offering valuable personal-liability protection.

Will New York’s freelancer rights bill spread to other cities? Stay tuned.

House Republicans plan to press ahead with a business-tax plan that has drawn criticism from retailers, refiners and other importers, the chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee said on Friday.

After years of helping others, this young entrepreneur decided to help himself.

Founders will find vast opportunities if they locate near Midwestern hubs of industry.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina as his budget director, which would place a fiscal conservative who has warned against larger deficits in charge of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Saudi Arabia is re-evaluating its multibillion-dollar U.S. financial strategy because of shifts in the American political landscape, including whether to go elsewhere with the public stock debut of its state oil firm.

The considerable marketing muscle behind “Super Mario Run” propelled Nintendo’s first smartphone action game to the top of Apple’s app-store charts.