Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More The Great Midwestern Tech Startup Surge + MORE 10/23/2016

Five authors share their strategies for time-management, promotion and writing.

British American Tobacco’s offer for full control of Reynolds American, if accepted, could give the London-based giant a chance to catch up in the technological race over alternatives to cigarettes.

The U.S. economy is inching along, productivity is flagging and millions of Americans appear locked out of the labor market. One key factor intertwined with this loss of dynamism: The U.S. is creating startup businesses at historically low rates.

Rockwell Collins agreed to pay $6.4 billion to buy B/E Aerospace in a deal that would unite two of the global aerospace industry’s biggest suppliers.

Venture capitalists are always chasing the next big thing. Lately, they are struggling to figure out what that might be, spreading their bets across technologies for which the path to profit is unclear.

Columnist Christopher Mims saw some curious results when he banned tablets in his house on weekdays. And new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics are backing up his experiment.

Since 2000, small businesses have been on the rise. But the space still has some catching up to do.

AT&T’s blockbuster $85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner promises to reshape the media landscape—if the companies can navigate a series of obstacles, including possible opposition from U.S. antitrust authorities and objections by lawmakers and media and telecom rivals.

Columbus, Ohio, is the fastest-growing city in the country for startup activity.

The company’s decision to close all of its 10 business operations in Europe is the latest sign that it is heading toward liquidation.

Nothing is better than meaningful success, and nothing is worse than regret.

‘Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween,’ the director’s latest turn in his Madea wig, fared the best of the three sequels that led the box office over the weekend, with a $27.6 million debut at No. 1.

Self-pity is a huge waste of time. Learn from every experience.

On the verge of challenging Apple’s global dominance in mobile phones, the South Korean company made a rushed decision, based on incomplete evidence, that would later force it to kill the model.

An incident involving U.S. promoter AEG, rock band Bon Jovi and the Dalai Lama illustrates the difficulties and quirks that Western entertainment companies contend with in China.