Walmart ups the delivery game with next-day shipping

Walmart is rolling out next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars.

Amazon offers to pay employees $10,000 to quit their jobs and deliver packages instead

Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.

Escalating US-China trade war sinks stocks

U.S. stocks moved sharply lower Monday on Wall Street and extended the market's slide into a second week as investors seek shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.  

Report: Air quality harmed as Texas oil production booms

DALLAS (AP) - The production of oil and natural gas in West Texas is booming but it's coming at a cost to residents who are regularly exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a report issued by an environmental group.

Walmart launches online pet pharmacy, adding 100 veterinary clinics to stores

Walmart is launching an online pet pharmacy and adding several dozen veterinary clinics to stores this year in hopes of luring millennial pet owners who spend up to $1,285 a year on their furry loved ones.

Uber, Lyft drivers plan hold strike across US and in London

Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are turning off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.

Boeing didn't tell airlines that safety alert wasn't on

Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it didn’t disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed.

Interactive tool shows what tech giants know about you

If you’ve never bothered to read the privacy policies of all the free apps and services that everyone considers essential, here’s a handy tool that digs into the specifics of what you’ve parted with. 

Chase Bank faces backlash for 'shaming poor people' in #MondayMotivation tweet

Chase Bank received major backlash this week after trying to poke fun at people who have low balances in their bank accounts as part of a Monday Motivation tweet.

Teen sues Apple for $1B, blames facial recognition for wrongful arrests

A young man from New York is suing Apple for $1 billion, claiming that a facial recognition system falsely connected him to a series of thefts, which caused him great humiliation, a missed midterm exam and hours traveling to different states to prove he was innocent.

Walgreens to raise minimum age for store tobacco sales

Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other products.

Kohl's to start accepting Amazon returns this July

It's about to be even easier to make an Amazon return - and you won't even need a box to do it.

Uber rolls out feature urging riders to 'check your ride'

NEW YORK (AP) - Uber is releasing a new feature to help riders ensure they're getting into the right vehicles. The development comes several weeks after a University of South Carolina student was killed after getting into a car she had mistaken for the Uber ride she hailed. Uber said Thursday it would send a push notification to riders reminding them to check the driver and vehicle. The...