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Shares of Crispr Therapeutics CRSP, +6.94% and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. VRTX, -0.71% gained ground…

Mortgage rates fell for the third straight week and applications to purchase a home increased by the most in five weeks, in a promising sign…

After its latest downbeat forecast, Cisco Systems Inc. is firmly in Wall Street’s penalty box, and analysts had some harsh words for the networking giant.…

Lower grocery prices may soon be coming for shoppers. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Thursday that the US food industry may be…

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Mars is buying Hotel Chocolat in a deal that values Britain’s largest independent chocolate maker at £534 million ($661 million) and could…

An earlier version of this article said that Walmart’s stock has fallen this year. It has gained 20%. The article has been corrected. Walmart Inc. Chief…

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Thousands of Starbucks workers at hundreds of stores will be on strike, as they protest the lack of their first contract despite a nearly…

The numbers The New York Fed’s Empire State business conditions index, a gauge of manufacturing activity in the state, rose 13.7 points in November to 9.1,…