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Musk's warning ignites PR war over artificial intelligence

Depending on whom you ask, advances in artificial intelligence are either humanity's biggest threat or our best shot at curing diseases.

That raise you got is now worth even more

Hiring surged over the past three months, wages rebounded in January and the workweek is hovering at its longest in six years. What if there was a way to combine all that into one neat package to show what's going on with total worker pay?

Let Them Eat Burgers

Shake Shack shook up Wall Street on Jan. 30. With investors eager to buy into New York restaurateur Danny Meyer’s thoroughly modern vision of a burger joint (complete with beer and wine), the company was able to sell its shares for more than it originally planned. And the stock price still doubled on the first day of trading.

U.S. Oil-Worker Strike Reaches BP Plants With Talks on Hold

U.S. oil workers at two BP Plc plants in the Midwest are joining the biggest strike at refineries across the nation since 1980 as negotiations on a new labor contract were suspended until next week.

Fumble, then recover! Good CEOs, lousy decisions

Remember New Coke, or Lululemon's sheer pants? Sometimes, blunders can trigger disastrous results. Here's how CEOs can recover, experts say.

Jaguar Land Rover to Recall Up to 104,000 Cars on Braking Safety

Jaguar Land Rover North America will recall as many as 104,000 cars after the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published...

Wall Street Barber’s Empty Chairs Echo Trading Pits’ Decline

Jack Cappello has groomed Wall Street since 1959. He’s seen a lot of changes in half a century of being a neighborhood barber. ...

Dow Average Caps Biggest Weekly Gain Since 2013 on Oil, Earnings

The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted the biggest weekly rally in more than two years, boosted by an improving labor market, rising company...

For kids, TV takes a backseat to gaming

Move over, millennials, kids are once again the top priority for marketers. Thanks to a confluence of factors, children have become the most valuable consumer segment of all.