Monday’s $572m judgment against Johnson & Johnson may mean one analyst’s “bear case scenario” of $150bn in opioid damages just got one step closer.

All shoppers are familiar with the offer of a discount at checkout in exchange for taking out a store credit card. Their wallets may already be stuffed with plastic bearing the names of retailers including Amazon.com, Gap, JC?Penney, and Lowe’s — but there’s often one company behind all of them.

U.S. sales of business equipment, a component of GDP, fell last month the most since 2016.

Chinese factories are normally at their busiest during the third quarter, cranking out production of everything from Barbie dolls to miniature trucks in time to ship them over the ocean to the U.S. ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season. This year’s different.

Trump’s efforts to revive manufacturing overlooks the reality playing out along this stretch of rural America.

Conditions for the cotton crop in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter, are deteriorating as dry weather erodes planting prospects in Texas, the top state grower.

India is considering relaxing local sourcing norms for foreign companies that sell only their own brand, a move that is likely to encourage Apple Inc. to set up stores.

Beyond an unsustainable pension system Brazil is working to fix, there’s a vast web of smaller bureaucratic hindrances holding back Latin America’s largest economy.

The tariffs President Donald Trump has slapped on imports are disproportionately hurting women.

Tropical Storm Dorian is strengthening as it swirls toward the Caribbean island of Barbados, potentially reaching near hurricane strength by Tuesday, while a second system struggles to get organized in the waters off Florida.