J.M. Smucker Co. is nearing a deal to buy Twinkies maker Hostess Brands Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night.

Alibaba Group Holding’s former chairman Daniel Zhang stepped down as chairman and chief executive of its cloud business unit on Sunday.

Instacart is targeting a valuation below $10 billion for its upcoming initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, a far cry from the nearly $40 billion it was valued at just a couple of years ago.

Videogame company Roblox Corp. canceled the awards presentation at its developers conference in San Francisco on Saturday, citing a “potential security concern,” and a game developer was reportedly arrested on gun charges outside.

Comcast Corp.’s Xfinity Stream app suffered an untimely outage Sunday, crashing around much of the U.S. just as the NFL season kicked off.

Sentiment on Wall Street could hinge on two key economic data points this week: the consumer-price index and U.S. retail sales for August.

More S&P 500 index companies during the second quarter mentioned “AI” than at any point since at least 2010, according to an analysis published on Friday.

Anna Moore is cooperating with prosecutors against her ex-partner who is accused of giving Mark Sawusch drugs and stealing from him before his 2018 death.  

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A Walmart in Atlanta that was shuttered after it was set on fire by suspected arsonists is installing a police “workspace” inside the store — the latest dire measure aimed at curtailing the shoplifting epidemic that has hit big box chains, groceries, pharmacies, and other retailers.