Despite the settlement with state officials, Uber defended its use of surge pricing but welcomed the agreement.

In a county of 100,000 people, three additional payments to physicians were linked to 18 percent more prescription opioid deaths, according to the study.

Kyn Therapeutics and Obsidian Therapeutics are both focused on developing cancer treatments.

Stop & Shop said it will pack fresh grocery items into remote-controlled vans that will roll through Boston area streets this spring, but is it legal?

Governor Baker’s plan would allow companies to operate online sports betting without a financial relationship to an existing casino, opening the doors to many potential sports books.

An excel bootcamp, a business conference, and other events and things to know.

Eric Lesser is resuming his legislative fight against people who use patent demand letters to bully tech firms large and small into paying up.

Sara Myerson of the Boston Planning & Development Agency says she’ll take a job in the private sector.

The shoe maker will consolidate its Massachusetts operations and add jobs at the Somerville site.

A growing number of businesses, mainly small and midsize, are having trouble keeping up with their bank loans.

It would be the most ambitious effort by a tech company to directly address the inequality that has spread in areas where the industry is concentrated.

GE executives decided to broaden the company’s disclosures of political donations to include trade association dues and gifts to “social welfare” nonprofits, used to funnel dark money to candidates.

Mortgage rates, an etiquette class, and other events and things to know.

Roku gave a platform reaching millions to the conspiracy site that called the Sandy Hook school shootings a hoax. After hours of outrage, it backed down.

Health activists want Massachusetts health officials to release data they hold about the risks of cellphones and other wireless technologies.

A VIP Arrivals list for the Trump International Hotel in Washington reveals frequent stays by T-Mobile higher-ups as they attempted a contentious merger which required government approval.

Billionaire Eddie Lampert, the company’s chairman and largest shareholder, reportedly won the auction with a $5.2 billion takeover bid early Wednesday.

Bank stocks surged Wednesday following strong results from a slew of financial companies, and US stock indexes finished broadly higher.

The growing company will occupy more than 63,000 square feet at the former mall site.

There will be significant consequences for businesses and investors.

YouTube is trying to prevent otherwise bright people from doing dangerous things.

The company’s chairman and largest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won a bankruptcy auction for Sears in New York, averting liquidation of the iconic chain.

Documents reveal new details about Purdue’s marketing of OxyContin and its cozy ties with Tufts University and Mass. General Hospital.

Dr. Jessie Gaeta doesn’t spend much time in her office. She goes on the road, or into the bathroom, to take care of homeless people.

Streaming services are in a costly war for original programming, and subscribers will have to pay.

No one said redeveloping an old power plant in a booming urban neighborhood would be easy. But the owners of the old Edison complex in South Boston are finding out just how tough it can be.

The money will fund projects to help local outlets strengthen their newsgathering operations and build their readership and subscription models.

Turkey will establish a 20-mile-wide “safe zone” in northern Syria according to Turkey’s president in a speech on Tuesday, and will seek logistic and financial assistance from the United States and other allies.

US stocks rallied to their highest level in more than a month Tuesday after China’s government moved to inject more life into the economy. Netflix led a surge in high-tech companies.

The streaming company’s most popular plan will see the largest hike, to $13 per month from $11.

The company that publishes the “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels is suing Netflix, seeking $25 million in damages over a “Black Mirror” interactive film.

The restaurant chain’s offer extends to all five locations as long as the shutdown continues.

The mayor is launching an “Economic Development Center,” a rotating series of free business workshops throughout the city.

The longtime owners of a modest parcel at the corner of Newbury and Dartmouth streets have decided to cash in.

The unsolicited offer, worth over $1.3 billion, would create the largest newspaper company in the United States and further consolidate a struggling industry.

The partial government shutdown has spilled over to the private sector -- putting permits in limbo for everything from seafood processors to craft breweries.

PG&E to file for bankruptcy following devastating California wildfires

How many of these names from the retail graveyard can you remember?

John Fish is trying to turn Suffolk into more of a tech company, and he’s looked outside of the industry to build his management team.

Shaw’s will be closing three supermarkets in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire next month because the locations are “underperforming.”

Stocks took small losses Monday after China reported a drop in exports in December, but the market didn’t come close to matching its plunges of the last few months.