‘We are dealing with criminals’: Former imprisoned oil executive on difficulty of doing business in Venezuela

Jorge Toledo, a member of the so-called 'Citgo 6', joins The Lead.

It looks like Trump is running a private equity playbook in Venezuela

Trump appears to view Venezuela the way private equity investors view bloated chain restaurants — namely, as underperforming ...

The US economy added just 50,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate fell

Stocks opened higher Friday as investors digested the latest data on the US labor market. The Dow rose 171 points, or 0.35%. The S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite edged higher but ...
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CNN chief Mark Thompson announces sweeping overhaul of news network, cuts 100 jobs

Mark Thompson, the CNN chief executive appointed last year to modernize the news network, unveiled a set of sweeping changes to the iconic outlet Wednesday, announcing plans to build a billion-dollar ...

Today is Warren Buffett’s last day as Berkshire CEO. Business leaders tell us what they learned from him

The stock-picking Oracle of Omaha. An avuncular, Dairy-Queen-eating, Coke-drinking product pitchman. A living symbol of capitalism and its complexities.

Starbucks doesn’t want to be on every street in New York and Los Angeles anymore

Starbucks spent years trying to become an inescapable storefront on the streets of New York, Los Angeles and other big cities in America. Now that’s coming to an end.