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Robert Downey Jr. reportedly has a new mission that’s focused on helping the environment.

Federal regulators are moving to require that brokers provide their customers with detailed disclosures of their potential conflicts of interest when dispensing advice for retirement planning and other investments.

The Kate Spade New York Foundation on Wednesday said they’d accomplished their $1 million pledge aimed towards helping mental wellness organizations.

Residents of a small Delaware town whose water supply is contaminated by chemicals linked to health issues ranging from cancer to infertility are suing several companies who manufactured the chemicals.

The company that makes Jack Daniels took a hit from the Trump administration's tariff fight, estimating that the standoff dragged sales growth down by a percentage point for the entire year.

The Latest on rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Chinese President Xi Jinping is talking up the Chinese economy's resilience as he heads to Moscow for a state visit affirming increasingly close ties between the former Cold War rivals.

U.S. players in Toronto face a top combined Canadian tax rate of more than 50 percent.

Cyprus' energy minister says the east Mediterranean island nation stands to gain more than $9 billion over 18 years from the export of gas from its offshore 'Aphrodite' field.

The Dutch government, employers and labor unions have after years of discussions hammered out a new pension framework to make it more sustainable as people live longer and swap jobs more often.

Sephora is closing its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday morning to host "inclusion workshops" for its 16,000 employees, just over a month after R&B star SZA said she had security called on her while shopping at a store in California.

The European Commission is recommending that legal action be taken against the Italy because it failed to respect EU debt rules last year and looks like doing so in coming years, too.

American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s personal pocket watch will be up for auction on June 12 and could fetch up to $120,000.

Critics say legitimate calls could be blocked under the proposal.

Facing possible crippling tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose on the United States' biggest trading partner, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has responded with calm and calls for continued friendship, and avoided strong language that could cause the dispute to deteriorate.

The Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to end most tobacco sales.

Shares surged Wednesday in Asia following a rally on Wall Street spurred by signs the Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates to support the U.S. economy against risks from escalating trade wars.

The city of Baltimore and federal authorities are investigating whether documents posted online are connected to a ransomware attack that has hobbled the city's computer network.

For the Golden State Warriors, a victory over the Toronto Raptors in this year’s NBA Finals would only provide further validation of a winning business culture.

The lobby group for Britain's automotive industry says the country's new car market slid back further in May as consumer and business confidence continued to be affected by what it terms "underlying economic and political instability."