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Alibaba said it will increase the size of its share buyback program from $15 billion to $25 billion, effective for a two-year period through March 2024.

Women working as executive directors at U.K. FTSE 100 companies are being paid 40% less a year on average, according to research.

The FCA has proposed changing the rules for companies listed in the U.K. to include a “comply or explain” requirement for not meeting diversity targets. 

Sometime earlier this year, one of the most elite social events in Washington took place, but without any fanfare or news coverage.

United Auto Workers President Gary Jones abruptly resigned Wednesday, capping a tumultuous day that saw union leaders move to oust him, and General Motors accusing rival Fiat Chrysler in a lawsuit of bribing union officials to get more favorable contract terms from the UAW. Jones has notified the union that he would retire, his attorney, Bruce Maffeo of New York,...

T-Mobile says Mike Sievert will become CEO in May, following the end of John Legere’s contract. The company said Monday that the move is part of its succession plan.

A 13-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a car struck her while she was riding her bike in Bethesda. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to a transit advocate who says the area needs safety improvements.

A woman elected to the Fairfax County School Board this week is the first Libyan-American ever elected in the country.

When lawmakers crafted the law legalizing marijuana in Illinois, they tried to make sure it would right what many see as past wrongs linked to the drug.

Maybe it was a quid pro quo after all. A top U.S. diplomat told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was withholding military aid to Ukraine unless the country’s president went public with a promise to investigate Democrats. William Taylor’s 15-page opening statement — delivered as part of a closed-door deposition — is now central to the...

William Taylor, a top diplomat to Ukraine, testified to Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump withheld security aid in exchange for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s investigation into the Biden family.

The actor known for his mocking impersonations of Republican President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” is in Virginia to help Democratic legislative candidates

Facing intense scrutiny from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden said Sunday he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on behalf of any foreign-owned companies should his father win the presidency. Biden, the 49-year-old son...

In 2014, then-Vice President Joe Biden was at the forefront of American diplomatic efforts to support Ukraine’s fragile democratic government as it sought to fend off Russian aggression and root out corruption. So it raised eyebrows when Biden’s son Hunter was hired by a Ukrainian gas company. The Obama White House said at the time that there was no conflict...

Fairfax County is poised to become the first community in the region to post signs discouraging panhandling.

Fairfax County is poised to become the first community in the area to post signs discouraging panhandling. County leaders say panhandling creates a traffic hazard. But News4’s Julie Carey reports not everyone supports the signs.

A veteran firefighter is dead and seven other people injured, including his brother, after a powerful propane gas explosion Monday ripped through a facility that serves people with disabilities in Farmington, Maine. The building was reduced to rubble. The blast rocked the area and sent dust high into the sky, according to witnesses. Many of the other victims who were...

When starlight from billions of years ago zips across the universe and finally comes into focus on Earth, astronomers want their telescopes to be in the best locations possible to see what’s out there. Despite years of legal battles and months of protests by Native Hawaiian opponents, the international coalition that wants to build the world’s largest telescope in Hawaii...

After raising half a million dollars, the National Philharmonic will stay open — with new leadership, the orchestra announced.