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Amid wider economic uncertainty, sizable layoffs have continued to pile up for companies across many industries, including transportation — raising worker anxieties.

Walmart posted strong sales and profits that blew past Wall Street expectations as it sets itself up for a strong holiday shopping season.

"This comes as AI adoption, softening consumer and corporate spending, and rising costs drive belt-tightening and hiring freezes,” Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in the report.

Amazon has sent a cease and desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users.

The state alleged JBS misled the public about reducing the impact of its operations on the environment. JBS said the settlement “does not reflect an admission of wrongdoing.”

Analysts are assessing Amazon's results, along with other retailers' earnings performances, to get insight into how shoppers are spending heading into the holiday season.

Uber is making hundreds of thousands of restaurants available to Kroger customers on the grocer’s app and website, and is offering extra perks to Kroger’s paid members

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein welcomed an $860 million investment by grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize USA to build a large distribution center in Burlington to bolster brands like Food Lion.

The results suggest CEO Carol Tomé’s revival efforts are gaining traction after UPS struggled with slow demand, high expenses and uncertainty fueled by tariffs.

CEO Andy Jassy previously signaled that Amazon’s workforce would get smaller as the company increases its use of artificial intelligence to complete tasks normally handled by people.