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Microsoft Corp. is once again the most valuable company in the U.S., with the software heavyweight's market cap hitting $2.49 trillion and surpassing Apple Inc. for the first time in more than a year.

The U.S. is fast becoming the new global hub for bitcoin mining.

Senate Democrats announced a 15% minimum tax on large companies' income on Tuesday, winning support from a key moderate lawmaker, as they try to generate enough money to pay for President Biden's social-spending and climate-change agenda.

Shipping operators are under pressure from governments and big customers such as Amazon.com Inc. to clean up vessels' carbon emissions. But viable alternatives to fossil fuels are just taking shape.

Democrats worked to quickly find new sources of revenue to pay for their roughly $2 trillion social-policy and climate package, seeking to target businesses and wealthy individuals in novel ways after proposed rate increases ran aground in talks.

New efforts are under way to eliminate what some toy makers, parents and advocates see as a longstanding issue in the toy industry: gender bias.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is giving CEO David Solomon and president John Waldron one-time stock bonuses designed to keep the executives at the helm of Wall Street's biggest bank.

'It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags."

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his desire to deflate property bubble. But according to people with knowledge of government deliberations, he is facing resistance over a measure aimed at curbing housing speculation: a nationwide property tax.

Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and parent company Alphabet Inc., said the U.S. government should take a more active role in policing cyberattacks and encouraging innovation with policies and investments.