Egypt’s civil aviation minister says he is replacing EgyptAir’s chairman in a bid to return the company to profitability, after it accumulated over a billion dollars in losses since the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

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The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday.

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Arizona is severing ties with a private prison operator over what the state says was a string of security and training lapses that led to violent riots in July.

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Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk said Wednesday it will open new factories in North Carolina and Denmark as pharmaceutical companies seek to keep up with demand for diabetes medications in an increasingly overweight world.

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Tyson Foods doesn’t have to pay workers at two of its Nebraska plants for the time they spend putting on and taking off safety gear and preparing for work, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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La Salle University’s new president has announced the Philadelphia school has laid off 23 employees just two months into her tenure.

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Eight people across the U.S. who registered to use Ashley Madison are suing the cheating website after hackers released personal and detailed information on them and millions of other users, including credit card numbers and sexual preferences.

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An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with an online Canadian pharmacy to smuggle prescription drugs into the U.S. to sell to doctors.

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State liquor regulators have pushed off a decision about granting special permission for a distillery to sell its brandy in sample sizes, arguing the move is too drastic for them to make without having lawmakers weigh in first.

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China’s slump is shaking the world economy, turning a country long seen as a growth engine into a possible threat.

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