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Laura Poitras: using art to illuminate a world that would rather remain unseenWith a name taken from Edward Snowden the film-maker’s art show Astro Noise at the Whitney Museum, reveals the vast scale of the post-9/11 surveillance state
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European commission unfairly targeting US companies over taxes, official saysStrongly worded comments are likely to worsen a growing rift between European and US officials over issues including tax policy and online privacy
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US stock markets open with worst performance since 2008The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a New Year’s dip as world stock markets fell on news China’s manufacturing sector continues to shrink
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Puerto Rico will default on $37m in debt on New Year's Day, governor confirmsIsland commonwealth faces close to $1bn in interest payments in 2016 but governor says it will do ‘all it can’ to avoid shutting down government services
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Recession, retrenchment, revolution? Impact of low crude prices on oil powersIn an unprecedented year for the oil business, each of the major producers has its own problems. How will they react?
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US third-quarter GDP revised down as economy continues sluggish recoveryFinal revision from Commerce Department pegs growth at 2%, down from previous estimate and a marked slowdown from previous quarter’s 3.9%
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JP Morgan Chase to pay $307m for steering investors toward own productsBank admits wrongdoing, an unusual move in such cases, for charges of failing to disclose conflicts of interest when promoting investments to wealthy clients
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US economic growth greater than estimated but figure remains modestGDP grew at reported annual rate of 2.1% between July and September – higher than previously claimed but still down from second quarter
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck announces she is leaving Fox & FriendsCo-host is quitting top-rated morning cable show to spend more time with her family, she said in surprise statement released on Monday
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Pfizer takeover: what is a tax inversion deal and why are they so controversial?The nature of the merger with Ireland-based Allergan has renewed debate over corporate tax avoidance. Here’s why such deals often meet political opposition
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Pfizer's $155bn takeover of Allergan set to prompt tax rowRecord-breaking pharma deal creates world’s biggest drugmaker but stirs growing furore over tax inversion deals
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US economic growth slows in third quarter as businesses cut backGross domestic product increases at 1.5% annual rate after expanding at 3.9% in second quarter, as businesses reduced restocking warehouses
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Trump and co spar on gay rights, equal pay, marijuana ... plus Bush's warm kiss – as it happenedRepublican hopefuls go head to head in Boulder for business debate, turning on the media as they are quizzed on economy
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Amazon confounds expectations with third-quarter profit surgeThe online retailer’s shares spiked 10% in after-hours trading as investors reacted to the $79m third-quarter profit reaped in part from its cloud computing services
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Goldman Sachs blames global market fears as third-quarter earnings fall shortBank blames ‘renewed concerns’ about global growth for the shortfall, which saw revenues in the third quarter fall to $6.86bn from $8.39bn a year ago
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Facebook suffers second outage in a week – and users vent on TwitterUsers were unable to access social networking site for up to an hour and expressed their frustrations on Twitter
Tim Cook: FBI's claims of weakened surveillance powers are 'a crock'