Some automakers this week got a first-quarter profit boost—at least on paper—from future refunds of tariff payments they made to the U.S. government, risking potential

Allstate reported a jump in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the property and casualty insurer benefited from a sharp fall in catastrophe losses. Earnings rose

Duracell, the battery maker owned by Berkshire Hathaway, must face a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets related to German chemical company BASF’s lithium-ion