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The companies are teaming up, in part, to expand their payment network. Discover is the smallest of the four U.S.-based payment networks, which also include Visa, American Express and Mastercard. (Image credit: Richard Drew)

NEW YORK — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation’s credit card companies as well as potentially shake up the payments industry, which

SEOUL, South Korea — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car for his personal use in a demonstration of their special relationship, North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The report

A Haitian judge says former first lady Martine Moïse was an accomplice in her husband’s assassination.

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The all-stock deal, which is valued at $35.3 billion, will combine two of the largest credit card companies in the United States.

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Chinese shares are down in morning trade, as the boost from measures Beijing took to support the market before the Lunar New Year break seems to have faded.

I’m the WSJ’s tax columnist. Here’s how I do my own taxes.

A recovery of the metal’s market isn’t yet in sight, but one will have to come eventually.