AT&T Slashed Promised Life Insurance for Former Workers—and Time Runs Out at Year-End
When Dean Allison left his job as a property manager at AT&T T 0.36% in 1998, the company offered an...
Month: December 2021
Germany’s Vast Foreign Surpluses Are Finally Falling, Fulfilling an Old U.S. Demand
FRANKFURT—After years of digging in its heels, Germany is on track to reduce its giant foreign surpluses, a potential boon...
WSJ News Exclusive | Early Holiday Shopping Helps Offset Omicron Damper
Fretters saved U.S. retailers from a gloomier holiday. American consumers spent at a brisk pace over the shopping season, as...
Governments Wrestling With Omicron Weigh Mitigation Versus Containment
The Christmas holiday weekend began as more governments wrestled with whether to focus on containing the spread of the Omicron...
Travel Woes Deepen as Omicron Variant Hits Pilots and Flight Attendants
Airlines continued to scrub flights Saturday as Covid-19 infections hit pilots and flight attendants, leaving carriers short-staffed to operate busy...
The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
Speaking from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, the Pontiff called the pandemic a "complex crisis" that...
At least 16 people dead in Greek shipwreck
Authorities scrambled a search and rescue operation overnight northwest of Paros. Air and sea assets were deployed to the area,...
U.S. Airlines Cancel Flights as Omicron Disruptions Grow
The highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid-19 sparked further disruptions on Friday, with U.S. airlines canceling flights over the busy...
AstraZeneca’s Vaccine, Dumped by the West, Helps Fill Gaping Need in Rest of World
LONDON— AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine isn’t authorized in the U.S., and governments in Canada, Australia and across Western Europe have...
Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments
The 16 governments, including France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, said they were aware of "the involvement of the...
Jack Ma’s Ant Boosts Consumer-Finance Unit With $3.5 Billion Fundraising
The consumer-finance arm of China’s Ant Group Co. is boosting its financial firepower with a $3.5 billion capital increase, with...
Ethiopia to lose access to lucrative US trade program following CNN investigation
Ethiopia was found to be in violation of section 506a of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the statement...
Eric Zemmour, French presidential candidate, being compared to Trump and Tucker Carlson – CNN Video
French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour is being compared to former President Trump as well as Fox News' Tucker Carlson for...
Europe’s Industrial Firms Flash Warning on Energy Costs
Steelmakers, glass manufacturers and other energy-hungry businesses in Europe are calling on governments to take action to stop record gas...
Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 Billion
In the digital age, some of the most sought-after devices are analog semiconductors—including ones made by 91-year-old Texas Instruments Inc.,...
Looking to Rent a Car? Expect Higher Prices, Long Waits and Slim Pickings
Travelers looking to rent cars are encountering higher rates and few choices, if they can find a car at all.The...
History wars: What Putin’s attempts to rewrite the past say about Russia’s future
The history of the Cold WarThe Crimean resort town of Yalta was the setting for an historic meeting of British,...
Biden signs bill banning goods from China’s Xinjiang over forced labor
The bill passed Congress this month after lawmakers reached a compromise between House and Senate versions. Key to the legislation...
United, Delta Cancel Some Flights as Omicron Spreads
United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL 0.67% is canceling dozens of flights over the holiday weekend as a surge of Covid-19...
U.S. Will Waive In-Person Interviews for H-1B, Other Work Visas
WASHINGTON—The State Department is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories in 2022 to ease visa issuances,...
