Jobless Claims Likely to Fall as Labor Market Withstands Delta Variant
Applications for unemployment benefits are likely to reach a new pandemic low, showing a healing labor market even as the...
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Covid-19 Booster Shot to Be Offered to Americans Fully Vaccinated With Pfizer, Moderna
The Biden administration took steps Wednesday to crack down on rising Covid-19 cases, including a call for a third shot...
Summer Road Trips, Falling Crude Prices Pump Up Refiners’ Profits
Summer road trips and a pullback in crude prices have pumped up refineries’ profits, offering brighter prospects for one part...
Tencent to Work With Chinese Regulators to Limit Minors’ Online Game Time
Tencent Holdings Ltd. pledged to work with Chinese regulators and industry counterparts to manage how minors use online games and...
Target Sales Increase as Shoppers Return to Stores
Target Corp. reported increased revenue in the second quarter as more people returned to stores and online spending moderated compared...
Major Newspapers Push to Get Workers Out of Afghanistan
Top news organizations are continuing efforts to get their journalists out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the...
Wildfire Season: PG&E Warns It May Black Out Customers to Reduce California Risks
PG&E Corp. warned that it may cut electricity Tuesday to about 48,000 customers in heavily forested parts of Northern California...
InfoSum Raises $65 Million as Companies Prioritize Data-Privacy
InfoSum Ltd. has raised a $65 million Series B funding round, as the data technology startup aims to support companies’...
WSJ News Exclusive | Axel Springer in Talks to Buy Ownership Stake in Politico
Axel Springer SE is in talks to purchase an ownership stake in Washington, D.C., publisher Politico, according to people familiar...
Tesla’s Autopilot System to Be Probed by U.S. Auto Safety Regulator
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating Tesla Inc.’s advanced driver-assistance system known as Autopilot after a series of crashes at...
Banks Weigh Alternatives to Libor Replacement as Companies Seek Longer-Term Rates
Some big banks are evaluating if the reference rate that is backed by regulators as the best replacement for the...
Companies Are Hoarding Record Cash Amid Delta Fears
Companies are sitting on a record amount of cash amid lingering uncertainty about disruptions from Covid-19, defying expectations earlier this...
BHP Considers Sale of $15 Billion-Valued Petroleum Business
SYDNEY— BHP Group Ltd. , the world’s biggest mining company, said it is considering the sale of its petroleum business,...
WSJ News Exclusive | Hyatt Plans to Buy Apple Leisure Group From KKR and KSL Capital for $2.7 Billion
Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to buy resort company Apple Leisure Group from its private-equity owners for $2.7 billion including any...
U.S. Economy Likely to Outgrow China’s Due to Contrast in Pandemic Responses
The U.S. and China are trading places in the economic growth race. U.S. gross domestic product rose 12.2% in the...
Sleep Apnea Sufferers Scramble After Philips Recall of Critical Machine
Aaron Horton, a sleep apnea sufferer, stops breathing for brief periods hundreds of times every night. To keep his oxygen...
Who Controls ‘Cruise’ Name? GM and Ford Battle It Out
A dispute between General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. over the name of their hands-free driving offerings has escalated...
Alibaba Employee Was Sexually Abused Multiple Times, Say Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities said they found that a female Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. employee was sexually abused both by her boss...
Huawei Accused in Suit of Installing Data ‘Back Door’ in Pakistan Project
A long-running dispute between Huawei Technologies Co. and a small U.S.-based contractor has escalated to U.S. federal court, with the...
Synchrony’s Margaret Keane Credits These Advisers With Helping Her Reach the Top
In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those...
