Biden Rule Would Add More Gig Workers to Company Payrolls
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that could put more gig workers on company payrolls, scrapping a Trump...
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Lego Owner to Acquire Education-Technology Firm Brainpop
Lego owner Kirkbi A/S is buying U.S. video-learning firm Brainpop for $875 million, according to the companies, as the family...
WSJ News Exclusive | Saudi Arabia Lures Executives to Neom With Million-Dollar Salaries, Zero Taxes
Saudi Arabia’s megadevelopment Neom is paying senior executives roughly $1.1 million each annually, according to an internal Neom document, showing...
Nobel Prize in Economics Winners Include Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and two other U.S....
World’s Emergency-Lending Capacity Is Getting Stretched as Crises Deepen
WASHINGTON—Rapidly rising interest rates are squeezing the flow of private capital to the world’s poorest countries. The problem is that...
Fed’s Evans Says Rates Will Need to Remain at Higher Levels
The Federal Reserve will need to hold interest rates high enough to slow the economy after it lifts them through...
WSJ News Exclusive | CEO of Biotech Lobbying Group BIO on Leave Amid Clash Over Direction
The chief executive of the biotechnology industry’s top lobbying group in Washington is on leave amid dissent within the organization...
Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids
Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric...
As Europe Caps Energy Bills, the Merits of Price Controls Get Another Look
The highest inflation in decades and the steep drop in Russian natural gas exports to Europe have pushed a growing...
Israel’s Defense Industry Is Big Winner Two Years After Abraham Accords
TEL AVIV—When the United Arab Emirates was looking last year for ways to protect its high-profile World Expo from possible...
Elon Musk’s Monster Week of Juggling Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX
Even by the standards of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and serial entrepreneur, this week was one for the...
Local Newspapers Try Mail Delivery as Drivers Choose Better-Paying Gigs
The publisher of the Odessa American found it so difficult to find workers to deliver the West Texas newspaper in...
Fed’s Inflation Fight Has Some Economists Fearing an Unnecessarily Deep Downturn
Some economists fear the Federal Reserve—humbled after waiting too long to withdraw its support of a booming economy last year—is...
How the Inspire Brands CEO Learned to Care About Company Culture
In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those...
Rivian Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles
Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN -7.64% is recalling nearly all of its vehicles to address a potential problem that could cause...
Exxon Improperly Fired Scientists Suspected of Sharing Information, Labor Department Finds
The Labor Department said it found Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -1.01% illegally fired two company scientists over suspicions they shared...
Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price
The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest...
September Jobs Report Shows Payrolls Grew by 263,000, Labor Market Cooled Some
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% from 3.7% in August, the Labor Department said Friday, matching a half-century low that...
Samsung Expects Earnings to Slump as Consumer Spending Slips
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to see its third-quarter profit slump as the company’s mainstay memory-chip and smartphone businesses...
Tesla Aims to Deliver First Semitrailer Trucks in December to PepsiCo
Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.11% plans to deliver its first all-electric semitrailer truck to food and beverage maker...
