Activision Blizzard Names Two Women to Its Board
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.02% said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after...
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Fed’s Powell Could Seal Expectations of Half-Point Rate Rise in May
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is scheduled to participate in a panel discussion hosted by the International Monetary Fund on...
Alleged Covid-19 Fraud Schemes Totaling $150 Million Draw Criminal Charges
Federal prosecutors have charged about 20 people in the past two weeks with allegedly engaging in various fraud schemes related...
Tesla Posts Record $3.3 Billion Quarterly Profit
Tesla Inc. TSLA -4.96% reported a sevenfold jump in first-quarter profit as consumers snapped up the company’s electric vehicles, though...
Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest Sales Gain in Decades—and a Word of Caution
Procter & Gamble Co. ’s booming quarter came with a warning. The maker of Tide detergent and Gillette razors on...
From YouTube to Rutube. Inside Russia’s Influence Campaign.
The Kremlin is waging a new influence campaign: persuading Russians to quit Western social-media platforms. As part of an expansive...
Netflix Explores a Version With Ads as Subscriber Base Shrinks
Netflix Inc. said it is exploring offering a lower priced ad-supported version of the platform to boost its subscriber base,...
WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition
Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...
Biden Administration Restores Stricter Environmental Reviews
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is restoring stricter environmental standards for approving new pipelines, highways, power plants and other construction projects, including...
Tesla Probed by EEOC Before California Sued Car Maker Over Alleged Racial Discrimination
A principal U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing antidiscrimination laws has investigated Tesla Inc., according to a legal filing. The...
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say
A U.K. cybersecurity startup rocketed to a multibillion-dollar valuation when it listed publicly last fall on the promise of making...
Alex Jones’s Infowars Files for Bankruptcy Over Sandy Hook Lawsuits
Infowars and other media assets backed by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy, opening a new front in...
Hot Economy, Rising Inflation: The Fed Has Never Successfully Fixed a Problem Like This
The Federal Reserve is setting out to do something it has never accomplished before: reduce inflation a lot without significantly...
Homeowner Groups Seek to Stop Investors From Buying Houses to Rent
Small groups of neighborhood volunteers are blocking companies from buying single-family homes, rewriting homeownership rulebooks to thwart investor purchases of...
WSJ News Exclusive | FDA Probes Lucky Charms’ Possible Link to Illnesses
Food and Drug Administration officials said they are examining reports from more than 100 consumers who told the agency that...
Economy Week Ahead: Jobless Claims, Housing Data
Economists expect reports to show March declines in housing starts and existing-home sales. Source link
When Quitting Normalizes, Benefit to Low-Wage Workers May Subside
Low-wage workers capitalized on the rare opportunity of a tight labor market with a burst of job-switching. That wave shows...
Meet the Twitter Army of Elon Musk Superfans
Elon Musk might have more than 82 million Twitter followers, but only a handful of those can consistently grab the...
Twitter Adopts Poison Pill Plan to Block Elon Musk From Increasing Stake
Twitter adopted a poison-pill takeover defense to make it difficult for Elon Musk to increase ownership beyond 15%. The move...
WSJ News Exclusive | Several Million U.S. Workers Seen Staying Out of Labor Force Indefinitely
Several million workers who dropped out of the U.S. workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic plan to stay out indefinitely because...
