Intel Lands Pentagon Deal to Support Domestic Chip Making
Intel Corp. said it would provide commercial foundry services in the first phase of a broader Defense Department program that...
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U.S. Home Sales Rose 2% in July Amid Higher Inventory
The U.S. housing market remained strong in July, with sales of previously owned homes rising at a faster pace than...
WSJ News Exclusive | Boeing Plans Investment in Virgin Orbit’s $3.2 Billion SPAC Listing
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit said Boeing Co. will invest in the satellite-launching startup’s planned $3.2 billion SPAC listing later this...
Rachel Maddow Strikes Multiyear Deal With MSNBC
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s highly rated host, has signed a new deal that will keep her at the network for the...
Economy Week Ahead: Housing, Inflation and the Fed
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s remarks at the central bank’s Jackson Hole economic symposium on Friday cap off a full...
Juul, Other E-Cigarette Makers Face Judgment Day
A shakeout of e-cigarettes is at hand. The Food and Drug Administration is nearing a deadline to decide which e-cigarettes...
Venice Is Open for Tourists, but Not Cruise Ships
VENICE—Gianluigi Rizo, a porter at Venice’s iconic Piazza San Marco, pushes a cart of luggage as scores of tourists hop...
Steelmakers Grapple With How to Cut Carbon Emissions
A recent shipment of 24 metric tons of Swedish steel could mark the beginning of what the steel industry hopes...
To Gen Zers Working From Home, the Office Is a Remote Concept
More than a year into the great remote-work experiment, a new breed of young professionals has emerged: those who have...
California Ballot Measure That Classifies Uber, Lyft Drivers as Independent Ruled Unconstitutional
A California judge said the November ballot measure that allowed Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and DoorDash Inc. to continue...
T-Mobile Says 6 Million More Customer Files Accessed in Data Breach
T-Mobile US Inc. said the hack of its user database exposed an additional six million customers’ details, bringing the total...
Nexstar Acquires The Hill in $130 Million Deal
The Hill, a political-news organization known for its inside-the-Beltway coverage, has been sold to Nexstar Media Group Inc. for $130...
Real-Estate Interests Ask Supreme Court to Block Biden’s Eviction Moratorium
WASHINGTON—A group of property managers and real-estate agents asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium...
Topps SPAC Merger Collapses After Loss of MLB Trading-Card Deal
Topps Co.’s plan to go public in a blank-check merger has been derailed by new exclusive contracts that Major League...
Iraqi Lawmakers Call for Probe Into GE, Siemens Electricity Contracts
Members of an Iraqi parliamentary commission are calling for an investigation into large power-generation contracts struck with General Electric Co....
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence at Tesla Amid Scrutiny of Autopilot
Elon Musk doubled down on Tesla Inc.’s embrace of artificial intelligence after a week of intensifying scrutiny of the advanced...
Three Former Netflix Engineers Are Charged in $3 Million Insider-Trading Ring
Three former Netflix Inc. software engineers and two of their close associates were charged with insider trading, the U.S. Securities...
Toyota to Cut Output as Chip Shortage Finally Catches Up to It
TOKYO—The global semiconductor shortage has finally started to bite at Toyota Motor Corp., highlighting how a resurgence in Covid-19 infections...
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...
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...
