Capital Spending Boom Helps Raise Productivity, Contain Costs
American businesses are ramping up technology investment and other capital spending as they emerge from the pandemic. If sustained, that...
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From GM to Powerade, Brands Pitch Mental Health
To woo consumers, hotel chains typically offer free room upgrades and complimentary breakfast. Kimpton Hotels is trying a new incentive:...
WSJ News Exclusive | FAA Safety Chief to Be Named Acting Leader
The Federal Aviation Administration’s safety chief is expected to lead the agency on an acting basis after the current administrator,...
IRS Delays, Sudden End to Tax Break Leave Employers Frustrated With Covid Credits
IRS processing delays and federal policy changes are creating headaches for businesses and nonprofits using a popular wage subsidy that...
Aluminum Makers Seek Old Cans, Shredded Cars to Fuel New Plants
Aluminum makers are on a nationwide hunt for more old cans, shredded cars and factory waste to keep up with...
Do I Have to Write a Cover Letter? Many Job Seekers Just Say No
To Whom It May Concern: Job applicants are putting a hard stop to those dreaded cover letters.Many hiring managers say...
How Sanctions on Russia, War in Ukraine and Covid in China Are Transforming Global Supply Chains
A new world order is emerging for the vital supply chains that deliver most of the goods we rely on...
Startups Make It Easier to Get ADHD Drugs. That Made Some Workers Anxious.
Cris Wibby joined online mental-health company Cerebral Inc. as a nurse practitioner last spring, looking for the flexibility to work...
Black News Channel Shuts Down Two Years After Debut
Black News Channel, a cable news network that went on the air two years ago to provide an alternative look...
U.S., EU Reach Preliminary Deal on Data Privacy
The U.S. and the European Union reached a preliminary deal to allow data about Europeans to be stored on U.S....
Bed Bath & Beyond Adds New Directors in Deal With Activist Ryan Cohen
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said it would add three new directors and explore options for its buybuy Baby business...
Edward ‘Ned’ Johnson, Former Fidelity CEO, Dies
Edward “Ned” Johnson III, who transformed Fidelity Investments into a financial behemoth and opened Wall Street to millions of Americans,...
Europe’s Economy Slows as Ukraine War Sends Costs Soaring
Europe’s economic recovery slowed in the first weeks of March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while U.S. business activity picked...
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall in Tight Labor Market
New applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell last week to historic lows as employers held on to their...
Former Boeing Pilot Found Not Guilty in 737 MAX Criminal Trial
FORT WORTH, Texas—A jury found a former Boeing Co. BA -2.62% pilot not guilty of deceiving air-safety regulators about a...
Amazon Union Vote Set to Begin in New York, Which Has Challenged Company in Past
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.90% over the next month will face union elections at separate warehouses in New York City, a...
A Black Box From China Eastern Airlines Plane Crash Is Found
HONG KONG—Rescuers have recovered one of the black boxes from the Boeing 737 that crashed into a mountainous rural area...
Russia’s Oil-and-Gas Industry Is Starting to Feel the Bite of Sanctions
President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, and the wave of Western sanctions in response, is starting to hit Russia’s economic...
BuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Is Stepping Down as Company Trims Workforce
BuzzFeed Inc., in its first earnings report as a public company, said it expected revenue to decline in the current...
GameStop’s Stock Rises After Chairman Buys More Shares
Shares of GameStop Corp. rose 16% in after-hours trading after the videogame retailer’s chairman disclosed his firm bought 100,000 shares...
