KKR and BMG Buy Into ZZ Top’s Music
KKR & Co. Inc. and BMG are betting on ZZ Top. The investment firm and music company have acquired all...
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Nike’s Supply Crunch Stunts Growth Again
Global supply-chain constraints continue to hurt Nike Inc.’s NKE -2.71% sales. The sneaker giant reported for a second consecutive quarter...
U.S. Sets 55-Mile-a-Gallon Fuel-Efficiency Standard for 2026 Models
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Monday raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light duty trucks, saying the new standards will...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Targets the Health Cloud With $28.3 Billion Bid for Cerner
Oracle Corp. ORCL -4.27% on Monday announced its largest deal ever, a roughly $28.3 billion purchase of electronic-medical-records company Cerner...
Moderna Says Covid-19 Booster Dose Works Against Omicron Variant in Lab Tests
Moderna Inc. said a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared with...
Airlines Brace for Flight Restrictions in 5G Standoff
Airlines have begun planning for possible flight disruptions from a new fifth-generation cellular service slated to go live early next...
Covid-19’s Omicron Variant Starts to Take Toll on Businesses
Covid-19’s accelerating spread has hampered operations and slowed sales at some companies in a matter of days, but many say...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
Business Lobby Seeks to Delay Tax Rise That Funds Biden Spending Plan
WASHINGTON—A coalition of large multinational companies has launched a late lobbying blitz to delay a tax increase on foreign earnings...
At Twitter and Salesforce, Bret Taylor Steps Into the Limelight
Bret Taylor has been involved with some of the tech industry’s most notable innovations—from Google Maps to Facebook ’s “like”...
YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels Including ESPN in Standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube’s agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney...
Jack Dorsey and the Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want to Reboot the Internet
The internet hasn’t turned out the way it was supposed to.In its earliest incarnation, before some Wall Street Journal readers...
Inside AMC’s Crazy, Bonkers, Upside-Down Year of Apes, Memes and Shorts
A mob rescued the world’s largest movie-theater chain from the edge of bankruptcy. It turned out to be only the...
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden Covid-19 Vaccine Rules for Large Employers
A federal appeals court Friday reinstated Biden administration rules that require many employers to ensure that their workers are vaccinated...
Gene Lee, CEO of Olive Garden Parent, to Retire
Olive Garden’s parent company Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI -4.96% said that Gene Lee, the chief executive who has led the...
U.S. Regulators Raise Concern With Stablecoin Digital Currency
Top U.S. financial regulators said they are prepared to take action to address risks to the financial system posed by...
Family Business Deals Help Fuel Carvana’s Explosive Growth
When Ernie Garcia III came up with a plan to disrupt the used-car market by taking it online, he got...
Fentanyl Invades More Illicit Pills, With Deadly Consequences
Zachary Didier took what looked like a prescription pain pill just after Christmas last year, according to his parents. It...
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Prosecution Gives Final Pitch in Closing Arguments
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Prosecutors in Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal-fraud trial made their case one more time in closing arguments Thursday as jurors...
CDC Advisers Review Blood-Clotting Risk Associated With J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine
U.S. vaccine advisers are meeting to consider whether to change recommendations on the use of Johnson & Johnson ’s Covid-19...
