Venture Powerhouse Sequoia Capital Names New Leader
Sequoia Capital named a new top leader, a rare transfer of power at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture-capital...
Business/Consumer Services
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:...
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...
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,...
Okta Says Probe Into Security Breach Finds No Evidence of New Attack
Identity management provider Okta Inc. OKTA -7.02% said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation found no evidence of any ongoing malicious...
Nielsen Rejects Roughly $9 Billion Takeover Offer From Private-Equity Consortium
Nielsen CEO David Kenny in 2019 Photo: Paul Miller/Bloomberg News March 20, 2022 9:33 pm ET Nielsen Holdings NLSN 2.17%...
GE Cuts Larry Culp’s 2022 Pay After Shareholder Protest
General Electric Co. said Chief Executive Larry Culp agreed to reduce his potential compensation by about $10 million this year,...
WSJ News Exclusive | Consortium Including Elliott in Advanced Talks to Buy Nielsen Holdings
A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN...
WSJ News Exclusive | Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures
Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to Western companies in Russia, threatening to arrest corporate leaders there who criticize the government...
Google-Facebook Ad Deal Is Investigated by EU, U.K.
The European Union and the U.K. opened formal antitrust investigations into whether Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.88% Google and Facebook FB...
Disney+ to Roll Out Cheaper, Ad-Supported Subscription in Late 2022
Times have changed, and so have the streaming wars. Disney announced Friday that it would roll out a cheaper, ad-supported...
Global Air Travel Is Disrupted by Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Competing aviation sanctions and the narrowing of airspace available for commercial travel over Russia and Eastern Europe are adding strain...
Inside Subway’s Turnaround Plan
Subway, which has the most locations of any restaurant chain in the U.S., is pursuing a new way to try...
GE Warns Supply-Chain Issues to Pressure Profits, Cash Flow
General Electric Co. warned that supply-chain problems, labor shortages and inflation would weigh on its financial results in the first...
Alibaba, Tencent E-Commerce Sites Tagged by U.S. for Counterfeit Sales
Both were on the “notorious markets’’ list of entities that allegedly sell or facilitate the sale of counterfeit goods. Source...
Farmers Feel the Squeeze of Inflation
Inflation is growing on the farm. American farmers are paying significantly higher prices for their weed-killing chemicals, crop seeds, fertilizer,...
Harvard Wants M.B.A.s to Learn How to Be Happy at Work
A hot course at Harvard Business School promises to teach future leaders an elusive skill—managing happiness. One of the toughest...
The 2022 Super Bowl Ads Return to Travel, Familiar Faces and New Tech
The second Super Bowl of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday featured a variety of first-time advertisers, including a slew of...
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta’s Board
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s earliest investors and its longest-serving outside board member, is planning to step down from his...
