Microsoft Hires Former Top Amazon Cloud Executive, Adding to Rivalry
Microsoft Corp. hired a top Amazon.com Inc. cloud veteran and ally of Chief Executive Andy Jassy, according to a company...
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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...
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....
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearings have finally wrapped up. The case isn’t over yet
But the case isn't over yet. Meng now awaits the decision of Canadian Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes as to...
Companies Are Hoarding Record Cash Amid Delta Fears
Companies are sitting on a record amount of cash amid lingering uncertainty about disruptions from Covid-19, defying expectations earlier this...
Synchrony’s Margaret Keane Credits These Advisers With Helping Her Reach the Top
In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those...
Airbnb Revenue Nearly Quadrupled in Second Quarter
Airbnb Inc.’s second-quarter revenue nearly quadrupled, rebounding from the lows of the pandemic and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, as domestic travel...
Bill Gates pledges $1.5 billion to climate projects in the infrastructure bill
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — which still needs to be passed by the House — has more than...
Adidas Agrees to Sell Reebok to Authentic Brands
Adidas AG said it has agreed to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands Group for up to 2.1 billion euros, the...
NortonLifeLock Agrees to Buy Cybersecurity Provider Avast
NortonLifeLock Inc. agreed to acquire and combine with cybersecurity firm Avast PLC in a cash-and-stock deal that would extend the...
United Airlines to Require All U.S. Employees Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to be vaccinated this fall, the first major airline to...
WSJ News Exclusive | Business Groups Call on Biden to Restart Trade Talks With China
WASHINGTON—Nearly three dozen of the nation’s most influential business groups—representing retailers, chip makers, farmers and others—are calling on the Biden...
Roku Pays to Be a Player
Investors got a painful reminder Wednesday that Roku is still in the hardware business. It has been easy to forget....
Vanguard will pay vaccinated workers $1,000
The incentive shows how aggressively some companies are moving to encourage workers to get vaccinated as concerns about the Delta...
Bezos’ Blue Origin Rebuffed in Its Protest of Moon Lander Contract
A federal agency upheld the decision to make Elon Musk’s SpaceX the sole winner of a contract to develop a...
Walmart, Disney to Require Vaccines for Certain Workers
Walmart Inc. and Walt Disney Co. are requiring certain workers to get vaccinated for Covid-19 amid a shift in federal...
WSJ News Exclusive | MyPillow to Pull Ads From Fox News in Disagreement With Network
The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News’s big advertisers, said he is pulling his ads from the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Didi Global Considers Going Private to Placate China and Compensate Investors
HONG KONG—Ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. is considering going private in order to placate authorities in China and compensate investors...
WSJ News Exclusive | Ride-Sharing Startup Swvl Nearing Deal to Go Public With Female-Led SPAC
Middle East-based ride-sharing technology startup Swvl Inc. is nearing a deal to go public via a merger with a special-purpose...
