China Chases Chip-Factory Dominance—and Global Clout
China is leading the world in building new chip factories, a step toward achieving more self-sufficiency in semiconductors that could...
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More Shoppers Buy Store Brands, Eating Into Big Food Companies’ Sales
Cost-conscious consumers are buying more store brands at the supermarket, raising pressure on big food companies that are dealing with...
Macau Casinos to Reopen Saturday After Covid-19 Shutdown
Casinos in the gambling hub of Macau will be allowed to reopen Saturday after a nearly two-week shutdown amid a...
Tesla Ends Streak of Record Quarterly Profits After China Factory Shutdown
Tesla’s second-quarter production was limited by Covid-related restrictions in China and supply-chain disruptions. Photo: jade gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Updated July...
Boeing Closes In on Making New Dreamliner Deliveries
LONDON— Boeing Co. BA 0.40% commercial airplanes chief Stan Deal said Sunday the manufacturer was “very close” to resuming 787...
Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill
Political wrangling in Congress over government funding for the semiconductor industry is leaving tens of billions of dollars of potential...
Supermarkets, Restaurants Hire Security, Limit Hours to Combat Crime
Restaurants and grocery stores said they are revamping operations in response to crime, with some operators limiting hours, spending more...
Emirates, Heathrow Reach Agreement Over Passenger Cap
LONDON—Emirates and London Heathrow Airport reached an agreement under which the airline, the world’s biggest by international traffic, will cap...
Volkswagen to Keep Factory Running in China’s Xinjiang Region
HONG KONG— Volkswagen AG VOW 3.45% reiterated a commitment to producing vehicles in China’s western region of Xinjiang, an area...
Baby-Formula Production Has Restarted at Abbott’s Michigan Plant
Abbott Laboratories ABT -0.21% has reopened its biggest factory after a shutdown last month that dealt another blow to efforts...
Rivian Cranked Up Production in Second Quarter at Illinois Factory
Rivian RIVN 10.42% Automotive Inc. said it produced 4,401 vehicles in the second quarter, the latest in the electric-vehicle maker’s...
Tesla Vehicle Deliveries Tumble After China Factory Shutdown
Tesla vehicle deliveries fell quarter-over-quarter for the first time in more than two years, reflecting an extended shutdown in China,...
The Surprising Reason Your Amazon Searches Are Returning More Confusing Results than Ever
If you want to be reminded just how tiny you are, you could travel to a remote part of the...
Elon Musk Calls Tesla’s New Car Factories ‘Gigantic Money Furnaces’
Tesla Inc.’s TSLA -0.40% two newest car factories have been losing billions of dollars as supply-chain disruptions and battery-cell manufacturing...
Apple Employees at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize
Apple Inc. AAPL 1.15% employees at a retail store outside of Baltimore voted to unionize on Saturday. The move creates...
McDonald’s in Russia Reopens Under New Ownership
MOSCOW—More than a dozen former McDonald’s MCD -1.97% restaurants reopened here under a new brand and new ownership, accompanied by...
Smithfield Foods, Citing High Costs of Operating in California, to Close Pork Plant
Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest pork processor in the U.S. by volume, is closing an 1,800-person plant in California and...
What Do Chinese Consumers Want? Walmart Can’t Figure It Out.
Walmart Inc. opened its first store in China in 1996, a sprawling supercenter in the Hong Kong border city of...
Sheryl Sandberg Stepping Down as COO of Facebook Parent Meta Platforms
In a post on her Facebook profile, Ms. Sandberg said she would continue to serve as a member of Meta’s...
China’s Slowdown Poses Credibility Test for Economic Data
SINGAPORE—A severe slowdown for China’s economy during a year of acute political sensitivity for Chinese leader Xi Jinping is testing...
