Toshiba Looks to Split Two Ways Instead of Three
TOKYO— Toshiba Corp. TOSYY 0.92% revised its restructuring plan and said it wants to split into two parts instead of...
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Amazon Profits Show Resilience Even as Labor, Supply Crunch Weigh on Results
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -7.81% said profits nearly doubled in the critical holiday period, as the company managed to control labor...
Google Parent Caps Blockbuster Year With Sales Gains
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.61% posted another quarter of strong sales growth, capping a year when profit nearly doubled...
Microsoft Earnings Grew Last Quarter With Demand for Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.66% said its earnings continued to grow last quarter as its cloud-services business stayed strong.On Tuesday, the...
Kroger Workers Approve New Contract After Nine-Day Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger Co. KR -3.12% ’s King Soopers grocery stores ratified a new three-year contract following...
Software Provider Globalization Partners Gets Vista Equity Backing at $4.2 Billion Valuation
Globalization Partners, a software provider that helps businesses streamline the process of hiring employees internationally, has landed new backing from...
Winter Olympics Sponsors Caught Between Beijing, U.S.
With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, several Olympics sponsors are...
Why 5G Rollout Is Concerning Airlines and Flight-Safety Regulators: What to Know
The U.S. rollout of a new 5G wireless internet service has been contentious.After a standoff over potential risks that the...
As Employers Scramble to Fill Jobs, Workers Relish a Feeling of Power
Raises, signing bonuses, more flexibility. Amid a historically tight labor market, more workers are feeling their power—and flexing it. The...
Citigroup Sticks With Its Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate, While GE Drops Its Rules
Citigroup Inc. C -1.25% is sticking with its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for its U.S. workers. General Electric Co. GE 0.68%...
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Tesla Asked Law Firm to Fire Associate Hired From SEC
A partner at law firm Cooley LLP got an unexpected call late last year from a lawyer for one of...
Some Starbucks, Chipotle Sites Cut Hours, Limit Seating Over Omicron
Diners are feeling a sense of déjà vu as restaurants are again selling food for takeout only, closing dining-room seating...
Grocery Stores Cut Hours, Services as Omicron Infects Workers
Some U.S. supermarkets are reducing hours and cutting services as Covid-19’s Omicron variant infects cashiers, baggers and stockers, deepening grocery...
PC Shipments Faced Tough Fourth Quarter, but Pandemic Supplies a Brace
Shortages and bottlenecks weighed on personal-computer shipments in the fourth quarter, but the pandemic-induced revival of the PC market is...
McKinsey’s Top Executive Wants to Change How the Firm Operates
Bob Sternfels took over as McKinsey & Co.’s global managing partner in July at a difficult moment for the consulting...
Headaches and Backlogs Loom as Tax Filing Season Nears Again
WASHINGTON—The third tax-filing season during the coronavirus pandemic is set to begin soon with more delays, uncertainty and frustration likely...
IKEA to Raise Prices as Global Supply Costs Keep Rising
IKEA said it would increase the prices of its products around the world as the furniture giant grapples with rising...
Google and Tech Rivals Tap Cash Reserves to Realize Cloud Ambitions
Google and its rivals are wielding a new weapon in the battle for cloud-computing market share: big-dollar investments in companies...
Walmart Sparks Public Outcry in China Over Products From Xinjiang
Walmart Inc., WMT 0.91% the world’s largest retailer, became the latest Western company to face scrutiny over its handling of...
Omicron Pushes Daily Covid-19 Cases Higher, Disrupts Holiday Travel
The Omicron variant pushed Covid-19 daily cases in the U.S. to the highest level in nearly a year, leading to...
