AT&T Slashed Promised Life Insurance for Former Workers—and Time Runs Out at Year-End
When Dean Allison left his job as a property manager at AT&T T 0.36% in 1998, the company offered an...
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Looking to Rent a Car? Expect Higher Prices, Long Waits and Slim Pickings
Travelers looking to rent cars are encountering higher rates and few choices, if they can find a car at all.The...
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...
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...
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...
Biden to Nominate Sandra Thompson to Lead Fannie and Freddie’s Overseer
WASHINGTON—President Biden plans to nominate Sandra Thompson to become the permanent director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the White...
Harley-Davidson’s Electric-Vehicle Division to Go Public Via SPAC Merger
Harley-Davidson Inc.’s HOG 6.94% electric-motorcycle division will become a separate publicly traded company via a blank-check merger, a move the...
Tech Giants Microsoft, Amazon and Others Warn of Widespread Software Flaw
Cybersecurity officials at major tech companies are scrambling to patch a serious flaw in a widely used piece of internet...
GE, Union Pacific Suspend Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates After Injunction on Biden Order
General Electric Co. , Union Pacific Corp. and other large employers have suspended Covid-19 vaccine requirements for workers after a...
How Blood Samples Are Helping Scientists Test Covid-19 Vaccines Against Omicron
Human blood samples and the substance that makes fireflies glow are among the tools that scientists are using for early...
CNN President Jeff Zucker Protected Chris Cuomo. Then Came a U-Turn.
CNN President Jeff Zucker stood by Chris Cuomo last spring after revelations that the star anchor had helped his brother,...
Appliance Business Cast Off by GE Thrives Under Chinese Ownership
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—When General Electric Co. agreed to sell its appliance unit to a Chinese manufacturer in 2016, the future wasn’t...
Planning a Wedding for 2022 May Be Harder Than Finding Your Soul Mate
Couples still high on the euphoria of a new wedding engagement had better prepare themselves for a cold reality: Right...
Advertisers Adjust Holiday Messages to Covid-19, Supply-Chain Challenges
Companies are rethinking their advertising strategies this holiday season as multiple problems, from supply-chain constraints to continued worries about Covid-19,...
New Covid-19 Travel Restrictions Rattle Global Airline Industry, Hit Shares
The U.S. said it would restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries in southern Africa starting Monday, joining...
Airlines Gird for Thanksgiving Travel Test After Rocky Year
Thanksgiving will test whether airlines have done enough to insulate their operations from shocks that have roiled air travel in...
General Electric to Split Into Three Public Companies
General Electric Co. said it would split into three public companies, breaking apart the more than century-old company that was...
