Masks Are Back On at Home Depot, McDonald’s and Target
The masks are back. On Monday, Home Depot Corp. , McDonald’s Corp , Target Corp. and Facebook Inc. said they...
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Fed Chairman Powell’s Approach to Regulation Has Drawn Criticism From Some Democrats
President Biden’s looming decision about who should be the next Federal Reserve chairman is prompting reviews of the current chief’s...
Tech Startup Financing Hits Records as Giant Funds Dwarf Venture Capitalists
Big money-management firms expanded their dominance in Silicon Valley last quarter, crowding out venture capitalists in a once-niche business and...
Succession Drama Grips Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will
The longtime head of Scholastic Corp., M. Richard Robinson Jr., died suddenly in June on a walk in Martha’s Vineyard....
How to Make Friends While Working from Home? Ask These Office Newbies.
Jacob Ma wasn’t going to let the fact that his new job kept him at home all day stop him...
Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal
Solar panel installations are surging in the U.S. and Europe as Western countries seek to cut their reliance on fossil...
Towns Trying to Ban Natural Gas Face Resistance in Their Push for All-Electric Homes
Massachusetts is emerging as a key battleground in the U.S. fight over whether to phase out natural gas for home...
Is a Four-Day Week the Future of Work?
Kickstarter Chief Executive Aziz Hasan had to embrace remote work during the initial stage of the pandemic. Now this boss...
Procter & Gamble Warns of Higher Costs and Slower Sales
Procter & Gamble Co. gave a somber outlook for the year ahead, predicting slower sales and historically high costs for...
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...
Exxon, Chevron Report Billions in Profits but Plan to Keep Spending Tight
Big oil companies are raking in their highest profits since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but they plan to...
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...
Boeing Space Flight Postponed After Mishap at Space Station
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Boeing Co. postponed the launch of the company’s Starliner space capsule after a...
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Charged With Securities Fraud
Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola Corp. and onetime executive chairman of the electric-truck startup, was indicted Thursday on securities-fraud...
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...
Samsung Profit Rises 73% as Memory-Chip Demand Surges
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. offset relative weakness in smartphone shipments by capitalizing on another quarter of roaring demand for its...
Fed Launches Standing Repo Facility to Boost Market Liquidity
The Federal Reserve is launching new facilities designed to provide liquidity to big Wall Street banks and foreign institutions like...
Treasury Market Meltdown in 2020 Shows Need for Overhaul, Report Finds
A global dash for cash sparked by the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 forced the Federal Reserve to buy hundreds...
Starbucks, Facing Higher Costs, Pushes Upscale Coffee
Starbucks Corp. said higher labor and supply costs are likely to linger for months, adding that it is promoting higher-end...
