European Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Social Media Regulations
BRUSSELS—Europe is again raising the bar on tech regulation, preparing new standards for operations of social media and other digital...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Bed Bath & Beyond’s Buybuy Baby Draws Buyer Interest
Bed Bath & Beyond has been exploring alternatives for Buybuy Baby. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Updated April 22, 2022...
Home Depot Revamps Tech Leadership With Focus on Customers
Home Depot Inc. is doubling down on online shopping, curbside pickup apps and other digital efforts that helped propel sales...
American, United Project Packed Planes This Summer
Airlines said they have reached a new juncture in their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, anticipating record revenue in the...
CNN+ Streaming Service Is Shutting Down a Month After Launching
CNN is shutting down its streaming service CNN+ about a month after it launched, a sign of its new owners’...
Activision Blizzard Names Two Women to Its Board
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.02% said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after...
Alleged Covid-19 Fraud Schemes Totaling $150 Million Draw Criminal Charges
Federal prosecutors have charged about 20 people in the past two weeks with allegedly engaging in various fraud schemes related...
Tesla Posts Record $3.3 Billion Quarterly Profit
Tesla Inc. TSLA -4.96% reported a sevenfold jump in first-quarter profit as consumers snapped up the company’s electric vehicles, though...
Procter & Gamble Posts Biggest Sales Gain in Decades—and a Word of Caution
Procter & Gamble Co. ’s booming quarter came with a warning. The maker of Tide detergent and Gillette razors on...
Netflix Explores a Version With Ads as Subscriber Base Shrinks
Netflix Inc. said it is exploring offering a lower priced ad-supported version of the platform to boost its subscriber base,...
WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition
Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...
Biden Administration Restores Stricter Environmental Reviews
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is restoring stricter environmental standards for approving new pipelines, highways, power plants and other construction projects, including...
Tesla Probed by EEOC Before California Sued Car Maker Over Alleged Racial Discrimination
A principal U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing antidiscrimination laws has investigated Tesla Inc., according to a legal filing. The...
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say
A U.K. cybersecurity startup rocketed to a multibillion-dollar valuation when it listed publicly last fall on the promise of making...
Alex Jones’s Infowars Files for Bankruptcy Over Sandy Hook Lawsuits
Infowars and other media assets backed by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy, opening a new front in...
Hot Economy, Rising Inflation: The Fed Has Never Successfully Fixed a Problem Like This
The Federal Reserve is setting out to do something it has never accomplished before: reduce inflation a lot without significantly...
WSJ News Exclusive | FDA Probes Lucky Charms’ Possible Link to Illnesses
Food and Drug Administration officials said they are examining reports from more than 100 consumers who told the agency that...
When Quitting Normalizes, Benefit to Low-Wage Workers May Subside
Low-wage workers capitalized on the rare opportunity of a tight labor market with a burst of job-switching. That wave shows...
Meet the Twitter Army of Elon Musk Superfans
Elon Musk might have more than 82 million Twitter followers, but only a handful of those can consistently grab the...
Twitter Adopts Poison Pill Plan to Block Elon Musk From Increasing Stake
Twitter adopted a poison-pill takeover defense to make it difficult for Elon Musk to increase ownership beyond 15%. The move...
