All Jobs Businesses Cut in Pandemic Are Back, but Not Where They Were Lost
Transportation and warehousing jobs, benefiting from an e-commerce boom, have grown the fastest among major industry groups since the Covid-19...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Has Been Slashing Private-Label Selection Amid Weak Sales
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 0.21% has started drastically reducing the number of items it sells under its own brands, and the...
What the Heck Is a ‘Super App’ and Why Are Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel and Jack Dorsey So Interested?
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? No, it’s super…apps. Unlike regular apps, which for years...
Jeff Bezos Criticizes Biden’s Call for Gas Stations to Cut Prices
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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...
Covid Fallout Flattens JD.com’s Online Birthday Bash
SINGAPORE—Chinese online shopping giant JD.com midyear e-commerce extravaganza recorded the slowest sales growth in at least five years, in the...
U.S. Retail Sales Declined in May as Inflation Stings Consumers
Americans’ retail spending declined in May, as consumers felt the pinch from inflation, higher gasoline prices and rising interest rates.Retail...
Massachusetts Court Blocks Gig-Worker Ballot Measure
The top court in Massachusetts blocked a ballot measure Tuesday that would have asked voters to classify gig workers as...
FanDuel CEO Amy Howe Wants to Help the Sports-Betting Business Grow Up
LOS ANGELES—Ahead of the year’s biggest gambling event, FanDuel Group Chief Executive Amy Howe was spreading her message of confidence...
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...
Corporate Executives Assess U.S. Economy as Clouds Form
Over the past week, business leaders have laid out in the starkest terms yet that a period of universal strength...
Amazon to Close Kindle Bookstore in China
HONG KONG— Amazon. AMZN 1.23% com Inc. is closing its Kindle digital bookstore in China and has halted sales of...
The Tech Crash Could Be a Talent Bonanza for Big Tech
Apple, Amazon, AMZN 3.66% Microsoft, Google and Facebook FB 1.83% parent Meta Platforms have spent years battling for engineers and...
For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over
A dizzying turn in technology-startup investing is undoing the fortunes of founders and investors riding a 13-year bull run.Highflying startups...
Jeff Bezos Criticizes Joe Biden in Twitter Spat Over Inflation
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos criticized the Biden administration in two tweets over the weekend for tying the corporate tax...
Uber’s Revenue Doubles, but Stock Falls After Lyft Warns of Higher Driver Costs
Uber Technologies Inc.’s UBER -4.65% revenue more than doubled last quarter, as demand for rides rebounded from the downturn caused...
Amazon Workers Reject Union in New York After Labor Victory at Separate Facility
Amazon.com workers voted against unionizing at a facility on Staten Island, N.Y., a win for the company after a loss...
Grubhub Owner Jet Could See Broader Engine Failure
Grubhub owner Just Eat Takeaway.com’s TKWY -0.53% share price fell nearly 70% over the past year. Trimming the fat might...
Amazon Posts First Quarterly Loss Since 2015 as Costs, Rivian Stake Weigh on Results
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 4.65% posted its first quarterly loss in seven years, a result that reflected broad economic trends related...
Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
