U.S. Home Sales on Track for Biggest Year in 15 Years
U.S. home sales rose in October as buyers continued to compete for a limited number of homes for sale. Existing-home...
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Target, TJX Post Strong Sales, Say They Have Plenty in Stock for Black Friday
Retail chains Target Corp. and TJX Cos. said they were able to sidestep supply-chain snarls to post strong sales in...
U.S. Shoppers Boosted Spending Last Month, Taking on Higher Prices
U.S. retail sales rose by 1.7% in October, a sign that consumers are willing to spend more headed into the...
Twitter CFO Says Investing in Crypto ‘Doesn’t Make Sense Right Now’
Investing some of Twitter Inc.’s corporate cash in crypto assets such as bitcoin “doesn’t make sense right now,” Chief Financial...
Tyson’s Meat Production Falls Amid Labor Shortages
Labor challenges cut production volumes for Tyson Foods Inc. in the latest quarter, but the meat company’s sales grew year...
Judge Rejects Apple’s Request to Delay App Store Order
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to delay her September injunction that would loosen some of...
New York Life’s Pitch to Entrepreneurs: Sell Life Insurance
A career in sales is a hard sell right now, and building a diverse sales force is even tougher, recruiters...
Airbnb Posts Record Results After Busy Summer Travel Season
Airbnb Inc. posted record revenue in the third quarter, punctuating the home-sharing company’s rebound from the collapse in bookings during...
Roku Shares Fall 8% After Hours on Slower Account Growth
Roku Inc. reported a slowdown in new active accounts for its streaming services in the latest quarter and guided for...
Pfizer Ups Covid-19 Vaccine Forecast as Sales More Than Double
Pfizer Inc. raised its forecast for sales of its Covid-19 vaccine this year to about $36 billion, a roughly 7%...
WSJ News Exclusive | Coke to Pay $5.6 Billion for Full Control of BodyArmor
Coca-Cola Co. is buying full control of BodyArmor for $5.6 billion in a deal that values the sports drink brand...
GameStop’s Chief Operating Officer Departs
GameStop Corp.’s chief operating officer, Jenna Owens, has left the company, less than a year after joining. GameStop didn’t give...
Facebook Joins a Crowded Field In the Race to Build the ‘Metaverse.’ We All Have a Stake in the Outcome.
Tech billionaires are a quirky lot. Some are attempting to build a world imagined in utopian visions of the future,...
Global Chip Shortage ‘Is Far From Over’ as Wait Times Get Longer
Almost a year into a global chip shortage, the problems are increasing for many customers as delays get even longer...
Starbucks’s China Sales Slow With Covid-19 Bout
Starbucks Corp. said its U.S. sales were strong during its most recent quarter, though the pandemic’s resurgence in China dragged...
Facebook to Rebrand Company as Meta in Focus on Metaverse
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company would change its name to Meta to reflect growth opportunities beyond...
Samsung Posts Record Quarterly Revenue From Chip Boom
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. reported record quarterly revenue and saw net profit grow by 31% on the back of booming...
Microsoft Earnings Jump as Cloud Services Thrive
Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.64% continued to benefit from the global shift toward remote work as its cloud business boosted its...
GE’s Profits Rise but Sales Miss Forecasts
General Electric Co. GE 1.20% reported stronger profits as cost cutting offset lower-than-expected sales of its industrial equipment in the...
Facebook Posts Slower Sales Growth With Apple Privacy Policy
Facebook Inc. blamed Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.03% privacy rules for posting slower sales growth and warned of further uncertainty for...
