U.S. Companies Are Thriving Despite the Pandemic—or Because of It
Nearly two years after the coronavirus pandemic brought much of the U.S. economy to a halt, public companies are recording...
Financial Services
3G Capital Diversifies Away From Food With Hunter Douglas Deal
3G Capital has agreed to buy a majority stake in Dutch window-coverings maker Hunter Douglas HDG 69.82% NV in a...
Google and Tech Rivals Tap Cash Reserves to Realize Cloud Ambitions
Google and its rivals are wielding a new weapon in the battle for cloud-computing market share: big-dollar investments in companies...
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator
President Biden is considering Sarah Bloom Raskin for a top role at the Federal Reserve as part of a slate...
U.S. Home-Price Growth Slowed Again in October
U.S. home-price growth slowed for the second straight month in October, an indication that the hot housing market may be...
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...
WSJ News Exclusive | Early Holiday Shopping Helps Offset Omicron Damper
Fretters saved U.S. retailers from a gloomier holiday. American consumers spent at a brisk pace over the shopping season, as...
Crypto.com Will Run its First Super Bowl Ad Amid Marketing Blitz
Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com will run its first Super Bowl commercial in February as it seeks to become a household...
Turkey Rolls Out Economic Rescue Plan, Reversing Lira’s Spiral
ISTANBUL—Turkey’s currency mounted a dramatic, partial reversal from a monthslong collapse on Tuesday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a...
KKR and BMG Buy Into ZZ Top’s Music
KKR & Co. Inc. and BMG are betting on ZZ Top. The investment firm and music company have acquired all...
YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels Including ESPN in Standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube’s agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney...
Jack Dorsey and the Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want to Reboot the Internet
The internet hasn’t turned out the way it was supposed to.In its earliest incarnation, before some Wall Street Journal readers...
U.S. Regulators Raise Concern With Stablecoin Digital Currency
Top U.S. financial regulators said they are prepared to take action to address risks to the financial system posed by...
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...
Canada Renews Central Bank’s Inflation-Targeting Mandate
OTTAWA—The Canadian government and Bank of Canada agreed Monday to renew the central bank’s mandate to target 2% annual inflation,...
Covid Is Making Many Offices Obsolete. Here’s What Happens to Them Next.
Allstate Corp.’s suburban campus outside Chicago, with its interconnected buildings, manicured grounds and acres of parking, represented a new vision...
WSJ News Exclusive | Beijing Reins In China’s Central Bank
The People’s Bank of China has never been politically independent like a Western central bank, but it has nonetheless enjoyed...
Demand for Oil, Gas to Remain Robust for Years, Energy Leaders Say
The leaders of the world’s largest oil companies said Monday that demand for the products they make will remain robust...
Centrist Senate Democrats Signal Opposition to Biden Banking Nominee
WASHINGTON—A group of Senate Democrats have privately voiced their opposition to President Biden’s nomination of Saule Omarova to become a...
U.S. Travel Hit Pandemic High Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday
Flights have been packed but relatively painless during the week of Thanksgiving, the first major test since airlines took steps...
