AppleCare and Other Phone Protection Plans: Who Should—and Shouldn’t—Buy Them
Years ago, my iPhone 7 fell off my nightstand, bounced off a plastic box and landed face down on the...
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Offshore Wind Farms, Big in Europe, Could Boom in U.S. Under Biden
Developers of offshore wind farms, long awaiting their moment in the U.S., are pushing the Biden administration to cut through...
Everyone Wants Sushi to Go, and It’s Saving Some Restaurants
At a bleak moment for restaurants, sushi takeout is on a roll. Customer appetites for to-go sushi are rising, from...
How Big Tech Got Even Bigger
The tech industry’s titans were already huge before Covid-19, the subject of soaring valuations and snowballing antitrust investigations. The pandemic...
Biden’s Minimum-Wage Proposal: When Would It Reach $15 an Hour?
A recent exchange between Republican senators and a leading proponent of raising the minimum wage highlighted a sometimes overlooked facet...
Amazon Union Election to Proceed as Labor Board Denies Delay Request
Federal labor authorities rejected Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.63% request to delay a union election at one of its warehouses in...
U.S. Employers Added 49,000 Jobs in January
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, returning growth to the labor market after a one-month dip, while the unemployment...
Alibaba Sells $5 Billion of Bonds
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA 1.34% sold $5 billion of bonds, showing investors remain eager to back the Chinese e-commerce...
Johnson & Johnson Asks U.S. Regulators for Emergency Approval of Its Covid-19 Vaccine
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 0.93% asked U.S. regulators on Thursday to authorize the emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine, setting...
Who Could Receive a Third Stimulus Check? What Biden and the GOP Are Proposing
Republicans have called for a more-targeted approach to a third round of stimulus checks, while Democrats have argued that broad...
CNN President to Exit Cable Channel at End of 2021
Jeff Zucker has run CNN for eight years Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia Updated Feb. 4, 2021 10:25 am...
Parler CEO Says He Was Fired as Platform Neared Restoring Service
Parler, a moderation-light social-media network that was forced offline last month by tech giants over how it policed its content,...
U.S., Asia Services Activity Picks Up, While Eurozone Faces Recession Risk
Services companies in the U.S. and Asia gained ground in January, while a continued contraction in the eurozone threatened a...
Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy.
President Biden says his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will lift many low-wage workers...
Chipotle’s Covid-19 Costs Weigh on Its Profit
Shares in the burrito chain fell in after-hours trading. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Updated Feb. 2, 2021 9:59 pm...
Former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Is Raising $200 Million for SPAC
Dennis Muilenburg, here testifying before a congressional committee as Boeing CEO in 2019, is jumping onto the SPAC bandwagon. Photo:...
Fed’s Kashkari: Fed Shouldn’t Pull Back on Aid
The U.S. economy has a long way to go before it fully recovers and will need strong support from the...
Republicans Propose $618 Billion Covid-19 Relief Plan
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans released new details of their roughly $618 billion coronavirus-relief proposal Monday, including a round of $1,000 direct checks...
Quantum Computing Scientists Call for Ethical Guidelines
A group of quantum computing experts, including scientists and company executives, want to raise ethical concerns about the technology’s potential...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Riles Its Rivals for Broadband Subsidies
WASHINGTON— Elon Musk’s SpaceX is facing a final test—and some resistance—in its bid to secure almost $1 billion in federal...
