China’s Industrial Profit Falls on Covid-19 Measures, Bad Weather
China’s industrial profit dropped in the first seven months of the year, reversing a year-on-year increase in the first half...
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Disney’s New Pricing Magic: More Profit From Fewer Park Visitors
Walt Disney DIS -2.89% used to call Disneyland his “magic kingdom.” These days, Walt Disney Co. has a new magic...
Companies Used to Announce Products. Now They ‘Drop’ Them.
Once upon a time, not that many years ago, most companies with important new products just announced them, perhaps with...
3M Is Denied Bankruptcy Shield Against Mass Earplug Claims
A bankruptcy judge declined on Friday to shield 3M Co. from continued litigation involving its military earplugs, a setback for...
WSJ News Exclusive | NBC Considers Cutting Back Programming Hours in Prime Time
NBC is considering reducing the number of hours it programs in prime time, people familiar with the matter said, a...
SpaceX, T-Mobile to Connect Satellites to Cellphones in Remote Areas
The companies said Thursday that the new service will use Starlink satellites that SpaceX plans to launch and provide connections...
U.S. GDP Fell Less Than Previously Thought in Second Quarter
The second-quarter decline in U.S. economic output was less severe than initially estimated and unemployment claims fell slightly last week,...
Amazon to Shut Down Amazon Care Telehealth Unit
Amazon. com Inc. is closing a telehealth service it built in-house for employees and businesses as the company looks to...
NFTs Are Increasingly Targeted by Criminals, Report Says
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, are increasingly sought by criminals looking to either steal them or use them to launder illicit...
Twitter Whistleblower Peiter Zatko Has Warned of Cyber Disasters for Decades
In November 2020, Twitter Inc. TWTR 2.33% co-founder Jack Dorsey picked a famed ex-hacker, Peiter Zatko, to solve some of...
Biden to Announce Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Biden is planning to take executive action to forgive $10,000 or more in federal student loan debt for tens...
Federal Trade Commission Drops Mark Zuckerberg From Antitrust Lawsuit
Meta Platforms had asked the Federal Trade Commission to remove Mark Zuckerberg from a lawsuit filed to block it from...
Twitter Comes Under Washington Spotlight With Whistleblower Complaint
WASHINGTON—A whistleblower’s complaint opens up new political and legal challenges for Twitter Inc. TWTR -7.32% in Washington, as lawmakers and...
White House Planning Student-Loan Announcement Wednesday
White House officials are planning for President Biden to make an announcement on Wednesday about his proposal for dealing with...
Elon Musk’s Lawyers Seek Documents From Former Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey
Elon Musk’s lawyers have sent a subpoena to Jack Dorsey, the first indication that Twitter Inc.’s TWTR -2.23% co-founder and...
Ben & Jerry’s Independent Directors Lose Request for Injunction Over Israel Business
A judge denied a court petition by Ben & Jerry’s independent board members that sought to stop parent Unilever UL...
HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere Draws Nearly 10 Million Viewers
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” drew nearly 10 million viewers in the U.S. during its Sunday night debut and briefly...
U.S. Steps Up Enforcement of Its Long List of Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has imposed a set of powerful sanctions against Russia’s economy to punish it for the invasion of Ukraine....
MGM China Pumps $594 Million Into Macau Casino Unit Ahead of License Bid
HONG KONG—The Chinese unit of U.S. gambling company MGM Resorts International MGM -2.50% said it would pump almost $600 million...
Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies
Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are further snarling supply...
