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...
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U.S. Sets 55-Mile-a-Gallon Fuel-Efficiency Standard for 2026 Models
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Monday raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light duty trucks, saying the new standards will...
Moderna Says Covid-19 Booster Dose Works Against Omicron Variant in Lab Tests
Moderna Inc. said a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared with...
Covid-19’s Omicron Variant Starts to Take Toll on Businesses
Covid-19’s accelerating spread has hampered operations and slowed sales at some companies in a matter of days, but many say...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
Business Lobby Seeks to Delay Tax Rise That Funds Biden Spending Plan
WASHINGTON—A coalition of large multinational companies has launched a late lobbying blitz to delay a tax increase on foreign earnings...
Inside AMC’s Crazy, Bonkers, Upside-Down Year of Apes, Memes and Shorts
A mob rescued the world’s largest movie-theater chain from the edge of bankruptcy. It turned out to be only the...
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden Covid-19 Vaccine Rules for Large Employers
A federal appeals court Friday reinstated Biden administration rules that require many employers to ensure that their workers are vaccinated...
Fentanyl Invades More Illicit Pills, With Deadly Consequences
Zachary Didier took what looked like a prescription pain pill just after Christmas last year, according to his parents. It...
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Prosecution Gives Final Pitch in Closing Arguments
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Prosecutors in Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal-fraud trial made their case one more time in closing arguments Thursday as jurors...
CDC Advisers Review Blood-Clotting Risk Associated With J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine
U.S. vaccine advisers are meeting to consider whether to change recommendations on the use of Johnson & Johnson ’s Covid-19...
Democrats’ $2 Trillion Package Stalls as Manchin Talks Make Little Headway
WASHINGTON—Democrats braced for weeks of delay and uncertainty on their roughly $2 trillion education, healthcare and climate package they had...
Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software
Hackers linked to China and other governments are among a growing assortment of cyberattackers seeking to exploit a widespread and...
I’ve Tried to Make Travel Better for 20 Years. Mostly It’s Gotten Worse.
I fear I’ve failed.When I started covering aviation, flights were expensive, delays were maddening and the coffee on Southwest Airlines...
House Approves Increase in Debt Ceiling, Sending Measure to Biden
WASHINGTON—Congress passed a measure raising the government’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, sending to President Biden’s desk legislation that is...
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...
Millennials Are Supercharging the Housing Market
The generation that supposedly didn’t want to buy things now accounts for over half of all home-purchase loan applications. Economists...
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron
Pfizer also said Tuesday that a final analysis of late-stage study results confirmed the drug, named Paxlovid, was 89% effective...
Flash-Mob Thefts Planned on Snapchat and Other Apps, Police Say
SAN FRANCISCO—A recent rash of thefts by fast-moving mobs at stores in the Bay Area and outside Minneapolis were organized...
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,...
