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,...
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Democrats Drop Paid Leave From $1.75 Trillion Proposal
WASHINGTON—Democrats abandoned plans to include a paid-leave program in their healthcare, education and climate-change bill, according to people familiar with...
Tax Proposals Hit Headwinds as Democrats Try to Finalize Social Spending Deal
WASHINGTON—An 11th-hour push by Democrats to fund their social-spending and climate bill faltered, with a proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized...
Democrats Explore Tax on Billionaires to Help Fund $2 Trillion Package
WASHINGTON—Democrats worked Friday to resolve disagreements over tax increases and expanded healthcare coverage in their roughly $2 trillion social policy...
Blue Origin Launch: Jeff Bezos and Crew Complete Successful Space Flight
VAN HORN, Texas— Jeff Bezos and three passengers reached the edge of space and safely returned Tuesday morning after a...
Ackman Drops SPAC Plan for Universal Deal
Hedge-fund billionaire William Ackman is dropping plans to use his SPAC to invest in Universal Music Group, saying the Securities...
Elon Musk Defends SolarCity Deal, Says of Being Tesla Boss: ‘I Rather Hate It’
WILMINGTON, Del.— Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk was in court Monday to defend the company’s purchase of SolarCity Corp.,...
