The 2022 Super Bowl Ads Return to Travel, Familiar Faces and New Tech
The second Super Bowl of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday featured a variety of first-time advertisers, including a slew of...
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Why Collecting Vintage Watches Took Off During the Pandemic
One of the more common psychological side effects of the pandemic has been a distorted sense of time. With work...
Justice Department Says It Seized $3.6 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Stolen in 2016 Hack
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department said Tuesday it seized over $3.6 billion worth of digital currency stolen during a hack of a...
KKR Earnings Fall While Cash Available to Shareholders Hits New Heights
KKR & Co.’s fourth-quarter earnings fell as the change in the value of its investments lagged behind the broader market,...
Citrix Systems to Go Private in Deal Valued at $16.5 Billion, Including Debt
Citrix Systems Inc. CTXS -3.81% will be taken private in an all-cash acquisition valued at $16.5 billion, including debt, making...
Elliott and Vista Near Deal to Buy Citrix Systems
Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm, Evergreen Coast Capital, and Vista Equity Partners are near an agreement to pay $104 a...
Unilever Plans Job Cuts as Activist Investor Trian Takes Stake
Unilever UL 8.58% PLC plans to cut thousands of jobs as part of a reorganization aimed at speeding up its...
Software Provider Globalization Partners Gets Vista Equity Backing at $4.2 Billion Valuation
Globalization Partners, a software provider that helps businesses streamline the process of hiring employees internationally, has landed new backing from...
China’s Startups Are Awash With Money as Beijing Shifts Focus to ‘Hard Tech’
Unlike in previous years, when most Chinese tech funding went to internet startups in e-commerce, the bulk of the money...
Planet Fitness to Buy Franchisee Sunshine Fitness for $800 Million
A Planet Fitness staffer in Inglewood, Calif., preparing for reopening last year after being closed for the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo:...
Hungry for Chips, Huawei Invests in Chinese Companies That Make Them
HONG KONG—Blocked by the U.S. from buying many of the chips it needs, Huawei Technologies Co. is stepping up investments...
Candle Media Buys Stake in Media Company Co-Founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Candle Media, a firm led by two former Walt Disney Co. executives, has agreed to buy a stake in Will...
A Booming Startup Market Prompts an Investment Rush for Ever-Younger Companies
Blank Street has a simple business: It sells coffee—sometimes in carts, usually in small stores. It launched its first location...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
American Airlines’ Flight Cancellations Are Latest to Disrupt Travel
American Airlines Group Inc. scrubbed more than 1,900 flights over the weekend, the latest in a series of cancellations to...
