Ant Group CEO Simon Hu Resigns
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WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Won’t Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses
Amazon. AMZN 1.83% com Inc. said it recently removed a three-year-old book about transgender issues from its platforms because it...
Coupang Shares Rise 70% in Debut
Shares of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. CPNG 50.94% rose 70% Thursday, making it the largest trading debut by...
ESPN Nears Deal for Rights to NHL Games
The pact would put NHL games on ESPN’s TV channels and continue to keep the NHL on ESPN+. Photo: Jeff...
Search Engine Kayak Courts Small Hotel Owners With Digital App Service
The travel search company Kayak is launching a new feature that will enable guests at independent hotels to use the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos, Marries Seattle School Teacher
MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist formerly married to Jeff Bezos, has married again following her 2019 divorce from the Amazon.com Inc....
What’s Better Than Slack? These Companies Have Some Ideas.
When Becky Kane started interning at a productivity software company in 2014, she experienced a workplace rite of passage: drowning...
Hollywood Renews Love for Westerns: The Good, the Bad and the Binge-Worthy
Stories with flinty-eyed protagonists set in wide-open spaces are gaining in popularity among audiences yearning for armchair travel and a...
Salesforce CIO and Team Help Write, Test Return-to-Work Software
Salesforce. com Inc.’s chief information officer says remote work is here to stay.But that hasn’t kept her and the IT...
WSJ News Exclusive | New Chauffeur-Hailing Service Seeks to Challenge Uber, Lyft in City Rides
BERLIN—Blacklane, an upscale ride-hailing company whose biggest investor is Daimler AG DMLRY 1.46% , is launching a new inner-city service...
SolarWinds Hack Pits Microsoft Against Dell, IBM Over How Companies Store Data
The cyberattack that compromised many U.S. government and corporate networks is fueling a debate among big tech companies over what...
Roblox’s ‘Builderman’ CEO Heads to Wall Street With an Army of Young Game Creators
Roblox Corp. Chief Executive David Baszucki won the loyalty of tens of millions of videogamers with a do-it-yourself approach to...
Costco to Raise Minimum Hourly Wage to $16, as Congress Debates $15
Costco COST -1.69% Wholesale Corp. will pay its U.S. workers at least $16 an hour starting next week, the company’s...
Amazon Faces Questions Over Removal of Book by Conservative Author
A group of Republican senators is asking Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.09% to explain why it recently removed a book about...
Bill to Make Facebook, Google Pay for News Clears Last Major Hurdle in Australia
SYDNEY—Australian legislation effectively requiring Facebook Inc. FB 2.12% and Google to pay news outlets for content cleared its last major...
Twitter’s High Hopes for India Waver Under Government’s Heavy Hand
As Twitter Inc. looks overseas for growth, India stands out as its fastest-growing major market, one filled with opportunity—and increasingly...
IBM’s Retreat From Watson Highlights Broader AI Struggles in Health
Ten years ago, International Business Machine Corp.’s artificial intelligence system Watson bested humans at the quiz show “Jeopardy!” The feat...
Uber Faces Setback as U.K. Court Rules Drivers Entitled to Worker Rights
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a group of former drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. were entitled to a minimum...
Walmart Promises Raises for 425,000 Workers After Strong Holiday Sales
Walmart Inc. WMT -5.26% said it would raise wages for about 425,000 of its employees after a year in which...
Facebook to Prohibit Sharing of News Content in Australia
Facebook Inc. said it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from viewing or sharing news articles, ramping up a...
