Jury Orders Alex Jones to Pay $965 Million in Damages for Sandy Hook Claims
A Connecticut jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages for repeatedly claiming on his Infowars...
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Steve Wynn Can’t Be Forced to Register as Foreign Agent, Judge Rules
WASHINGTON—A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to force casino mogul Steve Wynn to register as a lobbyist...
U.S. Supplier Prices Increased in September, Maintaining Pressure on Inflation
U.S. suppliers raised prices in September from the prior month, keeping pressure on inflation that remains high but is easing...
Coal Miner Peabody Energy in Deal Talks With Australian Rival Coronado
ADELAIDE, Australia— Peabody Energy Corp. BTU -2.62% is in talks to combine with an Australian rival that could result in...
Biden Rule Would Add More Gig Workers to Company Payrolls
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that could put more gig workers on company payrolls, scrapping a Trump...
Lego Owner to Acquire Education-Technology Firm Brainpop
Lego owner Kirkbi A/S is buying U.S. video-learning firm Brainpop for $875 million, according to the companies, as the family...
Nobel Prize in Economics Winners Include Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke and two other U.S....
WSJ News Exclusive | CEO of Biotech Lobbying Group BIO on Leave Amid Clash Over Direction
The chief executive of the biotechnology industry’s top lobbying group in Washington is on leave amid dissent within the organization...
Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids
Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric...
Israel’s Defense Industry Is Big Winner Two Years After Abraham Accords
TEL AVIV—When the United Arab Emirates was looking last year for ways to protect its high-profile World Expo from possible...
Elon Musk’s Monster Week of Juggling Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX
Even by the standards of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and serial entrepreneur, this week was one for the...
Local Newspapers Try Mail Delivery as Drivers Choose Better-Paying Gigs
The publisher of the Odessa American found it so difficult to find workers to deliver the West Texas newspaper in...
Exxon Improperly Fired Scientists Suspected of Sharing Information, Labor Department Finds
The Labor Department said it found Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -1.01% illegally fired two company scientists over suspicions they shared...
September Jobs Report Shows Payrolls Grew by 263,000, Labor Market Cooled Some
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% from 3.7% in August, the Labor Department said Friday, matching a half-century low that...
Samsung Expects Earnings to Slump as Consumer Spending Slips
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to see its third-quarter profit slump as the company’s mainstay memory-chip and smartphone businesses...
Tesla Aims to Deliver First Semitrailer Trucks in December to PepsiCo
Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.11% plans to deliver its first all-electric semitrailer truck to food and beverage maker...
Puff Bar Stays Top Teen Vaping Choice, as Juul Slips
About 14% of U.S. high-school students—an estimated 2.1 million of them—said they had used e-cigarettes at least once during the...
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week but Remain Historically Low
New applications for unemployment benefits rose last week in the latest sign of a cooling labor market, although they remained...
OPEC+ Agrees to Biggest Oil Production Cut Since Start of Pandemic
VIENNA—The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russia-led allies on Wednesday agreed to slash two million barrels a...
Elon Musk Proposes Closing Twitter Deal on Original Terms
A lawyer for Mr. Musk communicated the proposal to Twitter’s lawyers Monday, according to a copy of a two-sentence letter...
