Teachers Are Quitting, and Companies Are Hot to Hire Them
Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private sector, where talent-hungry companies are hiring them—and often...
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Bed Bath & Beyond Decluttered Its Stores and Ended Up Frustrating Shoppers
Those moves, led by Chief Executive Officer Mark Tritton, ended up making the home-goods chain vulnerable to supply-chain problems that...
Spotify Publishes Content Policy, Covid-19 Hub in Response to Joe Rogan Controversy
“We know we have a critical role to play in supporting creator expression while balancing it with the safety of...
Deadly Mining Disaster Still Tests Vale Three Years Later
Costs related to the incident have continued to rack up, Brazilian authorities have been slow to permit further mining amid...
U.S., EU Sanctions on Russia Could Ensnarl Western Oil Companies
LONDON—Some of the West’s biggest oil companies could find themselves in the crosshairs of sanctions now being drafted by their...
Southwest Turns Quarterly Profit, Says Worst of Omicron Is Over
The Dallas-based airline on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter profit of $68 million, up from a loss of $908 million a...
Fed Interest-Rate Decision Tees Up March Increase
The Federal Reserve signaled it would begin steadily raising interest rates in mid-March, its latest step toward removing stimulus to...
Abbott’s Rapid Covid-19 Tests Boost Quarterly Sales Growth
Abbott Laboratories, ABT -2.53% one of America’s largest producers of rapid tests for Covid-19, said that testing-related sales were $2.3...
Chip Shortage Leaves U.S. Companies Dangerously Low on Semiconductors, Report Says
WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturers and other companies that use semiconductors are down to less than five days of inventory for key chips,...
Microsoft Earnings Grew Last Quarter With Demand for Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.66% said its earnings continued to grow last quarter as its cloud-services business stayed strong.On Tuesday, the...
U.S. Plans Sanctions, Export Controls Against Russia if It Invades Ukraine
The U.S. is prepared to impose export controls on critical sectors of the Russian economy if Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Kroger Workers Approve New Contract After Nine-Day Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger Co. KR -3.12% ’s King Soopers grocery stores ratified a new three-year contract following...
WSJ News Exclusive | Ford Shuts Off Orders for New $20,000 Maverick Pickup
Ford F -1.26% Motor Co. is taking the unusual step of cutting off customer orders for the Maverick, a more-affordable...
Sheldon Silver, New York Power Broker Sent to Prison, Dies at 77
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before...
Economy Week Ahead: Fed, GDP, Consumer Spending
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The central bank’s two-day policy meeting is scheduled to conclude on Wednesday. Photo: Graeme Jennings/Press Pool...
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...
Winter Olympics Sponsors Caught Between Beijing, U.S.
With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, several Olympics sponsors are...
To Bargain With Their Landlords, Renters Form Tenant Unions
Tenant unions, also known as associations, have been around for more than a century. They have been especially active in...
Cruise Lines Betting on Summer Rebound Face Obstacles From Omicron
The cruise industry’s bet on a big summer rebound is looking less certain. Travel agents and industry executives say that...
On Scotland’s Haunting Coast, a Village Dreams of Space
A’ MHOINE, Scotland—Dorothy Pritchard and her neighbors hadn’t always planned to host a spaceport.The retired schoolteacher lives along the coast...
