U.S. Jobless Claims Fall in Tight Labor Market
New applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell last week to historic lows as employers held on to their...
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A Black Box From China Eastern Airlines Plane Crash Is Found
HONG KONG—Rescuers have recovered one of the black boxes from the Boeing 737 that crashed into a mountainous rural area...
Russia’s Oil-and-Gas Industry Is Starting to Feel the Bite of Sanctions
President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, and the wave of Western sanctions in response, is starting to hit Russia’s economic...
Student-Loan Freeze Saves Borrowers Nearly $200 Billion as Biden Considers Extension
Around 37 million federal student-loan borrowers were spared $195 billion in loan payments since the government froze their payments at...
EU Support Grows for Russia Oil Ban Over Ukraine War
Support for a European Union-wide ban on the purchase of Russian oil is growing inside the bloc, according to diplomats...
Biden administration formally determines Myanmar’s military committed genocide
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will publicly announce the determination, which human rights groups have been advocating for years,...
The Month Companies United Against Russia’s War
About 10 minutes into Sunday church services, Visa Inc. Chief Executive Alfred Kelly looked down at his phone and saw...
Amazon Wins Dismissal of D.C. Antitrust Lawsuit Over Pricing
WASHINGTON—Amazon.com Inc. won dismissal on Friday of an antitrust lawsuit brought against it by the District of Columbia, which had...
Biden Emphasizes Deficit Reduction in Bid to Pass Economic Agenda
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration and top Democrats are embracing efforts to reduce the federal deficit as they seek to gain support...
Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM
The move comes after Amazon certified to the FTC that it had provided all the information requested by antitrust investigators...
Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2018
The Federal Reserve said it would lift interest rates and penciled in a series of further increases this year aimed...
U.S. Retail Sales Grew 0.3% in February
Americans kept up retail spending in February but at a slower pace than the prior month, as they faced high...
WSJ News Exclusive | Abramovich Investment Vehicle Shifted Control Shortly After Russia Invaded Ukraine
LONDON—Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine, control of an investment vehicle long linked in public filings to oligarch Roman Abramovich and...
EU, U.K. Approve New Russia Sanctions as Allied Divisions Emerge
The European Union and the U.K. agreed on separate sets of fresh sanctions and restrictions targeting Russia, a day after...
Producer Price Increases Leveled Off in February
Suppliers’ price increases plateaued in the first two months of the year as pandemic-related disruptions and strong consumer demand continue...
Sen. Joe Manchin Signals Opposition to Sarah Bloom Raskin for Fed Post
WASHINGTON—A key Democrat came out against Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to become the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, likely dashing...
Western Drugmakers Are Still Providing Medicines to Russia
Healthcare companies say they are duty-bound to continue supplying drugs, vaccines and medical equipment to Russia, though Western sanctions and...
Disney CEO Tried to Avoid Politics, Now Finds Himself in Middle of Partisan Spat
On Monday, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek said he didn’t want to wade into politics. He finished the...
Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich, Owner of Chelsea Soccer Club, Is Sanctioned by U.K.
LONDON—The British government ratcheted up pressure on Kremlin-linked businesspeople, sanctioning a handful of Russian oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich, the billionaire...
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Package That Includes Aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The House passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that includes emergency aid for Ukraine, after Democratic leaders stripped out a...
