Business Groups Seek to Pause Rule Aimed at Addressing Security Threats
U.S. trade groups and companies are asking the Commerce Department to pause a Trump-era regulation that allows the government to...
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WSJ News Exclusive | AstraZeneca Weighs Seeking Full U.S. Approval for Covid Shot, Skipping Emergency-Use Application
AstraZeneca PLC AZN 0.62% could skip asking the Food and Drug Administration for emergency-use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine, according...
Car Companies’ Profits Have Outrun the Chip Shortage—but Not for Long
Auto makers fresh off heady sales and profits in the first quarter are preparing for a rough ride ahead, as...
EPA Proposes Rules to Curb Coolant Emissions From Air Conditioners and Refrigerators
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rules to reduce the use of coolants from air conditioners and refrigerators that...
WSJ News Exclusive | AstraZeneca Struggles With Data Needed for Covid-19 Vaccine’s Approval
AstraZeneca AZN -1.39% PLC executives have struggled to pull together the full data necessary to apply for U.S. approval of...
Biden Administration to Seek Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
The Biden administration intends to pursue a ban on menthol cigarettes, a policy move that could sweep from the market...
Tesla Posts Record Earnings at Start of Turbulent Year
Tesla Inc. TSLA 1.21% posted a record quarterly profit despite supply disruptions, fueled by rising deliveries and increasingly broad-based demand...
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 Shot to Be Given Again at Vaccination Sites
Health officials around the country are preparing to resume offering Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ 0.21% Covid-19 vaccine as soon as...
Southwest, American Say Leisure Travel Rebounding as Summer Season Approaches
Major airlines this week reiterated confidence that the travel market, at least for leisure, is rebounding from the deep losses...
Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Face Curbs in New EU Proposal
The European Union’s executive arm proposed a bill that would limit police use of facial-recognition software in public and ban...
Elon Musk Weighs In on Fatal Tesla Crash as Safety Officials Investigate
U.S. safety officials are investigating a fatal weekend crash involving a Tesla Inc. vehicle, adding to a series of probes...
Nvidia’s $40 Billion Deal for Arm Faces U.K. National-Security Probe
U.K. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden on Monday invoked a little-used power to order the country’s antitrust agency to investigate the...
Biden Begins Infrastructure Negotiations Signaling Flexibility on Corporate Tax Hike
WASHINGTON—President Biden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers discussed how to pay for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure package during a...
Covid-19 Drug Prevents Symptomatic Disease in Study, Regeneron Says
An antibody drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. reduced the risk of developing symptomatic Covid-19 infection by 81% compared with a...
U.K. Limits AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine to Over-30s Amid Blood-Clot Concerns
The U.K.’s vaccines advisory body said the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca PLC should preferably not be given to people...
Senate Democrats Pitch Their International Corporate Tax Plan
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats offered proposals Monday to increase the tax burden on U.S. companies’ foreign profits and move the system in...
Treasury’s Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argued for a global minimum corporate tax rate Monday, as she makes the case for President...
Whistleblower Program for Auto Safety Has Yet To Launch, Years After Congress Mandated It
For Kim Gwang-ho, it has been 1,700 days since he first told U.S. regulators that his then-employer, Hyundai Motor Co....
Biden Unveils $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
WASHINGTON—President Biden unveiled a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan centered on fixing roads and bridges, expanding broadband internet access and boosting...
Coronavirus Was Supposed to Drive Bankruptcies Higher. The Opposite Happened.
The number of people seeking bankruptcy during the pandemic fell sharply last year as government aid propped up income and...
