Five Tech Giants Just Keep Growing
If the pandemic had never happened, the tech industry’s clout likely would have risen over the past year. But the...
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Auction House Phillips Names Former Christie’s Executive as New CEO
A former Christie’s executive known for arranging complex art deals and navigating the auction house through a recession has been...
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...
Tesla, Apple and Amazon Headline a Heavy Earnings Week
More than a third of the S&P 500 are expected to report their quarterly results in the coming week, including...
GameStop CEO George Sherman to Step Down by July 31
GameStop Corp. GME -1.12% said Chief Executive George Sherman will step down by July 31, the latest in a series...
WSJ News Exclusive | Gap to Replace Longtime Credit-Card Issuer Synchrony With Barclays
Gap Inc. is parting ways with its longtime credit-card issuer, Synchrony Financial , and moving the business to Barclays PLC,...
Amazon Vote Deals Blow to Expanding Labor Union Membership
Workers’ rejection of a union at Amazon.com Inc.’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., is a setback to organized labor’s efforts to...
Amazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Forming a Union
Amazon.com Inc. employees in Alabama voted not to unionize, according to a Wall Street Journal tally, handing the tech giant...
Amazon Leads by Wide Margin in Alabama Union Election
Federal officials are counting the votes in the closely watched union election by Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala.,...
GameStop to Name Chewy Co-Founder as Chairman
GameStop Corp. said it is nominating Chewy Inc. co-founder Ryan Cohen to be its chairman, as the videogame retailer continues...
WSJ News Exclusive | Merchant Groups Target Amazon in New Political Campaign
WASHINGTON—Merchant groups are forming a national coalition to campaign for stricter antitrust laws, including measures that could force Amazon.com Inc....
CDC Relaxes Covid-19 Travel Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People
People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel without putting themselves at serious risk as long as they...
Amazon Union Election Set to Conclude: What We Know
A high-profile union election by Amazon workers in Alabama is concluding Monday, when the mail-in voting period ends. Ballots are...
AstraZeneca Releases Covid-19 Vaccine Data Showing 76% Efficacy
AstraZeneca PLC released more pivotal-trial data for its Covid-19 vaccine, saying the shot was 76% effective at preventing Covid-19 with...
H&M Battered With Criticism in China Over Xinjiang Forced-Labor Stance
HONG KONG—The world’s largest clothing brand, Hennes & Mauritz AB’s H&M, is under assault in China, one of its biggest...
How Pinduoduo Beat Alibaba to Become China’s Top Shopping Site
SHANGHAI—A five-year-old e-commerce app that turned discount shopping into an online game has overtaken Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA 1.42%...
To Attract Black Employees, Companies Move to Them
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, one that even Tristan Walker’s 4-year-old son could see. In 2018, after making a...
How Covid-19 Supercharged the Advertising ‘Triopoly’ of Google, Facebook and Amazon
When the pandemic upended the economy last year, companies took a hard look at their advertising plans.Oreos maker Mondelez International...
Using Someone Else’s Netflix Password Is Likely to Get Harder
Think twice before sharing that Netflix password.The streaming service for years turned a blind eye to password sharing, but recently...
WSJ News Exclusive | Beijing Asks Alibaba to Shed Its Media Assets
China’s government has asked Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA -2.01% to dispose of its media assets, as officials grow more...
