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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...
Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.7%, Highest Since 2007
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in more than 15 years, a new high since the 2008-09 financial crisis...
The U.S. Is Running Short of Land for Housing
In the Sunbelt, the hottest commodity isn’t oil, copper or gold. It is land. And rancher Robert Thomas has plenty...
Climbing Housing Costs Could Prop Up Inflation for a While
Rents and other shelter costs are emerging as a major driver of overall consumer inflation, keeping it high at a...
Marijuana Retail Licenses in New York Are Going First to Those Convicted of Drug Crimes
New York regulators want people who were affected by marijuana criminalization to get the first licenses to sell recreational pot...
Patagonia Founder Is Giving His Company Away in Pledge to Fight Climate Change
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving away the multibillion-dollar outdoor apparel business he founded nearly 50 years ago, with a...
Eli Lilly Speaks Out Against Indiana’s Ban on Most Abortions
Eli Lilly LLY -1.46% & Co. spoke out against Indiana’s new abortion law, saying the restrictions could hurt the pharmaceutical...
Black and Hispanic Employees Often Get Stuck at the Lowest Rung of the Workplace
For all of the effort companies have poured into hiring and advancing people of color, those moves rarely benefit the...
Teva Agrees to Settle Opioid Lawsuits for as Much as $4.25 Billion
The proposed settlement is the latest move by a company seeking to resolve the costly litigation. Under the terms, the...
Supermarkets, Restaurants Hire Security, Limit Hours to Combat Crime
Restaurants and grocery stores said they are revamping operations in response to crime, with some operators limiting hours, spending more...
Volkswagen to Keep Factory Running in China’s Xinjiang Region
HONG KONG— Volkswagen AG VOW 3.45% reiterated a commitment to producing vehicles in China’s western region of Xinjiang, an area...
FDA Suspends Ban on Juul While Vaping Company Appeals
The Food and Drug Administration said it would suspend its ban on Juul Labs Inc.’s products while the e-cigarette maker...
Walmart, Target Show Divergence on Companies’ Abortion Coverage
Employees of Target Corp. have access to health-insurance plans that broadly cover abortion. Walmart health plans don’t cover an abortion...
Fertility Doctors Move Embryos, Expecting Abortion Law Changes
Fertility companies and patients have been moving embryos and making contingency plans, anticipating that if Roe v. Wade were overturned,...
Biden Administration Targets Removal of Most Nicotine From Cigarettes
The Biden administration is moving forward on a plan to mandate the elimination of nearly all nicotine in cigarettes, a...
Google Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit for $118 Million
Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the tech giant had discriminated against women in pay...
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Administration to Pursue Rule Requiring Less Nicotine in U.S. Cigarettes
The Biden administration intends to pursue a policy requiring tobacco companies to reduce the nicotine in all cigarettes sold in...
WSJ News Exclusive | Philip Morris International in Talks to Buy European Smokeless-Tobacco Rival
Philip Morris International Inc. PM 2.18% is in advanced talks to acquire Swedish Match SWMA -0.58% AB, according to people...
Biden Administration Advances Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
The Biden administration on Thursday took a significant step toward a national ban on menthol cigarettes, advancing a regulatory plan...
