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...
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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...
Activision Blizzard Names Two Women to Its Board
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI -0.02% said it is moving to add two women to its board of directors, months after...
Tesla Probed by EEOC Before California Sued Car Maker Over Alleged Racial Discrimination
A principal U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing antidiscrimination laws has investigated Tesla Inc., according to a legal filing. The...
Judge Approves $18 Million Activision Settlement With EEOC
A California judge has approved an $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard Inc. and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, marking...
Carl Icahn Targets Kroger Over Pork, CEO Pay
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is seeking two board seats at Kroger Co., pushing the U.S. supermarket giant to make...
Opioid Victims Confront Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers in Bankruptcy Court
Victims of the opioid epidemic confronted the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma LP for the first time in...
Fed Sets Trading Restrictions for Top Officials
The Federal Reserve formally adopted new ethics rules aimed at limiting financial-market trading by its top officials, senior staff and...
Tesla Sued by California Agency for Alleged Racial Discrimination, Harassment
A California regulatory agency has sued Tesla Inc. for alleged racial discrimination and harassment, saying the electric-vehicle maker turned a...
Rio Tinto Says Racism and Sexual Harassment Are Widespread at Miner
SYDNEY—When one Rio Tinto PLC worker reported she had been sexually harassed by a colleague, a manager told her it...
Intel Erases Reference to China’s Xinjiang After Social-Media Backlash
SINGAPORE—Intel Corp. removed references to the Chinese region of Xinjiang from an open letter it sent suppliers last month, after...
Americans’ Finances Got Stronger in the Pandemic—Confounding Early Fears
The Covid-19 pandemic threatened to ruin Americans’ finances. For many, the opposite happened.Though initial shutdowns caused unemployment to surge to...
Purdue Pharma Authorized to Appeal Judge’s Rejection of Sackler Settlement Plan
A federal judge authorized Purdue Pharma LP and its Sackler family owners to appeal a ruling that threw out their...
Tesla Opens Showroom in China’s Xinjiang, Region at Center of U.S. Genocide Allegations
Tesla Inc. TSLA 13.53% has opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, the remote region where Chinese authorities are carrying out...
Teva Found Liable for Fueling Opioid Addiction in New York
A jury in New York state found drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. liable for creating a public nuisance in the...
