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...
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U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week but Remain Historically Low
New applications for unemployment benefits rose last week in the latest sign of a cooling labor market, although they remained...
Chinese Tech Billionaire Richard Liu Settles Sexual-Assault Case in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS—A legal battle that Chinese feminists had seen as pivotal for the country’s embattled #MeToo movement ended abruptly just before...
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...
American Airlines Says Data Breach Affected Small Number of Customers
The phishing campaign allowed hackers to gain access to the email accounts of some American Airlines staffers. Photo: JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS...
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...
Affordable Care Act Health-Plan Premiums Set to Rise
Premiums for many Affordable Care Act health-insurance plans are set to rise sharply next year, a sign of how rising...
Companies Used to Announce Products. Now They ‘Drop’ Them.
Once upon a time, not that many years ago, most companies with important new products just announced them, perhaps with...
Biden to Announce Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Biden is planning to take executive action to forgive $10,000 or more in federal student loan debt for tens...
U.S. Companies on Pace to Bring Home Record Number of Overseas Jobs
U.S. companies are bringing workforces and supply chains home at a historic pace.American companies are on pace to reshore, or...
Federal Trade Commission Expected to Launch Effort to Expand Online Privacy Protection
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission is expected to begin writing federal rules to expand online privacy protections as soon as Thursday,...
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...
Elon Musk Alleges Twitter Fraud in Countersuit Filed in Delaware
Elon Musk accused Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.15% of fraud, saying the company misrepresented the condition of its business and key...
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...
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair
Elon Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to...
Russia, Ukraine Clear Way for Grain Exports to Resume Amid Fears of Global Food Crisis
ISTANBUL—Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to resume exports of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea for...
