Adobe to Buy Collaboration-Software Company Figma for About $20 Billion
Adobe, which will pay for the company using roughly half cash, half stock, unveiled the deal with its quarterly results,...
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Microsoft’s Activision Deal Draws Further Scrutiny From U.K. Watchdog
The U.K.’s competition regulator said it would escalate its investigation into whether Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 0.09% planned acquisition of Activision...
Inventory Pileup, Uneasy Shoppers Put Retailers in Jeopardy
For retailers, it is a season of discontent.From Walmart Inc. to Nordstrom Inc., retailers have a glut of inventory and...
China’s Videogame Makers Tap Overseas Markets as Home Prospects Dim
Chinese videogame companies are moving rapidly into the U.S. and other overseas markets as regulations at home tighten and user...
WSJ News Exclusive | Roblox Poaches Seasoned Meta Executive as It Chases Growth in Asia
HONG KONG— Roblox Corp. RBLX -2.19% has poached a Meta Platforms Inc. executive for the newly created role of Asia-Pacific...
Videogame Companies Face Slowdown as People Spend Less on Gaming
The videogame industry is seeing a sharp slowdown in growth as people are going out again after a pandemic-fueled spurt...
Activision Blizzard Profit Slumps as Sales Shrink
The videogame publisher’s adjusted per-share earnings slipped from the year-ago period but met analysts’ estimates. Photo: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News Activision...
Apple, Amazon, Meta Highlight Tech-Heavy Earnings Week
A little more than one-third of S&P 500, or 175 companies, are scheduled to report earnings in the coming week,...
Netflix Partners With Microsoft for New Advertising-Backed Option
Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.21% said it chose Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.37% to help launch a low-cost, advertising-supported streaming plan, a...
What the Heck Is a ‘Super App’ and Why Are Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel and Jack Dorsey So Interested?
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? No, it’s super…apps. Unlike regular apps, which for years...
Amazon to Close Kindle Bookstore in China
HONG KONG— Amazon. AMZN 1.23% com Inc. is closing its Kindle digital bookstore in China and has halted sales of...
Microsoft Slows Some Hiring Amid Economic Uncertainty
Microsoft said it would be slowing down some of its hiring, making it the latest tech giant to become more...
WSJ News Exclusive | Broadcom in Advanced Talks to Buy VMware
Broadcom is in advanced talks to buy VMware according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for what...
Tencent Posts Steepest Profit Decline Since Going Public
Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -6.29% posted its worst quarterly profit drop since listing in Hong Kong in 2004, with its...
Remote Workers Don’t Want to Go Back to the Office
Some of the economy’s most in-demand employees are about to find out how much power they have over where and...
Baby Formula Shortage Could Last Months
Baby-formula manufacturers and retailers say they are working to address a long-running shortage in products on store shelves, but the...
Tech Industry Warns That More Remote-Work Jobs Are Headed Out of U.S.
WASHINGTON—Tech-industry representatives are coming to Capitol Hill this week to warn that the remote-work trend will lead to more offshoring...
Millions of Americans Are Turning to Therapy, and Investors See an Opportunity
Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king.Venture...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Could Walk Away With More Than $500 Million After Microsoft Deal
In a securities filing Friday, Activision said Mr. Kotick would receive $14.4 million in severance if he is terminated or...
Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
