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...
Software
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...
European Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Social Media Regulations
BRUSSELS—Europe is again raising the bar on tech regulation, preparing new standards for operations of social media and other digital...
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...
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say
A U.K. cybersecurity startup rocketed to a multibillion-dollar valuation when it listed publicly last fall on the promise of making...
Meet the Twitter Army of Elon Musk Superfans
Elon Musk might have more than 82 million Twitter followers, but only a handful of those can consistently grab the...
The Pandemic Was Supposed to Push All Shopping Online. It Didn’t.
When millions of locked-down Americans went online during the Covid-19 pandemic, it looked like the possible start of a permanent...
Google Loses Upper Hand on App Payments in South Korea
SEOUL—Google can’t punish South Korean app developers for offering payment workarounds, a blow to the U.S. tech giant’s efforts to...
How Microsoft Became Washington’s Favorite Tech Giant
When a congressional committee was preparing to publicly interrogate the CEOs of four tech giants in 2020, Microsoft Corp. President...
Intel Gave CEO Pay Package Worth Nearly $180 Million Amid Turnaround Effort
Intel Corp. awarded Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger compensation last year that could be worth nearly $180 million, tying much...
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...
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Steps Down From Coca-Cola Board
Coca-Cola Co. said Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick won’t stand for re-election to its board of directors. “We...
Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others
News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails and documents of journalists and other employees, an incursion...
Teachers Are Quitting, and Companies Are Hot to Hire Them
Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private sector, where talent-hungry companies are hiring them—and often...
Sony to Buy Videogame Maker Bungie in $3.6 Billion Deal
Sony Group Corp.’s SONY 4.51% videogame unit said Monday that it is buying videogame developer Bungie Inc., the studio that...
Citrix Systems to Go Private in Deal Valued at $16.5 Billion, Including Debt
Citrix Systems Inc. CTXS -3.81% will be taken private in an all-cash acquisition valued at $16.5 billion, including debt, making...
Elliott and Vista Near Deal to Buy Citrix Systems
Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm, Evergreen Coast Capital, and Vista Equity Partners are near an agreement to pay $104 a...
Shopify Denies Allegations in Textbook Pirating Lawsuit
Shopify Inc. SHOP 6.92% denied that it is liable for alleged copyright and trademark infringement by online sellers using its...
Microsoft Earnings Grew Last Quarter With Demand for Cloud Services
Microsoft Corp. MSFT -2.66% said its earnings continued to grow last quarter as its cloud-services business stayed strong.On Tuesday, the...
