Possible Rail Stoppage Could Fuel More Inflation
As talks around new labor contracts for railway workers reach a crucial juncture, concerns are mounting over the potential upward...
Supply Chain
U.S. August Inflation Rate Is Expected Tuesday Amid Lower Gasoline Prices
The U.S. inflation report for August will offer details of the price changes consumers faced at the end of the...
GE Chief Says Supply Chain Is a Daily Challenge
General Electric Co. GE 2.15% Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp said that the company’s breakup plans are on track but...
Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies
Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are further snarling supply...
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...
Cardinal Health CEO Steps Down
Cardinal Health Inc. CAH 5.26% Chief Executive Officer Mike Kaufmann is stepping down from the healthcare products distributor as it...
EV Maker Lucid Cuts Production Outlook in Half
Electric-vehicle maker Lucid Group Inc. LCID 4.21% said it expected to make half as many cars as previously forecast this...
What CEOs Are Saying: ‘Situation Seems Worse Than It Did a Quarter Ago’
Here is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said in their quarterly earnings reports this week about the economy,...
Protesting Truckers Pledge Extended Blockade of Port of Oakland
Truckers say they are prepared to block the West Coast’s third-busiest container port until California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to...
Ford’s U.S. Sales Increase 32% in June, Outpacing Broader Industry
Ford Motor reported a nearly 32% increase in U.S. sales in June, beating out much of the industry as it...
Tesla Vehicle Deliveries Tumble After China Factory Shutdown
Tesla vehicle deliveries fell quarter-over-quarter for the first time in more than two years, reflecting an extended shutdown in China,...
Elon Musk Calls Tesla’s New Car Factories ‘Gigantic Money Furnaces’
Tesla Inc.’s TSLA -0.40% two newest car factories have been losing billions of dollars as supply-chain disruptions and battery-cell manufacturing...
Tesla Raises Prices Amid Surging Costs
Tesla Inc. TSLA -8.54% has raised the prices on some of its cars by as much as $6,000, as the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Lawmakers Make Bipartisan Push for New Government Powers to Block U.S. Investments in China
Congress is pressing ahead with legislation that could rewrite the rules for American companies investing abroad, proposing the screening of...
Economy Week Ahead: Inflation in Focus
The U.S. consumer-price index for May is forecast to show inflation remained high. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images U.S. and China...
U.S. Launches Initiatives to Boost Economic Ties With Taiwan
WASHINGTON—Amid growing tensions with China, the Biden administration is forging closer economic ties with Taiwan in areas including trade, supply...
Best Buy’s Sales Cool, and It Warns of a Rough Year Ahead
Best Buy expects higher supply-chain expenses to be worse than previously predicted this fiscal year.. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Electronics...
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Looks to Boost Production Outside China
TOKYO— Apple Inc. AAPL 0.17% has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China,...
Walmart Earnings Are Dented by Higher Costs
Walmart said inflation created more pressure than it had expected on margins. A Walmart store in Pico Rivera, Calif. Photo:...
Rivian CEO Says Chip-Shortage Problems to Ease This Year
Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. RIVN -9.61% maintained its production forecast for 2022, with executives saying the supply-chain problems that...
