Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits
Prices are going up for some of the cheapest and most popular at-home Covid-19 test kits in the U.S. Walmart...
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AT&T, Verizon Refuse FAA Request to Delay 5G Launch
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials to voluntarily delay the launch of new...
A Booming Startup Market Prompts an Investment Rush for Ever-Younger Companies
Blank Street has a simple business: It sells coffee—sometimes in carts, usually in small stores. It launched its first location...
Chip Makers Contend for Talent as Industry Faces Labor Shortage
The world’s largest chip makers are fighting for workers to staff the billion-dollar-plus facilities that they are building around the...
Didi’s Revenue Falls After Beijing’s Crackdown Hurts Its China Business
Didi in early December said it is planning to delist from the U.S. and pursue a listing in Hong Kong....
Google and Tech Rivals Tap Cash Reserves to Realize Cloud Ambitions
Google and its rivals are wielding a new weapon in the battle for cloud-computing market share: big-dollar investments in companies...
Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry
The day after former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen went public in October, the company’s team in Washington started...
Should Retailers Split E-Commerce From Stores? A High-Level Debate
The separation has allowed Saks to raise money to fuel its growth as e-commerce has surged during the Covid-19 pandemic....
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2022
That’s part of the fun and excitement of this yearly exercise, where our team puts together predictions for what’s to...
Walmart Sparks Public Outcry in China Over Products From Xinjiang
Walmart Inc., WMT 0.91% the world’s largest retailer, became the latest Western company to face scrutiny over its handling of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Early Holiday Shopping Helps Offset Omicron Damper
Fretters saved U.S. retailers from a gloomier holiday. American consumers spent at a brisk pace over the shopping season, as...
Looking to Rent a Car? Expect Higher Prices, Long Waits and Slim Pickings
Travelers looking to rent cars are encountering higher rates and few choices, if they can find a car at all.The...
Thanks to the Chip Shortage, Texas Instruments Is Worth $170 Billion
In the digital age, some of the most sought-after devices are analog semiconductors—including ones made by 91-year-old Texas Instruments Inc.,...
Intel Apologizes After Asking Suppliers to Avoid China’s Xinjiang Region
U.S. semiconductor giant Intel Corp. INTC 0.39% apologized after setting off a social-media backlash with a letter asking suppliers to...
Crypto.com Will Run its First Super Bowl Ad Amid Marketing Blitz
Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com will run its first Super Bowl commercial in February as it seeks to become a household...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Targets the Health Cloud With $28.3 Billion Bid for Cerner
Oracle Corp. ORCL -4.27% on Monday announced its largest deal ever, a roughly $28.3 billion purchase of electronic-medical-records company Cerner...
Tech-Savvy Kids Defeat Apple’s and Others’ Parental-Control Features
For the past three years, Lance Walker has been locked in a cat-and-mouse game with his 11-year-old daughter for control...
At Twitter and Salesforce, Bret Taylor Steps Into the Limelight
Bret Taylor has been involved with some of the tech industry’s most notable innovations—from Google Maps to Facebook ’s “like”...
YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels Including ESPN in Standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube’s agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney...
Jack Dorsey and the Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want to Reboot the Internet
The internet hasn’t turned out the way it was supposed to.In its earliest incarnation, before some Wall Street Journal readers...
