Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn
The U.S. closed the door to nearly all incoming foreign workers last year. The causes were Covid-19 restrictions that locked...
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Why So Many Covid-19 Workers’ Comp Claims Are Being Rejected
Jose Rivero, an attorney in Chicago, has filed more than 30 workers’ compensation claims for people who said they contracted...
Covid-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Luring Workers Back to the Office
U.S. workers have failed to return to the office in greater numbers this month, frustrating hopes that the rollout of...
How to Make Your iPad More Like a Laptop
Apple said iPad sales went bonkers during the holiday quarter. The company reported a $2.4 billion revenue increase compared to...
Walmart’s Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Heads to Small Towns
Skowhegan, Maine—Pat and John Thomas were watching the news one night last week when they saw that Walmart in this...
Boeing CEO Said Board Moved Quickly on MAX Safety; New Details Suggest Otherwise
When Boeing Co. ’s board had its first formal meeting around seven weeks after the initial 737 MAX crash in...
Tinder, Bumble and Hinge Show Surge in Americans Looking for Love Online
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, more Americans are spending more time online looking for love. Dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble...
WSJ News Exclusive | New York Prosecutors Investigating Trump’s Manhattan Properties
New York prosecutors are investigating financial dealings around some of Donald Trump’s signature Manhattan properties, extending the known range of...
Purdue Lawyers Face Disclosure Questions Over Sackler Defense Deal
The law firms defending Purdue Pharma LP in probes into its OxyContin painkiller didn’t disclose an existing deal with Purdue’s...
Forget Self-Driving Cars—the Pentagon Wants Autonomous Ships, Choppers and Jets
From pilotless jets engaging in dogfights to huge undersea vessels ferrying troops, the Pentagon is pushing to increase the U.S....
Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has groused for years that Apple Inc. and its leader, Tim Cook, have too...
American Express Acknowledges DOJ Review of Card Sales
American Express Co. acknowledged Friday that government agencies, including the Department of Justice, have reviewed the company’s sales practices regarding...
How Car Makers Collided With a Global Chip Shortage
Executives at auto makers like Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co. were upbeat about the industry’s recovery in early fall....
Olympic Sponsors Face a Balancing Act at the 2022 Beijing Games
On the evening of Feb. 4, 2022, an opening ceremony in Beijing is scheduled to kick off the Winter Olympics,...
Bumble Stock Surges 64% in Market Debut
Shares of online-dating company Bumble Inc. jumped 64% in their trading debut Thursday amid huge interest in matchmaking apps and...
Drugmakers Look for New Ways to Test Covid-19 Vaccines
As more Covid-19 vaccines become available in the U.S., it is getting tougher to run large clinical trials to test...
U.S. Debt on Track to Hit a Record 107% of GDP by 2031, CBO Says
WASHINGTON—Federal deficits are projected to soar over the next decade, but not as much as officials forecast last summer, thanks...
WSJ News Exclusive | Forecasters Lift Expectations for 2021 Economic Growth
Forecasters are increasingly optimistic about economic growth this year, though less so about the labor market’s prospects, as it recovers...
Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Instagram removed the account of prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the highest-profile steps in parent company...
Fed’s Powell Signals Easy Money Policies to Remain in Place for a While
WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve will continue bolstering the U.S. economy through low interest rates and hefty asset purchases, Chairman Jerome Powell...
