Businesses Worry About Biden’s Silence on Work-Visa Ban
President Biden has undone many of his predecessor’s immigration policies, but business groups and immigrant advocates say they worry that...
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Toyota Sees Faster Profit Rebound Despite Chip Shortage
TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. has cemented its status as Japan’s healthiest auto maker, boosting its profit projections after a faster-than-expected...
Schumer Says Senate Democrats Working to Raise Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats are pushing to include an increase in the federal minimum wage in...
Job Openings Pick Up in Pandemic-Resilient Industries
The number of help-wanted ads returned to pre-pandemic levels in January, particularly among industries that have weathered the pandemic relatively...
Democrats’ Plan Offers $1,400 Stimulus Checks at Same Income Levels as Previous Rounds
WASHINGTON—House Democrats released the biggest piece of their coronavirus relief bill late Monday, offering a measure that would extend a...
WSJ News Exclusive | Boeing Board Failed to Challenge CEO on 737 MAX Safety, Lawsuit Says
Boeing Co. ’s board failed to challenge then-Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg on the safety of the 737 MAX or his...
$15 Minimum Wage Would Cut Employment, Reduce Poverty, CBO Study Finds
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 could deliver raises for 27 million workers and lift...
Wendy’s CIO Aims to Keep Pandemic-Fueled Digital Efforts on the Menu
Wendy’s Co. ’s new chief information officer wants stopgap measures put in place to serve customers during the pandemic, like...
SoftBank Turns $11 Billion Profit, Helped by DoorDash
TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 4.45% rode red-hot stock markets to a big quarterly profit, largely on the back of...
Super Bowl Ads Go for Comedic Catharsis
Most Super Bowl advertisers took a cautious approach with their commercials Sunday night, often trying to project a sunny tone...
Rough Landing Expected for the Glut of New Small-Rocket Makers
Companies and entrepreneurs world-wide are working on more than 100 new small-rocket ventures, but industry officials anticipate a shakeout eventually...
AppleCare and Other Phone Protection Plans: Who Should—and Shouldn’t—Buy Them
Years ago, my iPhone 7 fell off my nightstand, bounced off a plastic box and landed face down on the...
Robert Altman, Founder of Videogame Maker ZeniMax, Dies at Age 73
Robert A. Altman, a prominent Washington lawyer married to the “Wonder Woman” actress Lynda Carter, relaunched himself as a videogame...
Offshore Wind Farms, Big in Europe, Could Boom in U.S. Under Biden
Developers of offshore wind farms, long awaiting their moment in the U.S., are pushing the Biden administration to cut through...
Everyone Wants Sushi to Go, and It’s Saving Some Restaurants
At a bleak moment for restaurants, sushi takeout is on a roll. Customer appetites for to-go sushi are rising, from...
Amazon’s New CEO Can Either Help Workers and Sellers—or Automate Them Away
Andy Jassy is taking over a very unusual “tech” company. Amazon AMZN 0.63% has many times more employees than any...
How Big Tech Got Even Bigger
The tech industry’s titans were already huge before Covid-19, the subject of soaring valuations and snowballing antitrust investigations. The pandemic...
Biden’s Minimum-Wage Proposal: When Would It Reach $15 an Hour?
A recent exchange between Republican senators and a leading proponent of raising the minimum wage highlighted a sometimes overlooked facet...
Amazon Union Election to Proceed as Labor Board Denies Delay Request
Federal labor authorities rejected Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.63% request to delay a union election at one of its warehouses in...
U.S. Employers Added 49,000 Jobs in January
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, returning growth to the labor market after a one-month dip, while the unemployment...
