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Apr 25, 2019
China's President Xi Jinping signaled a recalibration of his global infrastructure-building program as he sought to assuage foreign critics who blame Beijing for pushing excessive lending onto developing economies.
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Apr 25, 2019
Elon Musk and the SEC want more time to work out their dispute over whether the Tesla CEO violated a court order restricting his use of social media.
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Apr 25, 2019
Uber ratcheted down its target valuation to a range of about $80 billion to $90 billion for its initial public offering.
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Apr 25, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission's coming resolution of its yearlong investigation of alleged privacy lapses at Facebook looms as a defining moment for U.S. policy on consumer data.
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Apr 25, 2019
Apple's industrial design team is undergoing its most pronounced turnover in decades, marking a changing of the guard for the group that has defined the tech giant's aesthetic and spearheaded the development of products including the iPhone.
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Apr 25, 2019
Intel trimmed its financial forecast for this year and said quarterly sales of chips for data centers declined for the first time in seven years, reflecting uncertainty in a business-computing market and a slowdown in demand amid the U.S.-China trade battle.
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Apr 25, 2019
Bunge Ltd. appointed longtime agribusiness executive Gregory Heckman chief executive as the grain giant revamps its business amid turbulent agricultural markets.
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Apr 25, 2019
Amazon.com notched a fourth straight record profit as it tamed costs, but its quarterly revenue growth shrank to its lowest level in nearly four years.
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Apr 25, 2019
Mattel's sales fell 3% in the first quarter as slumps at Fisher-Price, American Girl and other brands continued to offset gains by Barbie and Hot Wheels toys.
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Apr 25, 2019
The share of recent high-school graduates who enrolled in college rebounded last year, showing the strongest labor market in decades has yet to entice young Americans away from pursuing more education.
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Apr 25, 2019
Starbucks beat profit expectations during its most recent quarter and boosted forecasts for sales growth this year, a sign that the chain is rejuvenating sales in its biggest markets.
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Apr 25, 2019
Ford Motor's first-quarter operating profit rose 12%, as the auto maker shored up overseas losses and notched sharp gains from the strength of its pickup-truck and sport-utility lineup in the U.S.
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Apr 25, 2019
The U.S. homeownership rate fell for the first time in more than two years in the first quarter, putting the brakes on the recovery of an important piece of the economy.
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Apr 25, 2019
Licensing company Authentic Brands Group has emerged as a leading contender to buy Sports Illustrated from Meredith.
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Apr 25, 2019
The carrier is holding off for now on plans to charge an extra $10 a month for faster 5G smartphone service, after some analysts criticized its limited scope. Verizon had said earlier that it would impose the fee after three months.
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Apr 25, 2019
Canada's privacy watchdog said a probe found Facebook broke the country's privacy laws and failed to protect Canadians' personal information, and will go to court to force the social-media company to fix the deficiencies.
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Apr 25, 2019
Telecommunications-equipment maker Avaya Holdings is in talks to combine with rival Mitel in a stock deal valued at more than $2 billion.
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Apr 25, 2019
Shares of Microsoft topped the $130.50 value needed to give the company a market value of $1 trillion, joining Apple and Amazon.com as the only U.S. companies to ever reach that mark.
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Apr 25, 2019
Chinese tech giant Huawei laid out details of its ownership structure in an attempt to rebut critics who have cast doubt on the company's claim that it is owned and run by its employees.
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Apr 25, 2019
As the sedan's popularity fades in the U.S., auto makers have rushed to introduce cheaper, more diminutive sport-utility vehicles to their lineups, in some cases targeting young drivers yet attracting their parents.
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Apr 25, 2019
Easter candy shipments boosted Hershey's results in the first quarter, but the company expects consumers to pull back on buying sweets later this spring as they eat chocolate purchased for the holiday.
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Apr 25, 2019
Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn left a Tokyo jail late Thursday after being granted bail by a court in Tokyo, agreeing to strict conditions such as not contacting his wife unless the court approves.
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Apr 25, 2019
Southwest Airlines Co. said the grounding of its Boeing Co. 737 MAX planes will cut flight-capacity growth and push up costs in the coming months. The airline said it expects to expand its flight capacity by between 2% and 3% this year, compared with growth of as much as 5% previously.
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Apr 25, 2019
UPS posted a lower profit in the first quarter as it incurred about $80 million in extra costs associated with dealing with severe winter weather in the U.S.
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Apr 25, 2019
3M said it would cut 2,000 jobs and restructure its sprawling business after demand for its tapes and adhesives fell in China and other important markets.
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Apr 25, 2019
Eli Lilly plans to withdraw its cancer drug Lartruvo from the market after a study showed that it failed to prolong overall survival in a clinical trial.
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Apr 25, 2019
Orders for long-lasting factory goods rose in March at the fastest clip in seven months, surpassing expectations as civilian and defense-related aircraft orders surged.
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Apr 25, 2019
The number of Americans filing applications for new unemployment benefits rose sharply last week.
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Apr 25, 2019
Altria Group reported a 40% drop in net income for the latest quarter, as revenue declined and it booked several charges related to its expansion efforts.
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Apr 25, 2019
Hershey said retailers bought more of its chocolate and snacks in the first quarter, even though it pushed up prices on those items. Overall, sales rose about 2% from the first quarter last year to $2.02 billion.
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Apr 25, 2019
Profit at United Parcel Service fell in the first quarter as revenue stayed about the same from the comparable quarter a year earlier and weather conditions hurt results in the U.S.
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Apr 25, 2019
Southwest Airlines said sales rose in the latest quarter, as the carrier weathered cancellations from the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAX jets, maintenance disruptions and other issues.
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Apr 25, 2019
3M reported first-quarter profit and sales that missed expectations, slashed its full-year guidance and said it would cut 2,000 jobs.
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Apr 25, 2019
Comcast said net profit rose 14% in the first quarter, boosted by its high-speed internet business, a spate of successful movies and the recent Sky PLC acquisition.
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Apr 25, 2019
Bristol-Myers Squibb said its first-quarter profit and revenue rose on stronger demand for its key drugs, as the company looks ahead to closing its $74 billion purchase of rival Celgene Corp. later this year.
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Apr 25, 2019
Bayer's shares rose over 3% on better-than-expected results, giving the company a brief respite ahead of Friday's potentially unruly shareholder meeting, as investors grow impatient with the company's legal woes in the U.S.
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Apr 25, 2019
Montreal-based Bombardier lowered its adjusted revenue guidance for the year and reduced certain earnings guidance as first-quarter results faced pressures from foreign exchange and it struggled with production in its transportation segment.
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Apr 25, 2019
Nintendo's Switch console sales in the just-ended fiscal year fell short of analysts' expectations, but the company forecast improvement in the current fiscal year, when new models may be on the way.
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Apr 25, 2019
Economic growth was likely solid in the first three months of the year, despite a rocky start to the quarter due to a prolonged government shutdown and financial-market turmoil in late 2018.
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Apr 25, 2019
As the sedan's popularity fades in the U.S., auto makers have rushed to introduce cheaper, more diminutive sport-utility vehicles to their lineups, in some cases targeting young drivers yet attracting their parents.
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Apr 25, 2019
The FDIC is assembling a stable of executives who could be installed in top jobs at failed banks, taking advantage of a calm spell to better prepare for the next downturn.
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Apr 25, 2019
Amazon.com has warned it could return to its big-spending ways after taking a breather in 2018. Markets will watch for news when the e-commerce giant announces its first-quarter earnings after the market closes.
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Apr 25, 2019
Regulators blocked the proposed merger between Walmart's British grocery unit and rival J Sainsbury citing competition concerns, meaning the U.S. retail giant must now find ways to drive stand-alone growth for Asda in the U.K.'s highly competitive retail market.
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Apr 25, 2019
The Bank of Japan revised its forward guidance on Thursday, saying it expected to keep extremely low interest rates until at least the spring of 2020.
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Apr 24, 2019
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn was granted bail by a court in Tokyo, paving the way for him to be released as early as Thursday.
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Apr 24, 2019
Tesla chief Elon Musk has eschewed fundraising for the past year, but his tune changed after the auto maker reported one of its worst quarterly losses in history and its cash fell by more than 40% to $2.2 billion.
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Apr 24, 2019
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided against a change in the rules for Oscar eligibility that would have shut out movies that play primarily on Netflix or other streaming platforms.
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Apr 24, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's proposal for the government to forgive a huge chunk of student debt would disproportionately help upper-income households, a new analysis shows.
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Apr 24, 2019
Messaging platform Slack Technologies is taking the next step toward going public, with plans to reveal its prospectus as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Apr 24, 2019
Stephen Moore said he was hopeful about his chances of being nominated and confirmed to the Fed board but would drop out if he became a political liability for the Trump administration or Senate Republicans.
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Apr 24, 2019
Facebook set aside $3 billion for an expected fine from the Federal Trade Commission over privacy issues, cutting into profit even as its underlying business remained strong.
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Apr 24, 2019
Tesla reported one of its worst quarterly losses on record, wider than Wall Street was expecting, as the auto maker struggles with delivering the Model 3 compact car.
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Apr 24, 2019
Chipotle Mexican Grill beat sales and profit expectations, continuing to regain its footing after operational problems spooked customers and investors.
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Apr 24, 2019
Continued strength in Microsoft's cloud-computing business drove better-than-expected gains in revenue and profit for the latest quarter, while sales of its Windows operating system rebounded from recent weakness.
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Apr 24, 2019
Norfolk Southern has become the latest U.S. railroad to show that a slower overhaul of its system can still yield immediate benefits, including higher profits, faster trains and speedy recovery from weather disruption.
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Apr 24, 2019
Anthem Inc. raised its 2019 earnings outlook and reported first-quarter profit rose, even though many investors remain concerned about the political risks of universal government health coverage.
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Apr 24, 2019
Boeing executives said they didn't know when the 737 MAX would return to service and defended the design and certification of their best-selling plane, grounded by global regulators in the wake of two fatal crashes.
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Apr 24, 2019
Walmart is testing a new strategy for its beef purchases by developing its own supply chain for Angus beef products, a move the company says will give customers more visibility into where their food comes from.
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Apr 24, 2019
Hollywood studios that licensed old TV shows to Netflix are getting into streaming and want their hits back. It's a threat to Netflix because its viewers spend much of their time watching reruns.
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Apr 24, 2019
Caterpillar beat revenue expectations for the first quarter, thanks to higher demand for its mining and construction equipment.
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Apr 24, 2019
AT&T's pay-TV subscriber base eroded further during the first quarter, adding pressure on the telecom and media giant's project to develop a new streaming service aimed at cord-cutters.
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Apr 24, 2019
Samsung Electronics said it would invest about $116 billion by 2030 to further diversify its semiconductor production beyond memory chips, as it seeks new growth drivers.
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Apr 24, 2019
James Dimon and Ray Dalio are among the most successful capitalists in the U.S. today. So when they worry aloud about the future of capitalism, it's worth listening.
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Apr 24, 2019
Occidental Petroleum offered to purchase Anadarko Petroleum in a deal with an equity value of $38 billion, more than Chevron's bid for the oil company.
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Apr 24, 2019
Nissan Motor issued its second profit warning this year, weighed down by a warranty extension for vehicles in the U.S. and efforts to unwind a U.S. sales strategy by former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
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Apr 24, 2019
AT&T's pay-television business lost more than 620,000 customers in the first quarter, while acquisition costs from the WarnerMedia business weighed on its bottom line.
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Apr 24, 2019
Caterpillar reported higher profit and revenue for the first quarter on solid demand for its mining equipment and construction machinery, topping analysts' expectations.
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Apr 24, 2019
Boeing said it would take an initial hit of more than $1 billion on the global grounding of the 737 MAX jetliner following two fatal crashes as the plane maker suspended full-year financial guidance.
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Apr 24, 2019
Ford Motor is taking a stake in electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive, the latest example of a large auto maker betting on the emergence of battery-powered vehicles.
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Apr 24, 2019
Ford Motor is taking a stake in electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive, the latest example of a large auto maker betting on the emergence of battery-powered vehicles.
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Apr 24, 2019
Occidental Petroleum offered to purchase Anadarko Petroleum in a deal with an equity value of $38 billion, more than Chevron's bid for the oil company.
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Apr 24, 2019
A stubborn paradox reigns across U.S. boardrooms: Companies are appointing more women to board seats than ever, yet the overall share of female directors is barely budging. The reason isn't the pipeline, say recruiters and researchers. It is that board seats rarely become available in the first place.
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Apr 24, 2019
Oil and gas drillers had some of the highest-paid median workers in the energy and utility sectors in 2018, according to The Wall Street Journal analysis of annual pay disclosures by hundreds of big U.S. companies.
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Apr 24, 2019
The U.K. government has agreed to allow Huawei to build part of the country's 5G telecoms system—despite U.S. pressure on allies to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant—but it will only be allowed to construct noncore parts of the network.
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Apr 24, 2019
The U.K. government has agreed to allow Huawei to build part of the country's 5G telecoms system—despite U.S. pressure on allies to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant—but it will only be allowed to construct noncore parts of the network.
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Apr 24, 2019
Clover Leaf Seafoods, a private equity-backed maker of canned seafoods, is weighing a sale, said people familiar with the matter.
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Apr 24, 2019
Novartis raised its full-year guidance as it reported strong growth of its newer drugs, bolstering its chief executive's efforts to focus the pharmaceutical giant on higher-value medicines.
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Apr 24, 2019
Investors want to see healthy demand for Azure, which is slowing but has helped Microsoft stay relevant in recent years as sales of its Windows operating system took a back seat.
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Apr 24, 2019
When Walt Disney Co.'s "Avengers: Endgame" opens Thursday night in the widest release ever—4,600 theaters in the U.S. and Canada—the Marvel Studios' superheroes will muscle competitors out of the multiplex.
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Apr 24, 2019
Facebook is scheduled to report first-quarter results after the market closes. Here are the key points to watch.
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Apr 24, 2019
The electric-car maker is expected to post an adjusted loss of $1.15 a share, according to a FactSet survey of analysts. The first-quarter slowdown also has analysts questioning whether there is as much demand for the Model 3 as once predicted.
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Apr 24, 2019
Japan's SoftBank Group plans to invest about $1 billion in Wirecard, forging a partnership that allows SoftBank to take a minority stake in the German payments company.
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Apr 23, 2019
The operator of a rentals marketplace for travelers is close to completing an investment round that will value the company at about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Apr 23, 2019
A unit of Singapore Technologies Engineering has been awarded a roughly $746 million contract to build the first heavy icebreaker in more than 40 years for the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Apr 23, 2019
Twitter reported record daily users and rising profit, driving shares up as the results signaled recent product tweaks are stabilizing the business.
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Apr 23, 2019
The drugstore chains are raising the minimum age required for customers to buy tobacco products in their stores to 21, up from 18 in most states, as the they face pressure over their cigarette sales from federal regulators, activists and some investors.
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Apr 23, 2019
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite had their highest closings on record Tuesday, marking a resurgence for the stock market after a rout last year hampered its climb.
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Apr 23, 2019
CBS said it suspended its search for a new chief executive, extending the employment of acting CEO Joe Ianniello through the end of the year.
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Apr 23, 2019
Wing Aviation, a unit of Alphabet's Google, received the first U.S. authorization to operate a fleet of consumer delivery drones—a move that could jump-start various companies' commercial drone services nationwide.
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Apr 23, 2019
EBay raised its revenue and profit outlook after posting stronger-than-expected results in its first quarter, sending shares up 5% in after-hours trading.
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Apr 23, 2019
The Federal Reserve moved to make it easier for private-equity funds and other investors to own large stakes in banks without triggering its oversight, in a plan that could also make it easier for financial technology startups to obtain investment cash.
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Apr 23, 2019
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite had their highest closings on record Tuesday, marking a resurgence for the stock market after a rout last year hampered its climb.
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Apr 23, 2019
Julia Angwin was fired as editor in chief of the Markup, a new tech-oriented investigation website she helped found and that is set to launch later this year.
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Apr 23, 2019
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at their highest levels ever Tuesday, marking a resurgence for a stock market to record levels after a rout last year hampered their climb.
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Apr 23, 2019
Twitter reported record daily users and rising profit, driving shares up as the results signaled recent product tweaks are stabilizing the business.
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Apr 23, 2019
Julia Angwin was fired as editor in chief of the Markup, a new tech-oriented investigation website she helped found and that is set to launch later this year.
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Apr 23, 2019
Tristan Harris argues that technology is having a broader, more corrosive effect on society than many people realize, and none of the reform efforts being discussed in Silicon Valley and Washington are enough to reverse the trend.
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Apr 23, 2019
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were above their all-time closing highs in afternoon trading, as upbeat profit reports pushed major U.S. indexes higher.
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Apr 23, 2019
Walgreens Boots Alliance will raise the minimum age required for customers to buy tobacco products in its stores to 21, up from 18 in most states, as the drugstore chain faces pressure over its cigarette sales.
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Apr 23, 2019
Procter & Gamble reported its strongest quarterly sales growth in eight years as the consumer-products giant got a boost from developing markets and increased prices.
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