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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart said sales rose in the most recent quarter, a sign that the retailer continues to take market share from competitors and benefit from strong consumer spending ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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Nov 14, 2019
China has agreed to lift a more than four-year-old ban on U.S. poultry imports, both governments said, in what a U.S. industry group said could lead to sales of $2 billion of poultry.
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Nov 14, 2019
Viacom's profit in the last quarter of its fiscal year fell as a combination of lower revenue and increased investment in new online streaming services weighed in on its bottom line.
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Nov 14, 2019
A top bank regulator is poised to propose changes to bank lending requirements that could potentially transform the way lenders make billions of dollars in loans, investments and donations to customers in lower-income areas.
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Nov 14, 2019
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said the U.S. economy may be testing the edge of full employment, in remarks that noted the central bank's toolkit for influencing the economy is in a good place.
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Nov 14, 2019
Walmart said sales rose in the most recent quarter, a sign that the retailer continues to take market share from competitors and benefit from strong consumer spending ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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Nov 14, 2019
The Mercedes-Benz maker said it would cut more than 1,000 executive positions as part of a plan to reduce labor costs by $1.1 billion by 2022, but warned that this and efforts to meet stricter emission targets would dent profits for the next two years.
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Nov 14, 2019
A lower percentage of people out of work is relying on unemployment payments amid tighter state rules on obtaining the benefits and a strong job market.
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Nov 14, 2019
Profit at Viacom, whose portfolio includes TV Land, VH1 and MTV, fell 22% to $307 million in the last quarter as it consolidates some operations in preparation for its combination with CBS.
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Nov 14, 2019
The tech giant Cisco Systems is warning of further slowdowns even as its software and security businesses show promise
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Nov 14, 2019
As the Chinese video-sharing app encounters suspicion in Washington, regulators and users are unfazed in its largest international market: India.
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Nov 14, 2019
As the Chinese video-sharing app encounters suspicion in Washington, regulators and users are unfazed in its largest international market: India.
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Nov 14, 2019
Investors welcomed plans for a merger to create an internet-services giant in Japan controlled by SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, but Yahoo Japan and chat app Line face challenges combining their businesses.
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Nov 13, 2019
Activist investor Carl Icahn is pushing for the proposed merger of Xerox and HP. He revealed a stake in HP that could increase pressure for a tie-up.
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Nov 13, 2019
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker reiterated that he has opposed the central bank's rate cuts this year.
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Nov 13, 2019
Facebook reported gains in detecting hate speech, child-abuse imagery and terrorist propaganda on its platforms and said its willingness to publish statistics on the removal of objectionable content shows its commitment to transparency.
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Nov 13, 2019
The companies are competing for a piece of the workplace-collaboration market, but behind the scenes, they are doing some collaborating of their own.
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Nov 13, 2019
Office-space startup WeWork lost $1.25 billion in the third quarter as expenses far outpaced revenue growth, draining the company's cash ahead of a bailout by SoftBank last month.
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Nov 13, 2019
BHP named Mike Henry as its new chief executive, opting for his experience running the most profitable operation of the global miner after a tumultuous period of big swings in commodity prices and exiting legacy assets.
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Nov 13, 2019
American Outdoor Brands said its board has approved a plan to split into two companies, separating the outdoor products and accessories business from Smith & Wesson Brands, the firearms maker.
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Nov 13, 2019
Trade talks between the U.S. and China have hit a snag over farm purchases, creating another obstacle as Beijing and Washington try to lock down a limited trade deal.
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Nov 13, 2019
Cisco Systems projected its first quarterly revenue decline in more than two years, blaming what it called a pause in customer spending.
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Nov 13, 2019
Energizer Holdings reported higher-than-anticipated quarterly sales, pushing the battery manufacturer's shares up sharply.
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Nov 13, 2019
The U.S. budget gap grew 34% in the first month of the fiscal year as federal spending outpaced revenue growth, pushing the 12-month deficit past $1 trillion for the first time since February 2013.
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Nov 13, 2019
Newspaper publisher McClatchy said it has begun talks with creditors and federal authorities about a possible government takeover of its pension fund as it tries to relieve liquidity pressure due to its pension responsibilities and debt load.
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Nov 13, 2019
Trade talks between the U.S. and China have hit a snag over farm purchases, creating another obstacle as Beijing and Washington try to lock down the limited trade deal President Trump outlined last month.
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Nov 13, 2019
Energizer Holdings reported higher-than-anticipated quarterly sales, pushing the battery manufacturer's shares up sharply.
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Nov 13, 2019
Drug-resistant bacteria and fungi, along with heavy use of antibiotics, fuel nearly 3.1 million infections with 48,700 deaths every year in the U.S., the CDC warned, saying the toll from so-called superbugs is greater than previously known.
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Nov 13, 2019
Reaching 10 million subscribers about 24 hours after the formal launch of Disney appears to be a robust start, but it's unclear how much each of those customers is worth to Disney.
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Nov 13, 2019
Gasoline costs pushed up prices for U.S. consumer goods in October, while new tariffs on imports appeared to have little effect on what Americans paid for clothing and household furnishings.
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Nov 13, 2019
Abbott Laboratories said Miles White will step down in March as chief executive officer after 21 years at the helm of the maker of health-care products.
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Nov 13, 2019
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings' profit slid as slowing economic growth at home and rising competition ate away in crucial areas such as advertising.
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Nov 13, 2019
Two Japanese internet leaders—news and shopping site Yahoo Japan and chat app Line—are in talks to combine, potentially expanding SoftBank Group's presence in online ads and payment apps in Japan.
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Nov 13, 2019
Americans are borrowing more for cars, a sign lower interest rates and a decadelong economic expansion are supporting purchases of large household items.
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Nov 13, 2019
After a deadly dam collapse, Brazil's mining giant Vale SA showered money on survivors who spent like every day was their last. Now Vale plans to close the mine, a pillar of the local economy.
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Nov 13, 2019
After a deadly dam collapse, Brazil's mining giant paid compensation to survivors who spent like every day was their last. Now Vale plans to close the mine, a pillar of the local economy.
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Nov 13, 2019
The WSJ Airport Rankings expand to measure how the 40 largest airports in the country stack up.
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Nov 13, 2019
Alibaba applied for a secondary listing in Hong Kong, aiming to raise roughly $13 billion. The move gives the Asian financial hub a vote of confidence after monthslong demonstrations.
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Nov 13, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers that the central bank saw little need to cut interest rates further after making three reductions between July and October.
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Nov 13, 2019
U.S. consumer prices rose in October, with energy prices accounting for more than half of the gains in the headline index. Excluding the often volatile food and energy categories, prices were up 0.2%.
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Nov 13, 2019
Apple introduced a 16-inch MacBook Pro, marking a new screen size as well as a departure from the problematic "butterfly" keyboard that triggered customer complaints and drove the company to offer an extended repair program.
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Nov 13, 2019
Hong Kong's stock exchange has approved Alibaba's application for its secondary listing. The Chinese retailer plans to begin a roadshow for prospective investors for the $10 billion to $15 billion deal.
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Nov 13, 2019
Sweden, unlike most of the rest of the slow-growth world, has had enough of negative interest rates, and next month, its central bank is expected to unwind them.
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Nov 13, 2019
The new fund is more than 50% larger than the firm's first tech-focused vehicle, which closed with $1 billion in 2016. That fund has backed 10 companies, including a recently announced investment in SheerID Inc.
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Nov 13, 2019
Unilever has tapped the former head of Danish shipping company A.P. Moller Maersk as its new chairman, the second big change in the consumer giant's top ranks in the past year.
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Nov 13, 2019
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings' profit slid as slowing economic growth at home and rising competition ate away in crucial areas such as advertising.
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Nov 13, 2019
Google will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance.
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Nov 13, 2019
Google will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance.
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Nov 13, 2019
Google will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance.
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Nov 13, 2019
Digital freight broker Convoy raised $400 million in a Series D funding round that values the business at $2.75 billion and backs its expansion in a growing array of technology-focused upstarts making inroads in the freight transportation sector.
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Nov 13, 2019
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell heads to Capitol Hill for two days of congressional hearings beginning Wednesday.
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Nov 13, 2019
Job-sharing started as a way to help working mothers juggle jobs and family. Today, some potential executives are successfully using the 2-for-1 job arrangement to move into leadership positions.
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Nov 13, 2019
The world's largest contract electronics maker's net profit rose 23.3% in the third quarter , beating expectations.
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Nov 12, 2019
Nike said it would stop selling its clothes and sneakers directly to Amazon.com, an about-face for the sportswear brand.
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Nov 12, 2019
Two Midwestern hospital giants became the latest to break off merger talks, another drag on deal making across the $1 trillion hospital sector.
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Nov 12, 2019
Marijuana is seen as a dangerous narcotic in China, and possession there is strictly punished. That hasn't stopped the country from trying to become a powerhouse in the fast-growing industry for cannabis products.
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Nov 12, 2019
SmileDirectClub posted wider losses in the latest quarter as the company continued to spend heavily on marketing and sales, as well as other expenses.
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Nov 12, 2019
A federal health regulator has opened a probe into Google and Ascension's "Project Nightingale," a partnership amassing the detailed information of millions of patients.
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Nov 12, 2019
Tariffs are emerging as the main stumbling block in efforts by the U.S. and China to come to a limited trade deal, a month after the two countries called a truce in their trade war.
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Nov 12, 2019
A federal regulator has opened an inquiry into Google and Ascension's ‘Project Nightingale' amassing the detailed health information of millions of patients
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Nov 12, 2019
A month after calling a truce in their trade war, the U.S. and China are struggling to come to terms on even a limited deal, with tariffs on Chinese imports emerging as the main stumbling block.
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Nov 12, 2019
The move by Dean Foods is a fresh setback to an industry struggling against declining U.S. milk consumption and rising competition.
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Nov 12, 2019
Former HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Plepler is in advanced talks to sign an exclusive production deal with Apple's new TV streaming service, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Nov 12, 2019
The rise of plant-based protein is inspiring early adopters to dupe family and friends—or in the case of restaurants, their customers. It doesn't always go over well.
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Nov 12, 2019
Former HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Plepler is in advanced talks to sign an exclusive production deal with Apple's new TV streaming service, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Nov 12, 2019
A group of lawmakers wants to limit interest rates on consumer loans nationally at 36%, a move that worries the payday and online-lending industries.
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Nov 12, 2019
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the auto maker would build a planned European plant to assemble electric vehicles in Germany.
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Nov 12, 2019
Boeing has lost orders for about 200 of its 737 MAX jets this year because of airline bankruptcies and customers swapping out for other models from the U.S. plane maker.
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Nov 12, 2019
President Trump said the U.S. and China are close to completing "phase one" of their trade accord, but added, "We are the ones deciding whether or not we want to make a deal."
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Nov 12, 2019
Walt Disney's big streaming debut of Disney arrived with technical glitches that the company blamed on unexpectedly high demand.
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Nov 12, 2019
Walt Disney's big streaming debut of Disney arrived with technical glitches that the company blamed on unexpectedly high demand.
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Nov 12, 2019
The biggest U.S. milk company has struggled for years with declining milk consumption and rising competition.
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Nov 12, 2019
The American Civil Liberties Union and a group of McDonald's workers from Michigan sued the fast-food giant, accusing the company of not properly handling allegations of sexual harassment at one of its restaurants.
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Nov 12, 2019
The rise of meatless meat is inspiring early adopters to dupe family and friends—or in the case of restaurants, their customers. As might be expected, it doesn't always go over well.
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Nov 12, 2019
Boeing said that deliveries of widebody jets continue to lag targeted production rates, putting further pressure on cash flows weakened by a grounding of the 737 MAX now entering its ninth month.
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Nov 12, 2019
President Trump plans to ride a strong economy to reelection next year. Democrats suspect an economic slowdown in swing states could lead to his defeat. Both could have it wrong.
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Nov 12, 2019
Walt Disney's big streaming debut of Disney arrived with technical glitches that the company blamed on unexpectedly high demand.
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Nov 12, 2019
Google and Ascension, the nation's second-largest health system, are drawing criticism for Project Nightingale, their plan to store detailed health records of around 50 million patients in Google's cloud.
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Nov 12, 2019
CBS said profit fell about 35% in the third quarter, in part because the entertainment and media company faced higher costs related to its planned merger with Viacom.
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Nov 12, 2019
The New York Fed added $111.909 billion to financial markets on Tuesday.
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Nov 12, 2019
Dean Foods filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is in advanced talks to sell itself to Dairy Farmers of America, the nation's largest dairy cooperative.
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Nov 12, 2019
Marijuana is seen as a dangerous narcotic in China, and possession there is strictly punished. That hasn't stopped the country from trying to become a powerhouse in the fast-growing industry for cannabis products.
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Nov 12, 2019
CBS said profit fell about 35% in the third quarter, in part because the entertainment and media company faced higher costs related to its planned merger with Viacom.
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Nov 12, 2019
Companies using technology to make rapid cash offers to home sellers are typically paying their customers close to market value, a new study found.
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Nov 12, 2019
Tyson Foods said profit fell by almost one-third in its latest quarter, in part because a fire forced it to temporarily close a major beef-processing plant.
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Nov 12, 2019
The results showed the auto maker struggling to overhaul its business, hurt both by a downturn in the global auto industry and turmoil within the company in the year since the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
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Nov 12, 2019
The embattled e-cigarette maker also plans to cut $1 billion in spending next year as it braces for a hit in sales after voluntarily stopping the sale of its most popular flavor in the U.S.
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Nov 12, 2019
The U.K.'s Financial Times newspaper appointed its first woman editor in its 130-year history in the publication's first change of editorial leadership since 2005.
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Nov 12, 2019
Saudi Arabia's middle class is preparing to invest billions of dollars in Aramco shares, as ownership of the kingdom's prized asset—the world's most profitable company—transfers to the populace for the first time.
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Nov 12, 2019
The unexpected death of Bernard Tyson leaves the hospital and health-insurance giant in flux at a time of ambitious growth.
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Nov 12, 2019
The unexpected death of Kaiser Permanente's CEO Bernard Tyson leaves the hospital and health-insurance giant in flux at a time of ambitious growth.
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Nov 12, 2019
An era of ‘perpetual construction' can make every day feel like the holiday rush. LAX is taking drastic steps to make a more user-friendly facility.
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Nov 12, 2019
An era of ‘perpetual construction' can make every day feel like the holiday rush. LAX is taking drastic steps to make a more user-friendly facility.
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Nov 12, 2019
Celebrities and influencers are sharing more of their emotional baggage online. But when regular teens do the same, it can be risky.
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Nov 12, 2019
Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to buy out the remaining shares of Craft Brew Alliance that it doesn't own, placing the value of the Portland, Ore.-based company at roughly $321 million.
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Nov 11, 2019
Different parts of the government are fighting over spectrum space, threatening to undermine the country's efforts.
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Nov 11, 2019
Southwest is flying more than three dozen jets without final verification that they meet all mandatory federal safety standards, government documents show.
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Nov 11, 2019
Enterprise information-technology firms are taking a bigger share of indexes of valuable companies, as businesses increase spending on cloud computing, data analytics and artificial intelligence.
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Nov 11, 2019
Google is teaming with one of the country's largest health-care systems on an ambitious project named "Project Nightingale" to collect and crunch detailed health information of millions of Americans across 21 states.
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Nov 11, 2019
Google is teaming with one of the country's largest health-care systems on an ambitious project named "Project Nightingale" to collect and crunch detailed health information of millions of Americans across 21 states.
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