The Chip Sector Has a New Worry in Plant Shutdown for Key PFAS Chemicals

Text size PFAS chemicals are used in the etching process for chip manufacturing. Dreamstime The fragile semiconductor supply chain has one more thing to worry about. Chips have been relatively scarce ...

Howard Schultz Is Back as Starbucks CEO. Here’s His To-Do List.

On Monday, Howard Schultz is expected to step into a familiar role—slated to lead a town hall meeting with employees of Starbucks Corp., the coffee chain he built into a neighborhood cafe across the w...

U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Slightly Lower on Monday

U.S. stocks are poised to open slightly lower on Monday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly lower. On Sunday night, ...

Tesla Deliveries Rose in Quarter Elon Musk Calls Exceptionally Difficult

Tesla Inc. vehicle deliveries rose in the first quarter, but missed Wall Street expectations as the company struggled with global supply-chain disruptions and a brief Covid-19 shutdown at its Shanghai...

Tesla Proposes a Dividend (Not Really). TJX and PNC Announce Payout Hikes (for Real).

Tesla’s proposed ‘dividend’ was really a proposed stock split. Here, a Tesla manufacturing plant near Gruenheide, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Text size Tesla was among the hand...

Walmart Is Removing Cigarettes in Some Stores. Philip Morris and Altria Stock Fall.

Text size Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Shares of cigarette makers fell Monday as Walmart plans to end cigarette sales in some U.S. stores, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with t...

5 Retail Stocks That Can Shine in a Slowdown

Text size A customer browses gift-wrapping supplies a Dollar Tree store in Louisville, Ky. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Same-store sales are critical for retailers, but many investors worry that they will ...

The Market Rose on the Fed’s Rate Hikes. What It Might Be Missing.

Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday the central bank had the tools to bring inflation down. Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg It may not rank with the “whatever it takes” ...

GE Builds 350-Ton Turbines at Its Power Facilities. Here’s What We Found on a Tour.

Text size 7HA.03 gas turbine in GE’s Greenville, S.C., factory. Courtesy GE Power General Electric led a tour of one of its South Carolina gas power facilities as part of its Investor Day on Thursday—...

U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open for Wall Street on Monday. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Getty Images Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today...

EBay CEO outlines new digital wallet, storage facility as part of long-term strategy

It was a coming out of sorts for eBay Inc. CEO Jamie Iannone at the company’s investor day on Thursday. In his first meeting with analysts since taking over the top spot at eBay EBAY, -4.39% nearly tw...

Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar

American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...

Tesla Finally Gets German Plant Approval. The Stock Is Falling.

Text size In this aerial view, the new Tesla Giga factory stands near Gruenheide just outside Berlin. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tesla investors woke to a bit of good news Thursday but the stock isn’t h...

Semiconductor, PC stocks rally after Biden touts importance of U.S. chip manufacturing

Chip-related stocks and shares of computer makers surged Wednesday following a push by President Joe Biden to pass legislation that would result in more than $50 billion in government subsidies to bui...

Retailers’ Wage Increases to Attract Workers Aren’t Yet Denting Profits

Large retailers and other employers that hire hourly workers are continuing to lift wages, and so far have kept profits growing as well. On Monday, Target Corp. TGT 0.28% said it plans to spend up to ...

Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight

Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dream...

Generac Stock Rises Because It Expects ‘Exceptional Revenue Growth’ in 2022

Text size Dreamstime Shares of Generac Holdings were surging Wednesday after the generator maker’s 2022 outlook energized investors. “The company is initiating guidance for 2022 that anticipates anoth...

Intel Agrees to Buy Tower Semiconductor in $5.4 Billion Deal

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Intel Corp . agreed to buy Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion as it looks to expand its manufacturing capacity and technology portfolio amid ri...

Ford Takes More Capacity Offline Because of Trucker Blockade in Canada

Text size Demonstrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 9. Geoff Robins / AFP via Getty Images Ford Mo...

Starbucks fires 7 Memphis employees seeking union

Starbucks has fired seven employees who were leading an effort to unionize a Memphis, Tennessee, store. The Seattle coffee giant said Tuesday that the employees violated company policy by reopening a ...

Bitcoin Facilities to be offered by New York’s Flushing Bank

As of this writing, Bitcoin was trading at a market price of $36,945.96, bearish by 1.93%, in the previous 24 hours. As per John R. Buran, president and CEO of Flushing Financial Corporation, they sho...

Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022

Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...

LibertyX Acquired By NCR, Incorporates Crypto Facilities in ATMs Globally

Crypto facilities incorporated by payments behemoth NCR in over 750,000 ATMs across the globe after the acquisition of LibertyX. The deal will assist in intensifying the organization’s ability to offe...

Kroger employees are surrounded by food at work — but many struggle to afford food and rent, says a survey of 10,200 workers

Many supermarket workers struggle to put food on the table even as they help feed their communities, according to new research on Kroger KR, -0.73% employees released as the pandemic continues to expo...

Tesla’s New Austin Factory to Start Up Soon. It’s Going to Be Wild.

Text size People look at a Tesla Model Y electric vehicle in a Miami Design District showroom. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Christmas arrived a little late for Tesla bulls. They have been eagerly awaiting ...

Proterra Stock Sank in the SPAC Selloff. Now the Electric Bus Maker Looks Like a Bargain.

Proterra Greenville Facility Courtesy of Proterra Text size Proterra would seem to have a lot going for it. The electric-vehicle technology company operates in a hot sector and has avoided head-on com...

Omicron Takes a Toll on Businesses, From Airports to Bars and Supermarkets

The rapid spread of Covid-19’s Omicron variant is weighing on U.S. businesses, keeping more workers home sick or quarantined and leading some companies to cut services and reduce hours. The rise of U....