Why Today’s Inflation Might Resemble the 1940s More Than the 1970s

Text size While the surge in energy prices has some likening the inflationary environment to the 1970s-80s, some observers think the postwar period is a better comparison. Here, pricey per-gallon cost...

ChargePoint and Toyota Team Up on EV Charging

Text size Toyota’s bZ4X is due to hit U.S. roads in mid-2022. Courtesy Toyota Electric-vehicle charging company ChargePoint announced a new partnership with Toyota Motor on Tuesday. The agreemen...

Nvidia’s Investor Day Was a Hit. That Hasn’t Stopped the Stock From Falling.

Text size Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is betting big on AI. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Nvidia ’s investor day and its flagship technical conference have been a hit on Wall Street this week—but that couldn’...

Bitcoin Is Bouncing but Ether Is Soaring. This Is Why.

Text size Cryptocurrencies are gaining as investors return to high-growth “risk assets.” Dreamstime Bitcoin has perked up, gaining 8% to roughly $42,600 in the past week. But Ether, the se...

BlackBerry Valuation Makes It More Attractive. The Stock Receives an Upgrade.

Text size A logo stands on display outside the BlackBerry headquarters. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Shares of BlackBerry received a boost on Monday after analysts at RBC Capital Markets upgraded the sto...

The All-Electric Cadillac Lyriq Is Here. What It Means for GM Stock.

The Lyriq has 300 miles of driving range, via a 100-kilowatt-hour battery. Cadillac photo Text size General Motors began retail production of its all-electric luxury crossover vehicle, the Cadillac Ly...

Why Altria’s Stock Could Be a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t

Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...

Altria Stock Is a Buy and Philip Morris Isn’t, Says Goldman Sachs

Text size Analyst Bonnie Herzog raised her rating on Altria to Buy from Neutral and her price target to $57 from $48 Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Altria Group has been the standout in Big Tob...

Nvidia Investor Day: What It Means for the Stock

Text size Shares of Nvidia have risen roughly 14% in the past month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia kicks off its investor day at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, following a follow a keynote spe...

Boeing Stock: What Wall Street Is Saying After the China Plane Crash

Text size The Boeing logo Scott Olson/Getty Images A China Eastern Airlines 737-800 tragically crashed Monday, sending shares of Boeing lower. Wall Street is hopeful that Monday’s crash wasn’t a MAX-l...

FAA Official Testifies Former Boeing Pilot Lied About 737 MAX

FORT WORTH, Texas—A Federal Aviation Administration training specialist said a former Boeing Co. BA -3.59% pilot lied to her about how a 737 MAX flight-control system worked before two of the jets cra...

Nvidia Has Its Investor Day on Tuesday. What to Expect.

Text size Shares of Nvidia have risen roughly 14% in the past month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nvidia kicks off its investor day at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, following a follow a keynote spe...

China’s Big Tech Firms Are Axing Thousands of Workers

BEIJING—China’s biggest tech companies are conducting large-scale layoffs this year as they deal with an economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory pressure. Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -7.14% , opera...

Warren Buffett Does Deal Making Differently. Alleghany Acquisition Shows How.

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images When it comes to acquisitions, Warren Buffett does things differently, and Berkshire Hathaway ’s deal on Monday for Alleghany illustrates his unique ...

Treasuries Are Selling Off. Blame Powell’s Comments on Half-Point Rate Hikes.

Fed chief Jerome Powell, shown Monday at a conference in Washington, D.C., said ‘nothing’ would prevent the central bank from raising rates by a half-point at a coming meeting if needed. S...

Apple Could Add $10 Billion of Revenue by Selling More Ads. Here’s How.

Text size People walk past an Apple store in Shanghai in October. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images How ironic it would be if Apple was the next great online advertising sales business. Apple (ticke...

Warren Buffett Puts Some of His $144 Billion to Work With Alleghany Deal

Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Text size It was only three weeks ago that Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett wrote of the unpleasantness associated with h...

Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale

Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...

Warren Buffett’s Deal for Alleghany Is Great for Berkshire, So-So for Alleghany

Berkshire Hathaway ’s agreement to buy insurer Alleghany for $11.6 billion looks like an excellent deal for Berkshire, but only a so-so one for Alleghany. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK. A and BRK. B...

Shopify’s Stock Is Falling Again After a 50% Four-Day Rally

Text size There was no company-specific news to explain last week’s rally in Shopify stock, or Monday’s slump. Dreamstime The wild gyrations in Shopify shares offer a clear demonstration o...

Cattle Ranchers Take Aim at Meatpackers’ Dominance

For years, many ranchers have blamed meatpacking giants for low cattle prices. Now, some cattlemen say they have a solution: Process the beef themselves. On 80 acres in western Nebraska, a group of ca...

The Boeing 737 Crash Isn’t Worrying the Market. How We Know.

Text size A China Eastern Airlines Corp. passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg A plane crash in China has clearly shaken investor confidence in Boeing . S...

Shopify’s Stock Is Falling Again After 50% Four-Day Rally

Text size There was no company-specific news to explain last week’s rally in Shopify stock, or Monday’s slump. Dreamstime The wild gyrations in Shopify shares offer a clear demonstration o...

Stock Market Today: Dow Dips, Boeing Slides, and Oil Rises With Ukraine in Focus

Text size The S&P 500 saw its best week since November 2020 last week. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Stocks weren’t doing all that much Monday as markets digest last week’s large gains and the pri...

Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Reinsurer Alleghany for $11.6 Billion

Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Alleghany shares for $848.02 a share in cash, or a tot...

EV Stock Workhorse Has Tumbled. CEO Rich Dauch Bought Up Shares.

Text size A Workhorse vehicle Courtesy Workhorse Workhorse Group stock hit a nearly two-year low a few weeks ago, and CEO Rich Dauch and executive Stan March just bought up shares of the electric-vehi...

Anaplan Stock Surges on Deal to Be Bought by Thoma Bravo for $10.7 Billion

Text size Photograph by Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Anaplan , a provider of business-planning software, agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo for $66 a share, or $10.7 billion. The offe...

Howard Schultz, Returning to Starbucks, Seeks New Start With Baristas

Last November, Howard Schultz traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., with a message to workers considering forming a union: Starbucks would do the best job looking out for employees’ interests. During an hourlong...

Mainland China Reports First Coronavirus Deaths in More Than a Year as Omicron Spreads

HONG KONG—China reported its first deaths from Covid-19 in the mainland in more than a year as the country battles a surge of Omicron infections across the country. Two patients died of Covid-19 in th...

Carson Block’s Latest Short Target Is a Columbia Law Professor

A federal criminal investigation into short sellers has spawned a behind-the-scenes feud between a law professor whose research is helping to guide prosecutors and one of the most prominent investors ...

Older Americans, Flush With Housing and Stock Portfolio Wealth, Poised to Revive Spending This Year

Covid-19 kept many older Americans on the sidelines of the recovery in consumer spending as they held back from in-person services like dining and travel. But their spending is picking up as the Omicr...

‘Motherhood Penalty’ Ranges as High as $600,000. Here Are Some Tips to Catch Up.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 and shut down schools, Samantha Goodman decided there was no way to work and care for her son, now 6. So for two years she gave up on having a job or saving for retiremen...