Cost of Democrats’ Corporate-Tax Increase Skews to Wealthy, Reaches Middle Class

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Chip Maker AMD Prospers as Rival Intel Struggles

Advanced Micro Devices reported a sharp increase in quarterly sales, driven by strength in its data-center business where rival Intel has been stumbling, but issued a muted outlook for the current per...

For Crypto Customers, a Long Battle Ahead in Bankruptcy

Millions of customers of crypto platforms Voyager Digital Holdings Inc. and Celsius Network LLC have been thrust into a potentially long and painful battle in bankruptcy trying to retrieve their money...

Nikola to Buy Battery Maker Romeo Power for $144 Million

Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-truck startup Nikola said it has agreed to buy battery-technology company Romeo Power in an all-stock deal that values Romeo at roughly $144 million. Nikola said...

IRS Changes Guidelines for Inherited IRAs, Causing Confusion and Pushback

Figuring out the most efficient way to navigate the tax impact of inheriting individual retirement accounts has become more complicated since the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed new rules in ...

Alex Jones Puts Infowars’ Parent Company Into Bankruptcy During Texas Defamation Trial

Alex Jones put the company behind his Infowars conspiracy site into bankruptcy on Friday as the broadcast host stands trial in Texas to determine how much he owes the families of Sandy Hook victims fo...

Crypto Prices Crashed, but True Believers Are Holding On

Crypto prices plunged this year, but Drew Larsen says that is no concern. Over the past two years, Mr. Larsen, 54, has poured about 10% of his savings into cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, Ethereum and ...

Auto Makers Expect Car Sales to Defy Economic Gloom

Listen to article (2 minutes) Even as consumer spending cools, one place buyers continue to splurge is at the car dealership. Auto executives reporting earnings earlier this week displayed confidence ...

Defense Companies Hurt by Staffing Shortages Amid Growing Weapons Demand

July 30, 2022 11:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) U.S. defense companies are experiencing staffing shortages when the war in Ukraine and tensions surrounding Taiwan are expected to stoke demand ...

China Home Sales Plunge in July, as Mortgage Revolt Deters Buyers

A nascent two-month recovery in China’s home sales ended in July, as a widespread mortgage revolt over concerns that ailing property developers wouldn’t be able to deliver still-unfinished apartments ...

Starbucks, Uber, CVS to Report Earnings Amid Shrinking Economy

July 30, 2022 10:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) CVS Health Starbucks and Uber Technologies are among the companies headlining another busy earnings week as investors look for signs of a recess...

Individual Investors Ramp Up Bets on Tech Stocks

Listen to article (2 minutes) Technology stocks have taken a beating this year. Many individual investors have used it as an opportunity to double down. The Nasdaq Composite Index—home to the big tech...

Climate Bill Stands to Give Green-Energy Investors a Lift

Listen to article (2 minutes) Investors were already returning to clean-tech and renewable-power stocks when the proposed $369 billion Senate energy and climate-spending package jolted the sector to i...

America’s New Energy Crisis – WSJ

America is wrestling with the worst energy crisis in nearly five decades, a period of high prices and limited supply. What makes this crisis different than the troubles that roiled the country in the ...

Boeing Clears Hurdle for Resuming 787 Dreamliner Deliveries

U.S. air-safety regulators signed off on a Boeing plan aimed at addressing problems with the 787 Dreamliner, a major step before the company restarts deliveries of the aircraft, according to people fa...

Procter & Gamble Sounds a Warning After Strong Quarter

Updated July 29, 2022 9:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Procter & Gamble maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, is predicting the slowest sales growth in years as consumer belt-tighte...

Elon Musk Files Response and Counterclaims to Twitter Lawsuit Over $44 Billion Deal

Updated July 29, 2022 6:29 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) Elon Musk formally responded to Twitter lawsuit seeking to force him to go through with his $44 billion takeover of the social-media platf...

Exxon Skips Its Victory Lap

More than a year after an activist investor-led shake-up, Exxon Mobil has ticked a lot of boxes to endear itself to its shareholders. Now, the company is on a broader charm offensive. Exxon Mobil on F...

Intel Shows Limits of Chips Act

There is a rich irony to the notion that U.S. lawmakers rescued a giant subsidy package for the semiconductor industry just as the country’s largest chip maker proved the limits of such measures. On T...

Roku Swings to Second-Quarter Loss on Slower Ad Spending

Roku said it expected two of its main revenue drivers—advertising and sales of streaming hardware—to come under further pressure during the second half of the year, sending the company’s shares down 2...

Intel Posts Sharp Drop in Sales, Issues Muted Outlook

Updated July 28, 2022 6:36 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Chip maker Intel reported a surprise quarterly loss and cut its full-year outlook, reflecting a slump in personal-computer purchases and ...

Senate Climate Bill Is a Boon for Fossil Fuels

WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are moving forward on the costliest and most ambitious effort ever by the U.S. to address climate change—powered in part by benefits for fossil fuels and the broader energy...

Democrats Ready Carried-Interest Tax Hike After 15-Year Lobbying Campaign

Senate Democrats are poised to raise taxes on a key source of private-equity managers’ income, capping a 15-year quest to close what many lawmakers see as an egregious gap in the tax code. The tax inc...

Jack Ma Plans to Cede Control of Ant Group

HONG KONG—Billionaire Jack Ma plans to relinquish control of Ant Group Co., people familiar with the matter said, part of the fintech giant’s effort to move away from affiliate Alibaba Group Holding a...

Amazon Is Expected to Post Slim Profit as It Manages Slower Demand

Amazon Inc. is expected on Thursday to report a modest quarterly profit on a meager rise in sales, as the tech-and-retail company continues to work through the overhang from its breakneck growth durin...

Shell Posts Record Quarterly Profit on Soaring Energy Prices

LONDON—Shell PLC reported a second consecutive record quarterly profit as the oil major benefited from soaring global energy prices and a continued rebound in the global economy. The London-based comp...

Facebook Parent Meta Poised to Report First-Ever Revenue Drop

Facebook parent Meta Platforms is expected to post its biggest drop in daily users and its first decline in revenue as the company struggles to adjust to macroeconomic forces and growing competition f...

After Fed Raises Interest Rates Wednesday, Investors to Look for Clues About What’s Next

After the Federal Reserve lifts its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, attention will turn to what Chairman Jerome Powell says about a rate increase at the central bank’s meeting in September. The ...

Ford Bronco Engine-Failure Reports Spur Federal Safety Investigation

The top U.S. auto-safety regulator is opening an investigation into reported catastrophic engine failures with some Ford Bronco vehicles, yet another setback in the auto maker’s efforts to improve its...

The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed

By Dion Rabouin | Photographs by Dina Litovsky for The Wall Street Journal July 25, 2022 5:30 am ET Mark Yu had a profitable pandemic. Like many Americans, he added to his savings and pulled in big ga...