What a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan Would Mean for Global Business

Beijing considers Taiwan, a democratically ruled island near mainland China, as part of its territory. When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this month to support its government, Beijing...

Anshu Jain, Who Helped Make Deutsche Bank a Trading Powerhouse, Dies

Anshu Jain, a veteran investment banker who led Deutsche Bank AG during a tumultuous time in the German lender’s history, has died. He was 59. Mr. Jain has been credited with helping build Deutsche Ba...

Saudi Aramco Posts 90% Jump in Profit, Generating Billions for Kingdom

DUBAI—Saudi Arabia’s national oil company posted Sunday a 90% jump in quarterly profit on the back of high oil prices, generating billions of dollars in cash that is infusing fresh momentum into the k...

Affirm CEO Says Next Recession Will Silence Fintech Lender’s Doubters

Max Levchin says the market is wrong about Affirm Holdings Inc., the buy now, pay later company he co-founded a decade ago. It might just take a recession to prove it. Affirm stock is down 77% since h...

Public Pension Systems Join Those Stung by Crypto Crash

Listen to article (2 minutes) Among the investors who bet on cryptocurrency over the past year are pension funds that manage public workers’ retirement savings. Now those funds are navigating the cras...

Meme-Stock Investors Are Back! Sort of, Anyway

Individual investors have waded back into the stock market after laying low through the worst of this year’s selloff. But don’t call it a comeback yet.  So-called retail investors in the last two week...

Hydrogen Stock Ceres Power Is Heating Up Again

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Nvidia, Tesla, Disney: Stocks That Defined the Week

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If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means

Not taking your job too seriously has a new name: quiet quitting. The phrase is generating millions of views on TikTok as some young professionals reject the idea of going above and beyond in their ca...

U.S. Home Prices Jumped to Record High in Second Quarter

Home prices continued to climb across nearly all the U.S. in the second quarter, when buyer demand started to fade due to higher mortgage rates but still exceeded the housing market’s unusually low su...

Five Chinese Companies Say They Plan to Delist From the New York Stock Exchange

Five Chinese state-owned companies said they intend to delist their American depositary shares from the New York Stock Exchange, as financial regulators in Beijing and Washington remain at loggerheads...

Rivian’s Losses Nearly Triple to $1.7 Billion

Rivian Automotive Inc. reported its net loss in the second quarter nearly tripled to $1.7 billion, further pressuring the electric-vehicle startup to conserve cash and move quickly to fill customer or...

Billionaire Robert Brockman, Accused of Biggest Tax Fraud in U.S. History, Dies at 81

When Robert Brockman, one of the richest people in the country, was visiting his company’s offices near Dayton, Ohio, he stayed at budget motels and ate frozen dinners in his room, a former employee r...

Drugmaker Endo Says Bankruptcy Likely Imminent

Endo International PLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer facing thousands of lawsuits alleging it fueled the opioid addiction crisis, said Tuesday that it is likely to file for bankruptcy imminently. The...

Elon Musk Sells Nearly $7 Billion Worth of Tesla Stock Amid Twitter Uncertainty

Elon Musk sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla stock in recent days, regulatory disclosures show, amid uncertainty over the fate of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc. Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief ex...

Ford’s New F-150 Lightning Truck to Get Price Hike

Updated Aug. 9, 2022 1:22 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) Ford Motor new all-electric truck is getting a price increase fewer than four months after it started shipping to dealerships for the first...

Tesla, EV Makers Stand to Get Billions for Factories From Senate Bill

The Senate climate bill passed over the weekend offers billions of dollars for electric-vehicle and battery factories, and includes rules that the auto industry says will make it tougher for some cons...

Nvidia Loses Its Game – WSJ

Give Nvidia a bit of credit for knowing to get the bad news out early. It came in the form of a warning Monday morning that revenue for the fiscal second quarter ended July 31 would be about 17% below...

Before Crypto Lender Celsius Crashed, CEO Alex Mashinsky Was Known for Big Ideas and Battles

For some 30 years, Alex Mashinsky barreled into whatever was the hot technology of the time, promising revolutions in long-distance calling, airport rides and, most recently, crypto. He often left a t...

Shale Drillers Warn of Higher Costs as They Report Record Profits

Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Oil prices hovering around $110 a barrel in the second quarter ...

Why Our Summer Corn Is Ever Sweeter

Few summer treats feel quite as timeless as a whole, sweet corn on the cob. It seems to belong to an older, simpler way of eating, in which no cutlery is required (unless you insist on using those tin...

Judge in Twitter, Elon Musk Case Known for Quick Work

The judge who will decide whether Elon Musk should have to buy Twitter Inc. has a record of quickly deciding urgent cases over imperiled corporate deals and has ordered buyers to close deals they want...

Ethanol Industry Wants to Bury Its Carbon, but Some Farmers Stand in the Way

GOLDFIELD, Iowa—As climate-change concerns grow, ethanol plants like the one in this town of 630 surrounded by 10-foot-tall corn stalks are eager to join new pipeline networks that aim to carry carbon...

CVS Plans to Bid for Signify Health

CVS Health is seeking to buy Signify Health according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health is exploring stra...

Beyond Meat Plans to Lay Off 4% of Global Workforce

Beyond Meat is cutting 4% of its global workforce, saying the layoffs are part of its plan to reduce costs as inflation prompts consumers to buy less-expensive protein. The California-based company, w...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Earnings Fall, Hurt by Market Volatility

Berkshire Hathaway earnings slid in the second quarter as market turmoil weighed on the company’s massive stock portfolio. The Omaha, Neb.-based company, which owns businesses ranging from insurer Gei...

Uber, Boeing, Warner Bros. Discovery: Stocks That Defined the Week

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Pfizer in Advanced Talks to Buy Global Blood Therapeutics for About $5 Billion

Pfizer is in advanced talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics the maker of a recently approved drug for sickle-cell disease, for about $5 billion, in the latest move by the drug giant to bolster its po...

Oracle Lays Off Hundreds of Employees

Oracle laid off hundreds of employees this week as the business software provider prioritizes its healthcare IT services and cloud businesses, according to people familiar with the company’s actions. ...

Got Hidden Income? The IRS May Get More Money to Find You

If Congress passes the Inflation Reduction Act, Americans should expect more IRS audits—especially on filers making more than $400,000 a year. The surprise agreement between Sens. Chuck Schumer (D., N...

Walmart Lays Off Hundreds of Corporate Workers

Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate roles in a restructuring effort, according to people familiar with the matter, a week after the retail giant warned of falling profits. The retailer began noti...

Sandy Hook Families Accuse Alex Jones of Diverting Funds From Infowars Parent Company

Families of Sandy Hook victims who are suing Alex Jones for defamation accused the conspiracy theorist of siphoning significant amounts of money from Infowars’ parent company before he put the busines...