SEATTLE—Starbucks is considering only external candidates for its next chief executive officer, as interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company needs to add new talent and skills to its senior leadersh...
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Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing
At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...
Robots Pick Up More Work at Busy Factories
Robots are turning up on more factory floors and assembly lines as companies struggle to hire enough workers to fill rising orders. Orders for workplace robots in the U.S. increased by a record 40% du...
Boeing Changes Will Make Planes Safer, Executive Says
EVERETT, Wash.––Boeing safety chief said changes under way at the plane maker following two deadly 737 MAX crashes should prevent engineers from designing another automated cockpit system without suff...
This Half-Built Ohio Factory Shows How Peloton Mismanaged the Pandemic
In a northwest Ohio industrial park, up the highway from a new Amazon.com Inc. warehouse and a soon-to-open solar-panel plant, Peloton Interactive is building a million-square-foot factory that it wil...
Chinese Wind-Turbine Companies Seek Global Growth as Western Rivals Struggle
TARANTO, Italy—Chinese wind-turbine makers have grown big on the back of their rapidly growing home market. Now they want to expand abroad, putting further pressure on Western wind-turbine makers, whi...
Walmart Anticipates a Store Manager Shortage Despite $200,000-a-Year Pay
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Walmart Can’t Find Enough Store Managers, Even at $200,000 a Year
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As Demand for Mental-Health Care Booms, Investors See Opportunities
Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king. Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of ...