Wall Street Journal

Best Small-Business Loans in October 2026

Best Small-Business Loans in October 2026

We identified the best small-business lenders by evaluating their accessibility, affordability, flexibility and reputati...

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Keurig Dr Pepper Hires Kimberly-Clark President Torres to Helm Coffee Spinoff

Keurig Dr Pepper Hires Kimberly-Clark President Torres to Helm Coffee Spinoff

Keurig Dr Pepper has hired Russ Torres as chief executive of its coffee spinoff, plucking the executive from Kimberly-Cl...

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Accenture Revenue Rises on Growth Across Geographies, Industries

Accenture Revenue Rises on Growth Across Geographies, Industries

The consulting company posted fourth-quarter profit of $1.99 billion, or $3.29 a share, compared with $1.41 billion, or ...

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The Massive Corporate Tax Bills That Hinge on Two Words; Levi Strauss Names New CFO

The Massive Corporate Tax Bills That Hinge on Two Words; Levi Strauss Names New CFO

Also, Ford Motor’s profitable F-150 takes a hit....

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McCormick Posts Lower Profit on Higher Sales

McCormick Posts Lower Profit on Higher Sales

The spice maker posted fiscal third quarter net income of $97.6 million, or 36 cents a share, compared with $225.5 milli...

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Supplier Issue Paused Ford F-150 Production, Hitting Wholesale Deliveries

Supplier Issue Paused Ford F-150 Production, Hitting Wholesale Deliveries

Plus, Amazon signed a nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy, and U.S. GDP growth was stronger than expected in th...

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Global Dealmaking Cools in Third Quarter

Global Dealmaking Cools in Third Quarter

EXCLUSIVE: Fragile artificial-intelligence sentiment and higher borrowing costs helped dampen merger-and-acquisition act...

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All This Man Thinks About Is What He Can Shrink Next. It Made Him a Toy Tycoon.

All This Man Thinks About Is What He Can Shrink Next. It Made Him a Toy Tycoon.

From 3-inch Super Soakers to mini Rubik’s Cubes, Alan Dorfman is obsessed with turning classic products into tiny, worki...

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Oil Rises as Supply Concerns Persist Despite Middle East Crude Exports Recovering to Prewar Levels

Oil Rises as Supply Concerns Persist Despite Middle East Crude Exports Recovering to Prewar Levels

The benchmark contracts traded lower initially before rebounding as risks around regional shipping and the U.S.-Iran con...

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Arla Foods to Invest Millions to Tap Protein-Rich Dairy Demand, CEO Says

Arla Foods to Invest Millions to Tap Protein-Rich Dairy Demand, CEO Says

The Denmark dairy giant will invest more than €63 million, or about $71 million, to expand capacity at existing skyr and...

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Lynas Rare Earths to Buy Meteoric Resources in $672 Million Deal

Lynas Rare Earths to Buy Meteoric Resources in $672 Million Deal

The deal gives Lynas a foothold in Brazil’s growing rare-earths industry and comes amid a race to rebuild rare-earths pr...

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Apple’s Biggest Battleground for Foldable Phones Is China

Apple’s Biggest Battleground for Foldable Phones Is China

Huawei and other Chinese competitors report higher demand for foldables after announcement of the iPhone Duo....

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U.S. Pressure Campaign Leaves Iranian Tankers Stranded in Asian Waters

U.S. Pressure Campaign Leaves Iranian Tankers Stranded in Asian Waters

Dozens of Iranian or Iranian-linked vessels are adrift, as the U.S. threatens sanctions for countries or companies comin...

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Democratic Senators Challenge Trump Officials on Pentagon’s Venezuela Oil Deal

Democratic Senators Challenge Trump Officials on Pentagon’s Venezuela Oil Deal

Ranking Senate Democrats on the foreign relations, energy, banking and armed services committees question the deal craft...

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Europe’s Luxury Carmakers Are Supersizing Their SUVs for Americans

Europe’s Luxury Carmakers Are Supersizing Their SUVs for Americans

BMW, Audi and Volvo are among the automakers trying to boost U.S. sales to offset weakness in Europe and China....

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The Next Frontier for Obesity Drugs Isn’t How Much Weight You Lose, but What Kind

The Next Frontier for Obesity Drugs Isn’t How Much Weight You Lose, but What Kind

Drugmakers are targeting muscle preservation and fat loss as they build the next generation of weight-loss medications....

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How Arc’teryx Turned Climbing Gear Into a Luxury Status Symbol

How Arc’teryx Turned Climbing Gear Into a Luxury Status Symbol

The upscale mountaineering brand grew from $500 million to $2 billion in revenue by expanding beyond climbers....

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Opinion | Passengers Defeat a Would-Be Hijacker

Opinion | Passengers Defeat a Would-Be Hijacker

In the spirit of Flight 93, Israelis on the plane and their flydubai crew fought back....

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Tech CEOs Privately Questioned Amodei for Sounding AI Alarm Bells

Tech CEOs Privately Questioned Amodei for Sounding AI Alarm Bells

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was among the executives at Tuesday’s White House event who called out the Anthropic leader for ...

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Opinion | Gross Output Signals an Economic Surge

Opinion | Gross Output Signals an Economic Surge

Business-to-business spending is booming, and solely looking at gross domestic product misses this....

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Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz Named Co-CEO at Paramount-Warner

Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz Named Co-CEO at Paramount-Warner

He will be heavily involved in the day-to-day management as well as strategic planning and the integration of the combin...

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Paramount Settlement of Antitrust Case Approved by Judge

Paramount Settlement of Antitrust Case Approved by Judge

The deal announced last week with 12 states, led by California, clears the way for the company’s $81-billion acquisition...

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Congress Wants to Bring Federal Agencies to Heel Over Energy Projects

Congress Wants to Bring Federal Agencies to Heel Over Energy Projects

Lawmakers introduce aggressive legislation to accelerate an energy build-out....

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Micron Profit, Revenue Surge on Memory Demand

Micron Profit, Revenue Surge on Memory Demand

The semiconductor company had a fourth-quarter profit of $37.7 billion as its memory chips remained a hot commodity amid...

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‘Shop Different’ Review: The Genius of Retail

‘Shop Different’ Review: The Genius of Retail

Apple stores struggled until the release of the iPod music player, which made even Windows users curious enough to wande...

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Opinion | How America Should Power the AI Revolution

Opinion | How America Should Power the AI Revolution

Data centers could consume as much as 12% of the nation’s electricity by 2028....

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Walgreens Owner Nears Deal to Sell British Pharmacy Chain Boots

Walgreens Owner Nears Deal to Sell British Pharmacy Chain Boots

The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners is in talks with the billionaire Weston family about a deal valued at roughly ...

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Marketers Are Rebranding as ‘Engineers’ to Survive the AI Era

Marketers Are Rebranding as ‘Engineers’ to Survive the AI Era

The industry that previously fell in love with job titles like “digital ninja” and “storyteller” has become fascinated w...

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Ford F-150 Sales to Drop This Quarter Over Supplier Issue

Ford F-150 Sales to Drop This Quarter Over Supplier Issue

The automaker has been working to recover truck production after an aluminum supplier was knocked offline last year....

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U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Jump

U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Jump

Commercial crude oil stocks rose by 900,000 barrels last week. Analysts had expected crude stocks to fall by 200,000 bar...

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German Union Warns of Potential Conflict With Volkswagen Over Wage Deals

German Union Warns of Potential Conflict With Volkswagen Over Wage Deals

The German automaker has been working on a broad cost-cutting plan throughout 2025 and 2026 following an agreement with ...

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Logitech CEO Scouring the Globe to Beat Chip Shortage

Logitech CEO Scouring the Globe to Beat Chip Shortage

Hanneke Faber on “begging and borrowing” her way through the AI-drive squeeze and applying the lessons learned at Unilev...

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Major Wall Street Banks Lift Oil-Price Forecast, Survey Shows

Major Wall Street Banks Lift Oil-Price Forecast, Survey Shows

Major Wall Street banks have raised their oil-price forecasts for this year and early next, as stalled efforts to end th...

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Middle East Crude Oil Exports Back at Prewar Levels, Analysts Say

Middle East Crude Oil Exports Back at Prewar Levels, Analysts Say

The region’s major crude producers have ramped up supplies through alternative pipelines, ports and ship-to-ship transfe...

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Kroger Boots Red Bull in High-Stakes Push for Everyday Low Prices

Kroger Boots Red Bull in High-Stakes Push for Everyday Low Prices

Plus, how AI agents could become the driverless cars of Wall Street....

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BMW Seeks Greater Efficiencies But Profitability Gains Will Be Gradual

BMW Seeks Greater Efficiencies But Profitability Gains Will Be Gradual

Outlining its strategy at an investor event Wednesday, the company said it must significantly increase speed and efficie...

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Mattel Chairman, CEO Ynon Kreiz Resigns; Roger Lynch to Take Reins

Mattel Chairman, CEO Ynon Kreiz Resigns; Roger Lynch to Take Reins

Mattel’s chairman and chief executive, Ynon Kreiz, is leaving the toy maker to take a senior leadership position at anot...

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Conagra Profit Grows Despite Lower Sales

Conagra Profit Grows Despite Lower Sales

The food manufacturer, which owns Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn and Slim Jim meat sticks, said fiscal first-quarter prof...

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General Mills Names Dana McNabb to Succeed Jeff Harmening as CEO

General Mills Names Dana McNabb to Succeed Jeff Harmening as CEO

General Mills has named its chief operating officer, Dana McNabb, to succeed Jeff Harmening at the helm of the cereal an...

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