Wall Street Journal

See How Elon Musk’s Sunbelt Investments Are Reshaping His Business Empire

See How Elon Musk’s Sunbelt Investments Are Reshaping His Business Empire

States are competing for billions of dollars of planned capital spending on chip foundries, launchpads and data centers....

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Delivery Hero Cancels CEO Exit Plans Due to Uber’s $14.8 Billion Takeover Bid

Delivery Hero Cancels CEO Exit Plans Due to Uber’s $14.8 Billion Takeover Bid

The company said Niklas Östberg would continue in his role due to the change in its situation....

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Oil Prices Fall on Optimism Around U.S.-Iran Diplomacy, Saudi Pipeline Restart

Oil Prices Fall on Optimism Around U.S.-Iran Diplomacy, Saudi Pipeline Restart

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia had restarted its East-West pipeline, restoring the...

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Arnault Family Moves to Cement Control of LVMH in Ownership Overhaul

Arnault Family Moves to Cement Control of LVMH in Ownership Overhaul

Under the plan, Bernard Arnault’s Financiere Agache will take control of LVMH after holding company Christian Dior SE is...

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H&M Earnings Rise as Cost-Saving Push Pays Off

H&M Earnings Rise as Cost-Saving Push Pays Off

Sales from June through August rose 1% in local currencies—just above a UBS forecast looking for 0.7%—as summer collecti...

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Schneider Electric to Launch Bid for Shelly Group in $1.4 Billion Deal

Schneider Electric to Launch Bid for Shelly Group in $1.4 Billion Deal

The acquisition of the smart-device maker combines Schneider’s technology offer across residential, retrofit and small c...

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Chinese Carmakers Keep Gaining Ground in Europe as Monthly Sales Surge

Chinese Carmakers Keep Gaining Ground in Europe as Monthly Sales Surge

New-car registrations for BYD models—a reflection of sales—more than doubled on year last month according to an industry...

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Behind the Oil-and-Gas Industry’s Blitz to Try to Defeat a Diesel Export Ban

Behind the Oil-and-Gas Industry’s Blitz to Try to Defeat a Diesel Export Ban

Oil executives and their lobbyists launched a coordinated contingency plan to persuade the Trump administration not to e...

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L.A. Comes to Grips With a Studio Merger Many Didn’t Want

L.A. Comes to Grips With a Studio Merger Many Didn’t Want

Politicians and rank-and-file workers who feared a Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal now hope concessions will softe...

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How the Panama Canal Became a 50-Mile Waterway With a $5 Million Ticket Price

How the Panama Canal Became a 50-Mile Waterway With a $5 Million Ticket Price

High bids to use the waterway follow shipping disruptions from the Iran war and extreme weather....

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Group of World Leaders Push for Global Controls on AI

Group of World Leaders Push for Global Controls on AI

Plus, a perfect storm for the benchmark Treasury yield and the global fuel supply squeeze is jacking up costs beyond the...

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Activist Starboard Urges Construction Company to Explore Sale

Activist Starboard Urges Construction Company to Explore Sale

Knife River’s stock dropped over 7% Wednesday following an investor presentation....

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Barry Diller Withdraws Bid for MGM Resorts

Barry Diller Withdraws Bid for MGM Resorts

The billionaire had been in talks with the casino operator after offering in June to take a majority stake....

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Mamdani Targets ‘Greedy Algorithm’ of Corporations in a New Brand of Politics

Mamdani Targets ‘Greedy Algorithm’ of Corporations in a New Brand of Politics

Politicians on the left and right are watching how the New York mayor’s tactics play out in world’s center of capitalism...

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U.S. Regulators Plan Major Move to Speed Authorizations of Vapes, Tobacco Pouches

U.S. Regulators Plan Major Move to Speed Authorizations of Vapes, Tobacco Pouches

The move comes despite lawmakers voicing concern about recent flavor approvals....

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Opinion | Democrats to Maintain Control at CBS, CNN

Opinion | Democrats to Maintain Control at CBS, CNN

Blue-state attorneys general block potential media reform....

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Disney Boosts Prices on Several Streaming Subscriptions

Disney Boosts Prices on Several Streaming Subscriptions

Standalone plans for the entertainment company’s Disney+ and Hulu streaming services will now cost an additional $2.50, ...

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Opinion | America Can’t Afford an Aluminum Shortfall

Opinion | America Can’t Afford an Aluminum Shortfall

Combatting unfair trade is necessary but not sufficient....

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Bentley Tests Bumpy EV Market With $230,000 SUV

Bentley Tests Bumpy EV Market With $230,000 SUV

The launch is the latest move by Europe’s luxury automakers to seek growth from electric vehicles....

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Guitar Center Lost Its Way. This Man Is Charting a Comeback.

Guitar Center Lost Its Way. This Man Is Charting a Comeback.

The CEO is trying to make the stores a destination for ‘serious musicians’ by putting more high-end instruments on the f...

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The Global Fuel Crisis Is Driving Up the Costs of Home Heating Oil, Too

The Global Fuel Crisis Is Driving Up the Costs of Home Heating Oil, Too

Homes in the Northeast and Alaska are especially dependent on heating oil in winter....

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Dolly Parton’s Manager Accuses Singer’s Nephew of Threats and Extortion

Dolly Parton’s Manager Accuses Singer’s Nephew of Threats and Extortion

A restraining order request filed against Bryan Seaver says he has been trying to shake down Parton’s estate....

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Facing Congressional Scrutiny, Flock Details New Search Guardrails

Facing Congressional Scrutiny, Flock Details New Search Guardrails

The company says it cut its default data-retention period to seven days from 30, added standardized search categories an...

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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on CaixaBank, AXA, Deutsche Bank and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services....

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Opinion | The Education of Nikole Hannah-Jones

Opinion | The Education of Nikole Hannah-Jones

School choice is necessary for all children to reach their full potential. But it isn’t sufficient....

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U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Post Unexpected Build

U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Post Unexpected Build

Commercial crude oil stocks rose by 3 million barrels last week. Analysts had expected crude stocks to fall by 500,000 b...

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Energy Secretary Hints at Voluntary Cap on Diesel Exports, Rather Than Ban

Energy Secretary Hints at Voluntary Cap on Diesel Exports, Rather Than Ban

The oil industry is warning that a ban risks creating unintended consequences that would throttle fuel supplies....

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China’s Geely Unveils EV Charging Under Five Minutes

China’s Geely Unveils EV Charging Under Five Minutes

The automaker rivals ultrafast charging from BYD as automakers aim to entice buyers in China’s slowing market....

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YouTube Is Battling Netflix Over Top Talent

YouTube Is Battling Netflix Over Top Talent

The Google-owned platform is rolling out better tools for digital producers that could help it to keep more of their con...

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McDonald’s Pledges Multibillion-Dollar Investment to Help Franchisees

McDonald’s Pledges Multibillion-Dollar Investment to Help Franchisees

The fast-food giant’s strategy aims to tackle rising costs, overhaul equipment and expand share in chicken and beverages...

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Paychex’s Sales Growth Slows

Paychex’s Sales Growth Slows

The payroll and human-resources provider on posted a fiscal first-quarter profit of $429.7 million, or $1.21 a share, co...

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Cracker Barrel Post Profit Gains, Guides for FY Sales Growth

Cracker Barrel Post Profit Gains, Guides for FY Sales Growth

The restaurant chain posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $12.2 million, or 54 cents a share, compared with $6.75 mi...

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Arcadis Shares Fall After Canada’s WSP Global Pulls Takeover Offer

Arcadis Shares Fall After Canada’s WSP Global Pulls Takeover Offer

WSP said late Tuesday it was unable to advance a transaction without engagement with the Dutch engineering consultancy’s...

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General Mills Profit, Sales Slip as Turnaround Continues

General Mills Profit, Sales Slip as Turnaround Continues

The maker of Cheerios and Annie’s macaroni and cheese saw fiscal first-quarter profit fall to $397 million, or 74 cents ...

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Chevron’s CFO on Elevated Oil Prices and Leading Through Volatility

Chevron’s CFO on Elevated Oil Prices and Leading Through Volatility

Plus, Meta’s Muse comes for financial stocks....

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The Morning Risk Report: Squeezed at Sea, Iran Faces New Restrictions on Its Flights

The Morning Risk Report: Squeezed at Sea, Iran Faces New Restrictions on Its Flights

Plus: DoorDash to pay $131.5 million over minimum-pay law compliance and Trump weighs diesel export ban...

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Trump’s Oil Allies See Nightmare Scenario of Diesel-Export Ban Becoming Reality

Trump’s Oil Allies See Nightmare Scenario of Diesel-Export Ban Becoming Reality

American oil companies are fiercely opposed to the president’s nascent plan to ban exports of diesel, but vulnerable Rep...

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Zelensky Says Putin Is Unlikely to Curb Attacks Without U.S. Pressure

Zelensky Says Putin Is Unlikely to Curb Attacks Without U.S. Pressure

Plus, a $5 billion flurry of nearly identical Kalshi trades draw scrutiny, and meet the vigilante taking on recruitment ...

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Danny Meyer Has Opened Many Hit Restaurants. What He Learned By Closing One.

Danny Meyer Has Opened Many Hit Restaurants. What He Learned By Closing One.

In an excerpt from his new book, ‘What Could Possibly Go Right?’, Danny Meyer reflects on his decision to close Tabla—an...

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