GE's Successful Effort to Change GOP Tax Bill Shows Lobbying Clout

General Electric lobbied successfully to change a measure in the Senate version of the Republican tax bill that could cost the conglomerate more than $1 billion in new taxes if it becomes law. The company is just one of scores working feverishly to influence the final form of the bill.

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One City's Response to Rising Health-Insurance Premiums

The college town of Charlottesville, Va., is fast becoming the exemplar for millions of people without federal subsidies whose health-insurance premiums will rise sharply next year.

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House GOP to Propose Short-Term Spending Bill

House Republican leaders on Friday will propose a short-term patch to keep the government funded through Dec. 22 while they work on a detailed, two-year budget deal, GOP aides and lawmakers said Thursday.

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Disney Sues Redbox Over Digital Movie Sales

Walt Disney Co. sued Redbox in an attempt to stop the DVD rental company from selling digital copies of its movies, alleging that the sales infringe on Disney’s copyrights.

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Blue Apron CEO Steps Aside

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. has replaced its chief executive, as the meal-kit maker struggles to hold on to customers and reverse a precipitous drop in investor confidence since its initial public offering in June.

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South Dakota Regulator Raises Prospect of Revoking Keystone Permit

A South Dakota state official said Thursday that a federal agency’s diagnosis of a recent leak in TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline could signal a systemic problem and could lead the state to revoke the permit that allows the company to operate the pipeline.

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GOP Tax Plan Could Hit Students Hard

A Republican proposal to tax graduate-student tuition waivers could bring in about $5.4 billion in revenue during the next decade. Education advocates say it could deter students from pursing their studies.

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Senate Tax Bill Hits Obstacle Over Deficit

Senate Republicans hit a major stumbling block late Thursday in their push to pass a $1.4 trillion tax cut when an effort to satisfy deficit hawks appeared to run afoul of procedural requirements.

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Senate Tax Plan Won't Pay for Itself, Analysis Says

Senate Republicans’ tax plan would modestly expand the economy but cover less than a third of its cost, failing to meet the party’s promise that it will pay for itself through faster growth, according to an official congressional analysis.

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Senate Banking Committee to Vote on Powell Nomination Tuesday

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Federal Reserve chairman.

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Is China's Central Bank Losing Its Monetary-Policy Mojo?

A widening gap between official and market interest rates in China is making it harder for Beijing to use a key policy tool to manage the world’s second-largest economy.

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Finance Pros Say You'll Have to Pry Excel Out of Their Cold, Dead Hands

A Journal story about finance chiefs threatening to drop the spreadsheet software provoked a tempest of reader feedback, both pro and con. The upshot: try to eradicate it and you’re in for a brawl.

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What a Tax Overhaul Means for Your Industry

Congress’s attempt to make the most significant tax-code changes since 1986 has split the business community. Here’s a look at how 19 different industries have responded.

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Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Ready for Streaming

Streaming-music subscribers will finally get access to Taylor Swift’s newest album, three weeks after it went on sale, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Penn National Gaming's Bid to Buy Pinnacle Entertainment Advances

Penn National Gaming‘s bid to buy Pinnacle Entertainment has advanced after the regional casino operator sweetened its bid.

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E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Shipping Networks

From seaports in Southern California to truck docks in central Ohio, shipping across the U.S. is picking up at a pace that freight companies say they haven’t seen in several years.

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Barnes & Noble Wants to Clear 'Tchotchke' Clutter, Sell More Books

Barnes & Noble Chief Executive Demos Parneros is leading the retailer’s charge to make its stores smaller and refocus on book selling, in a fight to pacify restless shareholders.

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McCain Support Bolsters GOP Tax Overhaul Hopes

Sen. John McCain said he would support a $1.4 trillion tax cut that Republicans are advancing in the Senate, pushing the plan closer to passage though intense jockeying is still playing out among lawmakers.

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CVS Closes In on Aetna Deal

CVS Health is moving closer to an agreement to buy Aetna for more than $66 billion. A deal, which could be announced by Monday, would create a health-care behemoth selling products from drugs to insurance.

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Electricity Prices Plummet as Gas and Wind Gain Traction and Demand Stalls

The rapid rise of wind and natural gas as sources of electricity is roiling U.S. power markets, forcing more companies to close older generating plants.

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Volkswagen's Namesake Brand to Build Electric Cars in U.S.

Volkswagen’s VW brand will build one or two electric vehicles in the U.S. by 2023, probably at its Chattanooga, Tenn. factory, as tougher emissions rules drive the auto industry toward mass production of battery powered cars.

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Kroger Rings Up Gains in Fight Against Wal-Mart, Amazon

The large U.S. supermarket chain’s moves to prioritize online orders and cut food prices appear to be paying off as it battles rivals for customers.

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China's Tech Giants Have a Second Job: Helping Beijing Spy on Its People

Tencent and Alibaba are among the firms that assist authorities in hunting down criminal suspects, silencing dissent and creating surveillance cities. Their efforts are part a state campaign to build one of the world’s most ambitious surveillance systems.

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Carl Icahn Considers Board Fight at SandRidge Energy

Activist investor Carl Icahn is venting his anger with SandRidge Energy a week after becoming its biggest shareholder and contemplating steps to overturn the company’s board.

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Can Antonio Neri Revive HP Enterprise After Meg Whitman?

Meg Whitman’s tenure at Hewlett-Packard was marked by a series of splits and sales that reshaped the storied Silicon Valley company. Now, her successor, Antonio Neri, must take the remnants and reignite innovation.

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Here's the Credit Card That's Gathering Dust in Your Wallet

Long a staple, credit cards offered by giant retailers like Sears and Macy’s are losing out as retailers shut locations and consumers flock to shopping at online rivals like Amazon.

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Winners and Losers in the House Tax Bill

Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code will affect families differently, based on their locations, incomes, deductions, dependents and other factors.

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U.S. Rejects China's Bid for 'Market Economy' Status

The Trump administration has formally rejected China’s demand that it be treated as a “market economy” under global trading rules, a move likely to heighten tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

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Americans' Spending, Incomes Rose Briskly In October

Americans spent steadily in October while their incomes grew healthily, suggesting the economy is posting another quarter of strong growth.

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Lauer Apologizes Amid Claims of Sexual-Harassment

Former NBC ‘Today’ show co-anchor Matt Lauer apologized a day after being fired for alleged sexual harassment, but he contested some accounts of his behavior.

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Power Shift: How Natural Gas and Renewables Dethroned King Coal

For decades, burning coal was mainly how power companies generated the electricity to cool homes, run factories, and brighten streets. But coal has faded, and natural gas last year passed it as the leading source of electricity in the U.S.

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Alphabet Considers Giving Nest a New Home Within Google

Google is considering folding home-automation unit Nest into its hardware team, reversing one element of Google’s split two years ago into various businesses under holding company Alphabet.

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Sears Goes to Mattresses Against Falling Sales

The retailer’s finance chief said a reduced footprint and specialized stores selling mattresses, appliances and car services will help the struggling retailer get back on track after years of sales declines at its namesake department stores.

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Alibaba Might Be Big, but It Still Bows to Beijing

When Donald Trump decided to end the program that protects Dreamers from deportation, U.S. tech companies protested. Their Chinese counterparts were publicly silent when the city of Beijing began evicting the rural migrants who fuel their country’s booming tech industry.

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U.S. Tax Overhaul Raises Alarms Among Foreign Executives

Tax overhaul proposals winding their way through Congress may look great for U.S. corporations. For foreign firms, not so much.

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Verizon to Sell Home Broadband Over Wireless Network

Verizon Communications Inc. plans to start selling home broadband service over its wireless network in some cities in late 2018, a move to challenge the cable industry’s grip on Americans’ internet access.

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After $34 Million Investment in Tencent, African Firm Is One of World's Most Valuable

Africa’s most valuable company is now suddenly one of the world’s most valuable companies, too.

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Siemens Picks Frankfurt for IPO of $47 Billion Health Unit

Siemens said it would list its health-care business next year on the Frankfurt stock exchange, not New York, paving the way for one of the largest public offerings in Europe in years.

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Amazon Plans to Send Alexa to the Office

Amazon has had great success with its at-home Echo speaker, and is now counting on its new service, dubbed Alexa for Business, to spark a surge in voice computing in the workplace.

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Uber Lawyer Says Ex-Employee's Payout Was 'Extortionist' Move

Demands by a former Uber Technologies employee, who received $4.5 million in a settlement over his claims about the company’s secrecy measures, were ‘extortionist,’ a Uber attorney testified. The judge disagreed.

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Trump Nominates Goodfriend for Federal Reserve Board Seat

President Donald Trump nominated Marvin Goodfriend a former Federal Reserve economist and current Carnegie Mellon University professor, for a spot on the central bank’s board of governors on Wednesday.

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Glitch Leaves American Scrambling for Pilots on 15,000 Holiday Flights

American Airlines was scrambling on Wednesday to entice pilots to cover for a computer glitch that left the carrier short of aviators for 15,000 flights during the upcoming Christmas travel period.

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New Migraine Drugs Show Promise in Race to Sell Next-Generation Treatments

Researchers outlined positive data for two of the most advanced migraine drugs in development, from Teva and a Novartis-Amgen partnership, reinforcing the promise of a new class of treatment for the debilitating headaches.

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Matt Lauer's Firing Leaves NBC's $500 Million Franchise in Crisis

Matt Lauer’s abrupt exit from NBC News after an accusation of inappropriate sexual behavior ends a storied tenure that made him the face of morning television, leaving the network with a huge hole to fill and its most important franchise in crisis.

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Fed Reports Economic Gains, Strengthening Price Pressures

Economic activity expanded at a “modest to moderate pace” in recent weeks amid signs of rising prices and ongoing strength in labor markets, the Federal Reserve’s beige book report said Wednesday.

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BuzzFeed Plans Job Cuts, Business Reorganization After Revenue Miss

Facing a significant revenue shortfall this year, BuzzFeed is laying off about 100 employees and reorganizing its ad sales and business operations as it moves away from relying purely on native advertising.

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The People Who Police the Internet Are Changing

The Federal Trade Commission will take over policing the carriers that own the internet’s pipes, in a shift that ushers in a new phase of the internet’s development and the way consumers experience it.

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Senate Heads Toward Initial Vote on Tax Overhaul

The full Senate prepared for an initial vote on the Republican tax plan later Wednesday after more GOP lawmakers said they would be able to support the measure because of late changes to the bill.

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Buried in the Tax Bills, Multiple Unintended Consequences

In their rush to pass a sweeping tax overhaul, Republicans and the Trump administration may be headed for a reckoning with the law of unintended consequences, Greg Ip writes.

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Senate Tax Revamp Gains Traction

Republican efforts to overhaul the U.S. tax code gained momentum Tuesday when two key Senate Republicans expressed optimism about supporting the bill and a congressional committee advanced the measure for a vote on the Senate floor later this week.

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Dudley Says Fed Has Started Thinking About Official Digital Currency

New York Fed President William Dudley said the U.S. central bank is beginning to explore whether it could adopt its own digital currency, in an appearance at Rutgers University where he also expressed optimism about the economy.

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Chipotle Founder to Step Down as CEO

The founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill will step down as chief executive as the company continues to struggle with food-safety concerns that have spooked customers.

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ESPN to Cut 150 More Jobs

ESPN is laying off 150 employees, the sports TV giant’s latest round of cuts as it deals with pressures in the pay-TV business and aims to shift resources into areas such as a direct-to-consumer streaming service.

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Wisconsin School of Businessto Alumni: Help Us Recruit

Wisconsin School of Business administrators are calling on students and alumni to help fund and recruit future M.B.A. classes after reversing course on a plan to suspend admissions to its program last month.

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Yellen Says Fed Will Continue Path of Gradual Rate Increases

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on Wednesday said the U.S. central bank will continue with its path of gradual increases in short-term interest rates, but offered no new signals about what the Fed will do at its meeting next month.

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Yellen to Testify on Capitol Hill for Likely Last Time as Fed Chief

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on Wednesday will discuss the economic outlook before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, where she is likely to face questions about the path of interest rates and bank regulations.

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U.S. GDP Growth Revised Up to 3.3% Rate

U.S. economic growth in the third quarter was stronger than earlier thought, and corporate profits rebounded during the summer months.

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Will Tesla Die for Lack of Cobalt?

Cobalt, a critical part of batteries, has nearly tripled in price since last summer as concerns grow about whether there will be enough cobalt to meet demand.

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The New Corporate Perk: Gassing Up at Work

Customers of apps with names like Booster Fuels, InstaFuel and Filld can bring the gas station to their cars, filling up their gas tanks while they are at the office, the gym or even asleep.

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Gillette Fights Online Rivals, Shaving Prices

Gillette is launching a lineup of new razors that will be missing something notable: a higher price tag. It’s a reversal of a decades-long strategy of churning out increasingly complex razors at higher prices.

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GM and Zoox Robot Cars Battle It Out in San Francisco

In the race to turn robot taxis into a business, the country’s largest auto maker and a young rival upstart have taken to the streets of San Francisco, believing the hilly city will help them catch up to Google parent Alphabet.

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Meditation Brings Calm to CEOs

A growing number of chief executives, including at Tupperware and Ultimate Fitness, meditate to lower their stress and boost productivity.

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NBC News Fires Matt Lauer

‘Today’ show co-host Matt Lauer has been fired from NBC News after the company ‘received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.’

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Domino's Tracking App Tells You Who Made Your Pizza---Or Does It?

Loyal customers stay glued to phones as employees move their pizzas from dough to door, but the details don’t always ring true. ‘Truthers’ accuse the company of getting saucy with them.

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Cineworld and Regal Entertainment Discuss Merger

British movie theater operator Cineworld Group PLC has made an offer for American counterpart Regal Entertainment Group, Regal confirmed Tuesday afternoon.

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Forget Robots: Bad Public Policies Could Be Bigger Job Killers

Automation could be a huge boon to the world’s workers—but only if governments and businesses prudently manage the disruption it creates.

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The Tough Job of Playing Well With Colleagues

Employees and employers are learning that collaboration isn’t easy, but it’s essential to advancing a career and a business; how one ad agency shed its silos

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AT&T, Time Warner Herald 'Golden Age' of TV in Defense of Merger

AT&T said in a written response to the Justice Department’s lawsuit that the video marketplace is changing quickly and is “intensely competitive,” and that nothing about the telecom giant’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner would harm that.

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Software Provider Autodesk to Cut 1,150 Jobs in Restructuring

Design-software provider Autodesk Inc. said it would cut 13% of its workforce in a bid to streamline the company. Shares in Autodesk tumbled after hours as the company revealed plans to shed 1,150 jobs and consolidate facilities.

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NBCU Gathering of Ad, Media Elite Raises Questions About Industry's Future

The event was unique in bringing together media rivals and agency and marketing bigwigs, but it largely served to illuminate the industry’s many challenges, generating more questions than answers.

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Supreme Court Questions Whether Dodd-Frank Protects All Whistleblowers

Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism that whistleblowers who report corporate wrongdoing internally instead of to the Securities and Exchange Commission are protected from retaliation under the 2010 Dodd-Frank regulatory-overhaul law.

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Siemens Expected to List Health-Care Division in Frankfurt

Siemens AG, the German industrial conglomerate, could announce as early as Wednesday that the planned listing of between 15% and 25% of its health-care business will be on the Frankfurt stock exchange rather than in New York, people familiar with the situation said.

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Uber-Waymo Trial Is Delayed as New Evidence Emerges

Judge delays trial of Waymo parent Alphabet Inc.’s claims against ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc., after a former Uber employee’s letter alleges disappearing messages and other alleged tactics.

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DHL Orders 10 Tesla Semi Trucks

Deutsche Post’s DHL said Tuesday it has preordered 10 of Tesla’s Semi trucks, joining a growing list of large transportation companies looking to test the all-electric vehicles.

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Powell Suggests Fed Is Likely to Raise Rates in December

Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell said “conditions are supportive” of another rate increase next month, during a Senate hearing to consider his nomination to lead the central bank.

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Strange Bedfellows: Democrats and Trump Blow Up 20-Year Unity on Trade

In fight to overturn Nafta, White House makes common cause with Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a longtime free-trade skeptic

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Inside Valeant's Bid to Be a Normal Drug Company

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which has been Exhibit A of corporate turbulence since 2015, is trying to get back to being a normal drug company. But it faces a steep climb to good health.

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Consumer Confidence Remains at a 17-Year High

A measure of U.S. consumer confidence rose again in November, increasing to 129.5 in November from 126.2 in October

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Unilever Sees Single Corporate Structure as Best for Shareholders

Unilever is leaning toward unifying its unusual dual governance structure after fending off an unsolicited $143-billion bid by Kraft Heinz earlier this year.

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WeWork to Buy Meetup, Targeting Off-Hours Gatherings

WeWork said it is buying Meetup, as the richly funded office-sharing company seeks to bring more visitors during non-working hours into its growing array of real estate.

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Home Price Growth Gained Momentum in September

Home price growth gained momentum in September, as a strong economy boosted demand for homes but supply failed to keep pace.

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Is Uber's Grip on Southeast Asia Up for Grab?

After retreating from China, Uber is under pressure in Southeast Asia where it has been outflanked by Grab, a faster-growing local player that proved more nimble in meeting local preferences.

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If the Tax Overhaul Smells Fishy, It's Probably the Samoan Tuna Plant

Bills in Congress aimed at simplifying the tax code include measures regarding microbreweries, bike commuters and Paul Newman’s organic salad dressings.

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China Auto Industry Accelerates in Race Against Foreign Rivals

Lynk, a new auto brand hit the market in China, part of an effort by domestic car makers to broaden their appeal by offering upscale vehicles capable of matching foreign rivals.

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OECD Sees Global Economic Growth Reaching Seven-Year High

The global economy is on course for its best year since 2010 as both the U.S. and the eurozone grow more rapidly than had been expected, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.

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Powell to Face Questions on Future Fed Policy at Senate Hearing

Jerome Powell will face questions Tuesday about what direction he plans to take Federal Reserve policy in the years ahead, as the Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on the Fed governor’s nomination to be the next leader of the central bank.

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Emerson Withdraws Proposal to Buy Rockwell Automation

After making multiple offers to buy Rockwell Automation, Emerson Electric said it was rescinding its offer because of the target company’s board’s “unwillingness to engage in discussions.”

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Buffalo Wild Wings to Be Acquired by Arby's in $2.9 Billion Cash Deal

Buffalo Wild Wings has agreed to be acquired by Arby’s for $157 per share in cash, in transaction valued at $2.9 billion.

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Microsoft Adds SAP as Cloud Partner to Challenge Amazon

Microsoft signed up business-software vendor SAP as a cloud partner, its latest effort at using alliances to challenge Amazon’s dominance in the market for web-based, on-demand computing resources.

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Japan's Toray Joins Quality-Scandal Parade

Japanese industrial giant Toray Industries said a subsidiary faked quality data on textiles used to strengthen car tires—a problem it kept secret for more than a year until it saw leaks on the internet.

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Activist Investor Denies Advocating Breakup of Clariant

Activist investor White Tale has accused Clariant of misrepresenting their discussions about the Swiss chemical company’s future, escalating the war of words between the two sides.

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Shell to Pay Its Dividend in Cash in Latest Sign of Health for Big Oil

Royal Dutch Shell said it would begin paying its dividend only in cash, a fresh sign that big oil companies are trying to reward investors after struggling with three years of falling oil prices.

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SoftBank to Offer to Buy Uber Shares at Roughly 30% Discount

SoftBank has told stakeholders in Uber that it will initially offer to buy shares at a nearly 30% discount to the company’s most recent valuation of $68 billion.

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Airbus Taps New Sales Chief, as Leahy Heads for Exit

Airbus is kicking off a new era in its battle against Boeing, naming Eric Schulz, a top executive at engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings, to become its​next airliner sales chief.

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U.S. Indicts Three Alleged Chinese Hackers

Three Chinese people have been indicted in the U.S. for alleged cyberattacks on Moody’s Analytics and Siemens AG in an effort to steal confidential business information as recently as May 2017, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

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Auto Executives Meet With Pence on Nafta

Top executives from Detroit’s auto makers met with Vice President Mike Pence in Washington Monday, reiterating concerns that potential changes to Nafta could disrupt the industry’s intricate supply chains.

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Illinois Sues Uber, Senators Ask for Answers

Uber Technologies is facing mounting pressure from regulators and lawmakers over the year-old data breach it disclosed last week that affected some 57 million riders and drivers.

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Tumblr CEO David Karp to Leave Blogging Site He Founded

Tumblr Chief Executive David Karp said he is stepping down from the blogging site he founded nearly 11 years ago.

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AB InBev Unit Grupo Modelo to Build Brewery in Central Mexico

Grupo Modelo, the Mexican unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev and brewer of Corona beer, plans to invest $750 million in the construction of a major brewery in central Mexico.

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Koch Brothers Get Dividend, No Board Rights in Meredith-Time Inc. Deal

Meredith accepted the financial backing of the billionaire Koch brothers for its pending purchase of Time because they offered the best terms and had no interest in running the business, Meredith’s chief executive said.

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Bustle Eyes More Deals With Revenue On Pace to Rise 50%

Bustle Digital Group, the four-year-old news and culture outlet aimed at millennial women, is on pace to grow its revenue by 50% this year to about $45 million, and the company says it’s eyeing more acquisitions.

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Senators Seek Changes to Tax Bill as Busy Week Kicks Off

U.S. Senators on Monday began a frenzied week of meetings, negotiations and amendments as Republicans try to find 50 votes for their tax bill, the GOP’s biggest domestic-policy priority.

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Teva's New CEO Starts Turnaround Plan at Struggling Drugmaker

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s new chief executive is shuffling the company’s leadership ranks and combining its generic and specialty businesses as he embarks on a turnaround plan at the struggling drugmaker.

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U.S. New Home Sales Grew Robustly in October

U.S. new-home sales grew robustly again in October, after surging in September, a sign of continuing strong demand and tight inventory.

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Mexico Registered $2.07 Billion Trade Deficit in October

Mexico ran up a $2.07 billion trade deficit in October, more than double the shortfall in the year-earlier month as petroleum imports continued to rise, offsetting gains in shipments abroad of manufactured goods.

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SandRidge Adopts 'Poison Pill' After Carl Icahn Increases Stake

SandRidge’s board adopted a so-called poison pill that would make it more difficult for activist investor Carl Icahn to increase his stake as he criticizes SandRidge’s plan to buy Bonanza Creek.

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Congress Prepares for Year-End Legislative Sprint

Lawmakers face a tight calendar and a dizzying list of legislative tasks, from a tax overhaul to a federal spending deal, with the added complication of sexual harassment allegations that are reverberating in the halls of the Capitol.

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AT&T-Justice Department Clash Puts Outspoken Judge Back in Spotlight

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon nearly torpedoed a settlement between the Justice Department and Comcast Corp. over the company’s takeover of NBCUniversal. Six years later, he is set to play a starring role in a higher-stakes sequel: AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner.

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Retailers' Emails Are Misfires for Many Holiday Shoppers

Many retailers that were once data pioneers, with mailing lists and catalogs, now have fallen behind in the race to personalize digital messaging to consumers using purchase and browsing history.

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Wal-Mart, Kroger Get Tough on Food Suppliers

Ship deliveries on time or pay a fine, big grocers are telling suppliers, as, under pressure from Amazon and others, they look to shave the millions of dollars a year they say delays are costing them.

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Senate Tax Bill Targets Some Foreign Airlines

Some overseas airlines would pay U.S. corporate taxes on part of their profits under a proposal in the Senate tax bill that threatens to upend long-held protocols governing international aviation.

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New Hampshire Taps Recovering Addicts for Jobs

New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is trying to tackle two acute struggles facing the state: extremely low unemployment and extremely high levels of opioid addiction.

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Samsung's Tumble Sounds a Warning for Tech Stocks

The 5% fall in the Korean tech giant’s shares on Monday followed a mild analyst report on its outlook—a sign of the market’s current high state of nervousness.

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Fed Chairman Nominee Powell Likely Faces Smooth Path to Confirmation

Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what could be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings for a Fed chair nominee since the financial crisis.

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'Coco' Tops Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office

In what’s becoming a holiday tradition, Walt Disney Co. won Thanksgiving weekend at the box office with “Coco,” a new family animated film.

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An Entrepreneur With Autism Finds His Own Path

For Chris Tidmarsh, the key is building a support network to help execute his vision

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One Mother Turned Her Concerns About Child Safety Into a Business

Fear of losing children at an amusement park inspired a new kind of tattoo.

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Startups See Lucrative Niche in Plus-Size Clothing

The market gets less attention at big retailers, and entrepreneurs are taking advantage.

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Meredith Nears Deal to Buy Time Inc.

Meredith has agreed to pay between $18 and $19 a share in cash for Time Inc., valuing the fabled New York publisher at more than $1.8 billion, according to people familiar with the companies.

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Inside the Wal-Mart vs. Amazon Battle Over Black Friday

Wal-Mart and Amazon battled to capture spending over the holiday weekend, as the shifts that have upended the retail industry this year were on display: fewer people visited traditional stores on Thanksgiving and Black Friday while online purchases continued to surge.

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A Self-Made Star Shows One Way to Crack the Gen Z Code

Advertisers and entertainment companies, aiming to capture a teen audience that is divided among many online platforms and that likes ‘authentic’ stars, find a guide in YouTube celebrity Liza Koshy. Media giants such as MTV are hiring her, hoping her millions of fans will help reinvigorate their own programming.

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SoftBank Weighs Offer Price for Uber Shares Days After Hack Disclosure

SoftBank Group is expected to proceed with an offer to buy billions of dollars worth of shares from Uber Technologies’ stakeholders, but the security breach involving 57 million Uber accounts could change the investor’s evaluation of the ride-hailing company’s shares.

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Fed's Plan for 2017 Nears Completion, but View for 2018 Is Fuzzy

Fed officials are set to raise interest rates in December, delivering on their projections at the start of 2017 for three rate increases plus the start of the shrinking of their bond portfolio. But their chance for a repeat in 2018 is clouded by conflicting signals on employment and inflation.

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Recalls Mount During Ford's Reinvention Push

Ford Chief Executive Jim Hackett wants to push the 114-year-old auto maker toward the future as fast as he can. Right now, though, he is contending with mounting costs from safety recalls.

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Malls Never Wanted Gyms. Now They Court Them

Mall owners long treated gyms, massage parlors, and billiards halls as unwanted tenants that attracted lower-rent visitors who were unlikely to shop. Now they’re giving health clubs some of their best real estate.

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The 6 Laws of Technology Everyone Should Know

Three decades ago, a tech historian, Melvin Kranzberg, explained society’s unease with technology in six laws we all need to understand in the era of Facebook, Google and the iPhone.

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CBS and Dish Reach Agreement, Ending Thanksgiving Blackout

Dish Network Corp. said it reached a carriage agreement with CBS Corp. and was restoring the programmer’s stations to more than two million subscribers impacted by a three-day blackout that lasted through CBS’s Thanksgiving Day NFL game.

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Walter Smith Piled Up ADP Stock Options, Then Founded a Newspaper Business

The publisher of the New York Beacon and Philadelphia Observer died of a heart attack on Nov. 10.

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White House Criticizes CFPB for Naming Own Temporary Chief

A senior White House official criticized the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for “provoking” a legal challenge, a day after the president and the CFPB named two different people to serve as temporary director, raising questions about the agency’s leadership.

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FAA Seeks to Ease Transition of Military Pilots Into Airliner Cockpits

The FAA proposed revising regulations spelling out experience requirements for new commercial captains and co-pilots to help alleviate shortages of entry-level pilots.

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U.S. Space Taxi Services Struggle to Meet NASA Safety Rules

NASA is scrutinizing space safety as Boeing and Elon Musk’s SpaceX work on new vessels that the agency would begin using as early as next year to fly astronauts to the international space station.

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Battle Rages Over CFPB Interim Leadership

The leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was thrown into uncertainty when President Trump and the agency’s departing Obama-era leader both named temporary directors.

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YouTube Faces Backlash After Ads Appear Near Pedophile Comments

A fresh wave of advertisers suspended commercials on YouTube after their ads showed up next to videos that appeared to attract pedophile viewers and comments.

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Can't Wait Until Payday? Apps Give Instant Access to Wages

Uber and McDonald’s are among a growing group of employers giving workers near-instant access to their wages through apps. Daily payments can help some workers smooth out the financial volatility of fluctuating schedules, but could impair saving.

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From Ducks to Trucks, Ireland's Exporters Pivot for Brexit

Ireland, the European Union member with the greatest economic stake in the U.K.’s exit from the bloc—is preparing for Brexit, as the government offers aid and businesses diversify.

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Black Friday Kicks Off, With Upbeat Shoppers and Fewer Discounts

Attention Black Friday shoppers: Prices may not be as low this time around. Nevertheless, even as this year has proved one of the most challenging for retailers, analysts are predicting robust holiday sales.

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Unilever Launches Search for New CEO

Unilever PLC has kicked off the search for a new chief executive, according to a person familiar with the matter—initiating what is expected to be a monthslong process to replace longtime head Paul Polman.

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Hacker Expected to Plead Guilty in 2014 Yahoo Breach

An accused computer hacker is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from the massive 2014 security breach of Yahoo that a federal indictment alleges was orchestrated by Russian spies.

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Eurozone Data Point to Strengthening Recovery

The eurozone economy appears to have gained fresh momentum as 2017 draws to a close, an acceleration that suggests the $10 trillion economy may again partner the U.S. in supporting a stronger global expansion.

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ECB Officials Differed on QE at October Meeting

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi appears to have gone beyond what top officials agreed by stating last month that the ECB’s giant bond-buying program will continue beyond next September.

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As Global Governments Raise Taxes, U.S. Revenues Are Already Falling

The OECD said the share of economic output taken by governments in developed economies as taxes has risen to its highest level since records began 50 years ago. But in the U.S., taxes as a share of GDP fell in 2016.

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Is the Economy Improving? Your Answer May Depend on Your Politics

Places that voted for President Donald Trump have seen big jumps in the percentage of people who say the national economy is getting better, a Wall Street Journal analysis of Gallup polling data finds.

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Rio Tinto Isn't Tesla; It Should Hold Fire On a Lithium Bet

Lithium-battery and electric-vehicle plays are enjoying a futuristic ride into the stratosphere. Rio Tinto shouldn’t follow—at least not yet.

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Clariant Offers Board Seat to Activist Investor

Swiss chemicals company Clariant offered activist investors who scuttled a proposed merger with U.S.-based Huntsman the chance to propose one member to Clariant’s board of directors.

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Quality Scandal Deals Blow to Mitsubishi Materials Stock

Mitsubishi Materials shares tanked early Friday after the company admitted to manipulating quality data on shipments of parts for airplanes and cars, the latest quality scandal to hit Japan’s manufacturing industry.

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On Tap: Vietnam Seeks Investors for Its Largest Brewer

The Vietnamese government has kicked off a process to find potential investors for a large stake in state-owned Sabeco, as it looks to strike a multibillion-dollar deal in the coming weeks.

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Saying Bye to Buybacks

Large companies are repurchasing their shares at the slowest pace in five years, as record U.S. stock indexes and an expanding economy propel more money out of flush corporate coffers into capital spending and mergers.

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Tesla Delivers the World's Biggest Battery---and Wins a Bet

An enormous Tesla-built battery system—storing electricity from a new wind farm and capable of supplying 30,000 homes—will be powered up over the coming days, beating the money-back deadline set by CEO Elon Musk.

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'Angry Birds' Maker's Shares Dive

Shares of Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish mobile-gaming firm that makes “Angry Birds,” plunged 20% after it reported a surprise third-quarter loss, a little more than a month after its initial public offering.

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Uber's Hack Disclosure Raises Questions About Timing

While the massive data breach at Uber Technologies Inc. didn’t happen under the watch of the new chief executive, more than two months elapsed before he notified affected customers and drivers of the incident, people familiar with the matter said.

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Amazon With Pumpkin Pie? Holiday Shopping Starts on Your Phone After Dinner

Mobile phones have accelerated a fundamental change in holiday shopping: online buying on Thanksgiving.

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Harassment Complaints Mount, But Successful Suits Remain Elusive

The surge in employees speaking out against sexual harassers has led to a flood of phone calls to law firms, but limitations in laws meant to protect employees from harassment mean many of the accusers are unlikely to move forward with lawsuits.

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The Next Billion-Dollar Boom in Chinese Tech

Many Chinese companies want to tap into the power of artificial intelligence and cloud computing to increase efficiency and cut costs, spelling huge opportunity for the enterprise-applications market.

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Trump Organization Ends Affiliation With Soho Hotel

The Trump name will no longer adorn a lower Manhattan hotel that was once considered a jewel in the family’s international real-estate portfolio.

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Peter Thiel Wants Opportunity to Bid on Gawker.com

Peter Thiel is demanding that he be given the chance to bid on Gawker.com, the gossip and news website he helped drive out of business and which is now being shopped in bankruptcy.

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Uber Breach and Response Draw Global Regulatory Scrutiny

Government officials world-wide said they would look at Uber Technologies Inc.’s handling of a major data breach last year.

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Carl Icahn Buys Stake in SandRidge Energy

Carl Icahn has purchased at least 13% of SandRidge Energy Inc., joining a list of shareholders who say a deal the oil-and-gas producer struck last week for Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. makes little sense.

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What Does the AT&T Lawsuit Mean for Fox?

As the industry weighs the impact of the Justice Department’s lawsuit, Comcast Corp.’s bid to acquire a significant chunk of 21st Century Fox’s assets draws comparisons to the AT&T-Time Warner deal.

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Fed on Track for December Rate Rise, but Inflation Worries Persist

Federal Reserve officials said at their latest meeting they likely would raise short-term interest rates “in the near term” due to a strengthening economy, although several said their support for the move would hinge on whether they see inflation picking up.

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Facebook Plans to Let Users Know if They Followed Russian Pages

Facebook Inc. on Wednesday said it plans to tell millions of users who liked or followed any of the 290 Facebook and Instagram pages created by Russian actors that they were ensnared in an alleged misinformation campaign around the U.S. presidential election last year.

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Robots May Make Radiologists' Jobs Easier, Not Redundant

Scientists recently said an artificial intelligence program diagnosed pneumonia on chest X-rays more accurately than human radiologists. Should radiologists worry? Probably not. AI is more likely to make their jobs easier, not less necessary.

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What Is Net Neutrality Again?

The arcane subject is back in the headlines. Here’s what to know and what lifting it means for you.

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Pulled Back in November

A measure of U.S. consumer sentiment pulled back in November but remained high, a sign of still-solid economic optimism headed into the holiday shopping season.

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P&G Says Still Reviewing Razor-Thin Proxy Vote

Procter & Gamble said it is continuing to review the official tally of the hotly contested proxy contest with activist Nelson Peltz but hasn’t decided whether to formally challenge the results, which showed the company lost by a thin margin.

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Exxon, Shell, BP to Join Forces to Cut Emissions From Natural Gas

Exxon Mobil plans to join with other big energy companies in an effort to reduce pollution from natural gas production, said people familiar with the matter.

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Tax Bill's Fine Print: Making It Tougher for Cities, States to Refinance Debt

Cities and states across the U.S. are warily bracing for the elimination of the tax exemption on certain bonds they rely on to refinance old bonds.

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Yellen Says She's Uncertain Weak Inflation Is Transitory

The Federal Reserve is monitoring inflation closely given officials’ uncertainty over whether the factors keeping it below their 2% target will prove endemic, Chairwoman Janet Yellen said.

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U.S. Jobless Claims Decline Heading into Holiday Season

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, the latest signal the labor market is on strong footing heading into the end of the year.

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U.S. Durable-Goods Orders Fell in October

Orders for long-lasting factory goods declined in October, a setback for manufacturers experiencing solid growth in demand this year.

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Trump Administration Blasts Mexico, Canada For Limited Nafta 'Headway'

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer issued a downbeat assessment Tuesday of efforts to rewrite Nafta, decrying ‘a lack of headway’ and criticizing Canada and Mexico for refusing to ‘seriously engage’ on controversial U.S. proposals aimed at cutting the U.S. trade deficit.

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In Two Tech Actions, Trump Administration Stresses Enforcement

With its lawsuit against the AT&T-Time Warner deal and plan to roll back net-neutrality rules, the administration is fleshing out a regulatory approach: Instead of the Obama administration’s adoption of bright-line rules, it is stressing the enforcement of longstanding laws and regulations.

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Rockwell Automation Rejects New Offer From Emerson

Rockwell Automation rejected a third takeover offer from Emerson Electric , saying the unsolicited proposal undervalued the company and that Rockwell is better off on its own.

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Deere Earnings Helped by Equipment Demand

Deere & Co. reported a 79% increase in profits for the quarter over this time last year helped by increased sales as demand for equipment improves.

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How Do You Build Team Spirit? Try Axes

Move over trust falls. The new kid on the team-building circuit is indoor ax throwing, a sport that combines the finesse of darts with the savagery of axes crashing into wood.

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A Broadcom-Qualcomm Deal Would Face a Regulatory Minefield

Broadcom’s $105 billion gambit to acquire Qualcomm faces challenges not only in winning over shareholders but in navigating a host of potential roadblocks from regulators.

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Meg Whitman's Latest Turn Signal

Hewlett Packard shareholders should be used to the fact by now that Meg Whitman sometimes changes her mind. That doesn’t always work out too badly.

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Fed Minutes to Give Hints on Officials' Mood

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases minutes of its Oct. 31-Nov. 1 meeting, when it held short-term interest rates steady but gave a more favorable assessment of the economy.

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Why Your Flat-Screen TV Would Cost More If Nafta Ends

One of the biggest potential casualties of the trade scuffle underway between Mexico and the U.S. is also one of America’s favorite consumer products: cheap, high-definition, flat-panel televisions.

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Retailers Offer Delayed Shipping Options to Avoid Peak Charges

Retailers are contending with a new challenge as this year’s holiday shopping season heats up: extra shipping fees during the busiest weeks.

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Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs

CFOs say the ubiquitous spreadsheet software that revolutionized accounting in the 1980s hasn’t kept up with the demands of contemporary corporate finance units.

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Effort to Block AT&T-Time Warner Deal Gets Mixed Reception

The Justice Department’s lawsuit against the combination of AT&T and Time Warner sets the stage for the biggest antitrust contest in almost 20 years, and drew a split reaction from antitrust experts.

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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Withdraws Threat to Sue NFL

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said late Tuesday that he is “standing down” from his threats of litigation against the NFL, even as he stepped up his criticism of commissioner Roger Goodell, according to a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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Mall Owners Ramp Up Holiday Spending

The biggest mall landlords across the U.S. are digging deep into their pockets to attract customers this holiday season, rolling out everything from winter castles and Santa sightings to gingerbread-making classes and temporary skating rinks.

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Law Firm Sedgwick to Close in January

Law firm Sedgwick LLP is closing its doors after nearly 85 years in business, the latest firm to succumb to increasing competition in the legal market.

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Uber Reveals Data Breach and Cover-up, Leading to Two Firings

Uber Technologies on Tuesday revealed it paid hackers $100,000 in an effort to conceal a data breach affecting 57 million accounts last year.

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Trump Calls AT&T-Time Warner Deal 'Not Good for the Country'

President Donald Trump said AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner wouldn’t be good for the country, weighing in on the $85 billion transaction the day after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block it.

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Meg Whitman to Step Down as Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO

Meg Whitman will step down as chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise early next year, the company said Tuesday.

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Head of Disney's Pixar Studios to Take Leave After Apologizing

John Lasseter is taking a leave of absence from the senior creative post at Walt Disney Co.’s animation operations, he told staff in an email that cited unspecified “missteps” on his part, including making some personnel feel “disrespected and uncomfortable.”

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Akzo Nobel, Axalta Coating Systems Abandon Merger Talks

Akzo Nobel and U.S. rival Axalta Coating Systems said they abandoned talks to merge after failing to agree on terms for the proposed tie-up.

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Meet the Antitrust Chief Heading Up AT&T-Time Warner Lawsuit

The Justice Department’s new antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, needed just seven weeks to land himself in the middle of the biggest antitrust case in 20 years.

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Under Armour Footwear Chief Peter Ruppe to Depart

The head of Under Armour Inc.’s footwear business is leaving, the latest in a series of senior executive departures as the sportswear company struggles with slowing sales of its apparel and sneakers.

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CBS, PBS Sever Ties With Charlie Rose

CBS fired veteran broadcast journalist Charlie Rose after reports of allegations of sexual harassment that the media company called “extremely disturbing and intolerable.”

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U.S. Recommends Tariffs of Up to 50% on Washing-Machine Imports

Federal trade regulators have recommended that the Trump administration impose big tariffs on imported washing machines to protect Whirlpool Corp. and other U.S. manufacturers.

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Fake-Ad Operation Used to Steal From Publishers Is Uncovered

Adform says it discovered a fraud scheme that could have been stealing upward of $500,000 a day by ‘spoofing’ publisher websites.

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HP Inc. Earnings: What to Watch

HP Inc. is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter results on Tuesday after the market closes. Here is what you need to know.

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FCC Plan to Roll Back Web Rules Sets Up Win for Cable, Wireless Firms

Federal regulators outlined plans for dismantling Obama-era rules requiring equal internet access, clearing the way for service providers to offer new options and creative pricing.

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Prosecutors Charge Iranian National in HBO Hack

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against an Iranian national Tuesday, accusing him of hacking into HBO’s computer network, stealing unreleased scripts of “Game of Thrones” and then threatening to leak them publicly.

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Existing-Home Sales Rise 2.0% in October

Sales of previously-owned homes grew robustly in October, as home sales continued to rebound in recently hurricane-ravaged markets.

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Skype Removed From Some App Stores in China

Skype, the internet-calling and messaging service, has been unavailable for download from some app stores and websites in China, the latest disruption to online communication tools as the government tightens its grip on the internet.

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New Venture Funds Thrive as More Investors Put Money in Tech

Silicon Valley is bursting with fledgling venture-capital funds as cash continues to flow despite persistent worries that startups have generally returned little in profits.

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Eli Lilly Bets Big on Insulin-Delivery Devices

Eli Lilly, one of the biggest makers of insulin, has been planning a risky new business venture: making the high-tech devices that deliver insulin to diabetes patients.

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How Amazon Can Make or Break Holiday Retail

The maker of popular children’s robots is using Amazon.com Inc. to game the holiday retail season for its latest model.

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After Toshiba Share Sale, Activist Investors Gain Influence

Toshiba’s plan to sell $5.3 billion of new shares to overseas funds secures its future but will likely lead to demands for further cost-cutting, unit sales and governance reforms from activist investors.

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Dish Network Drops CBS Channels in Some Markets

CBS Corp. channels went dark for some Dish Network Corp. subscribers overnight as a pricing dispute between the two companies dragged on, potentially leaving more than two million customers without access to NFL and college football coverage on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

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Taylor Swift Outsells the Competition but Not Herself

Taylor Swift’s newest album, ‘Reputation,’ is already this year’s best-selling in its first week, but it sold fewer copies in the U.S. in its first week than her last blockbuster.

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Higher Costs Extend Campbell's Sales Decline

Campbell Soup said higher costs and a dispute with a major customer hurt results and extended a yearslong sales slide as the company struggles to diversify beyond canned soup.

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Salesforce Earnings: What to Watch

Salesforce.com Inc. is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the market closes Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.

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Activist Jana Discloses Stake in Outback Steakhouse Owner

Shares of Outback Steakhouse owner Bloomin’ Brands shot up on Monday after activist hedge fund Jana Partners disclosed a large stake and plans to push for change, including a possible sale.

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Mark Zuckerberg's 'Family Office' Wants to Be a Buyout Shop

Iconiq Capital, a secretive wealth manager that invests money for some of the most prominent names in Silicon Valley, plans to ramp up its private-equity investing, raising the specter of possible conflicts with some of its clients.

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With Tax-Plan Push, Orrin Hatch Faces a Deal-Making Test

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch faces some of the biggest challenges as he ushers the Republican plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code through the Senate Finance Committee that he chairs.

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Fox Creates Advisory Committee in Settlement of Complaint Over Sexual Harassment

21st Century Fox has set up a committee of outside experts to help Fox News improve its workplace culture as part of a settlement with a shareholder who accused the company of breaching its fiduciary duty by failing to clean up the news network’s “hostile work environment.”

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In Latest Clash, NFL Owners Tell Jerry Jones to Knock It Off

The Dallas Cowboys owner wanted assurances that all owners would get to vote on the final terms of Roger Goodell’s contract extension.

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Starboard Value Takes 10.7% Stake in Mellanox Technologies

Starboard Value has taken a 10.7% stake in Mellanox Technologies, urging the company to improve its margins and stock and explore a potential sale, a thesis in part helped by deal talks at Marvell Technology, where Starboard has a seat.

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Charlie Rose Suspended After Sexual-Harassment Allegations

Longtime television journalist Charlie Rose has been suspended by CBS and his trademark interview show pulled from PBS and Bloomberg following allegations published by The Washington Post that he sexually harassed several women.

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U.S. Set to File Suit Challenging AT&T-Time Warner Deal

The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit challenging the AT&T-Time Warner Deal.

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Takeovers Roar to Life as Companies Hear Footsteps From Tech Giants

Mergers and acquisitions announced in the U.S. in November hit a near-record $200 billion as CEOs in many industries join forces to fend off competition from Amazon, Facebook, Google and Netflix.

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Marveling at Marvell Again

Sometimes confused with the comic-book company that bears almost the same name, Marvell Technology has lately been pulling off some superheroic feats of its own.

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FanDuel CEO, Co-Founder Eccles to Leave Company

FanDuel Inc. Chief Executive Nigel Eccles is leaving the fantasy-sports website he co-founded in 2009, the company said Monday, months after FanDuel and rival DraftKings Inc. called off a merger.

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Yellen to Leave Fed Board When New Central Bank Chief Takes Over

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said she would resign as a member of the Fed’s board of governors once her successor as chairman has been sworn in.

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions 'Large-Scale' Iran Counterfeiting Ring

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on what the Treasury Department describes as a “large-scale” Iranian counterfeiting ring that it says is run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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India's Mahindra to Build Off-Road Vehicles in Michigan

Mahindra & Mahindra, an Indian auto and tractor maker, plans to build rugged off-road vehicles at a small factory north of Detroit, a potential step toward the company’s bigger goal of selling cars in the U.S.

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Glencore Faces Bribery Probe Over Congo Unit

A Glencore copper operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo faces scrutiny from Canadian regulators over financial statements and disclosures related to international bribery and anticorruption laws, the company said.

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Leading Economic Indicators Index Rises

An economic index that measures business trends increased in October as impacts from a string of catastrophic hurricanes dissipated.

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Powell's Calendar Shows Meetings With Bank Executives, Lawmakers

Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell had regular meetings with an array of Wall Street executives after taking on new responsibilities this year as the Fed’s point person on bank regulation, his calendar shows.

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FCC to Outline Plan to Roll Back Rules on Net Neutrality

Regulators are expected to unveil plans for reversing Obama-era rules that require internet service providers to treat all web traffic equally, a move that could reshape the internet economy and consumers’ online experience.

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Volvo Promises Uber Fleet of Self-Driving Taxis by 2019

Volvo said it has agreed to supply Uber Technologies with a fleet of 24,000 self-driving taxis beginning in 2019—one of the first and biggest commercial orders for such vehicles.

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Altice Soothes Investors With Plan to Sell Assets, Not Stock

Altice promised to pare its mountain of debt by selling noncore assets rather than by issuing new equity, reassuring jittery investors who have sent the telecommunications company’s shares into a tailspin recently.

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Key GOP Senator Cites Concerns Over Senate Tax Bill

Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday recited a list of concerns she had with the Republican tax bill barreling through the Senate, raising pressure on the party’s leadership to slow its progress and make changes to secure passage.

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After Decade of Delays, Keystone XL Nears Approval

Nebraska officials are set to decide whether to green-light the Keystone XL pipeline, the last major regulatory approval standing in the way of the long-delayed project.

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Marvell Confirms $6 Billion Purchase of Cavium

Marvell Technology Group plans to buy chip maker Cavium, Marvell said, in a $6 billion cash and stock deal that would set it up to better compete with industry giants such as Intel and Broadcom.

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Developed Economies' Stock Gains Pale Beside Emerging Markets' GDP Boom

A sharp disconnect has emerged in global financial markets: Developing countries with the strongest growth over the past decade have had mostly stagnant markets, while advanced economies that have posted sluggish growth have had booming stock markets. That divergence is unlikely to last.

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U.S. Rebuffs China's Charm Offensive, Edging Closer to Trade War

The administration is investigating trade actions against China as it looks to fundamentally challenge Chinese trade practices and reject a tradition of eking out concessions from Beijing around high-level meetings.

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Media Agency Veteran Rob Norman to Retire From WPP

Rob Norman is retiring from WPP media agency network GroupM after decades in the industry, most recently focused on the digital upheaval.

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Developed Economy Growth Slowed in Third Quarter, Says OECD

Economic growth in developed countries slowed in the three months to September, but remains on course for a pickup in 2017 overall.

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Retailers Try New Pricing Tricks to Battle Amazon on Black Friday

Instead of copying Amazon.com Inc.’s playbook, retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are coming up with new tricks to maximize sales ahead of Black Friday.

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Locus Robotics Raises $25 Million in Round Led by Scale Venture Partners

Locus Robotics Corp., whose robots help workers fulfill e-commerce orders, raised $25 million in a funding round led by Scale Venture Partners that the company plans to use to develop new products and expand into new markets.

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YO! Sushi to Acquire Bento Sushi for North America Growth

YO! Sushi, the U.K.-based restaurant group, has agreed to acquire Canada’s Bento Sushi, for 100 million Canadian dollars ($78.3 million), according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Alibaba to Buy Big Stake in Chinese Big-Box Retailer

E-commerce giant Alibaba is adding to its already-sizeable bet on brick-and-mortar, saying it will pay $2.88 billion for a 36% stake in China’s second-largest big-box retailer, Sun Art Retail.

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Marvell Nears Deal to Buy Cavium for About $6 Billion

The acquisition would create a bigger and more well-rounded competitor to chip-making giants such as Intel Corp. and Broadcom Ltd.

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The Latest Path to Silicon Valley Riches: Stake Sales

Entrepreneurs and venture investors are cashing out of hot startups through secondary sales of big stakes, rather than waiting for companies to go public or be acquired.

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'Justice League' Opening Falls Short of Expectations

“Justice League,” a megabudget production in which Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman and other super-heroes team up opened to an estimated $96 million in the U.S. and Canada this weekend.

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Televisa Executive Killed in Apparent Robbery Attempt

Adolfo Lagos, a senior executive of television broadcaster Grupo Televisa was shot dead Sunday in an apparent robbery attempt while biking near Mexico City, the company said.

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Toshiba to Raise $5.3 Billion in Sale of New Shares

Toshiba Corp. said it would raise ¥600 billion ($5.3 billion) through the sale of new shares to foreign funds, a step to avoid a delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange if the planned sale of its chip unit is delayed.

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Trump Administration Tightens Scrutiny of Skilled Worker Visa Applicants

The Trump administration is adding hurdles and increasing scrutiny in the employment-visa application process, making it harder for businesses to hire foreign workers, and companies and immigration attorneys are bracing for more changes soon.

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How China's Acquisitive HNA Group Fell From Favor

CEO Adam Tan drove the global ascent and ambition of the conglomerate, which has sought comparisons to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. It is now drawing the scrutiny of regulators and Wall Street, and its debt-fueled expansion has hit a wall.

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New Accounting Rule to Revamap Companies' Financials

New accounting standards will require companies such as Rolls-Royce to rejigger how they recognize revenue and provide more detailed financial information.

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Surprise Bidder for Weinstein Co. Proposes Majority-Female Board

Maria Contreras-Sweet, who previously led the Small Business Administration, has submitted an offer to acquire Weinstein Co. and keep the embattled studio in business with new, majority-women leadership.

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GE's Woes Trigger a Major Board Shakeout

The struggles at GE will claim half of the industrial giant’s 18 directors, an unusual shakeout that shows the depths of the problems that developed on their watch.

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The Secret to Tech's Next Big Breakthroughs? Stacking Chips

Microchips, once always thin and flat, now are getting stacked like pancakes and becoming 3-D—with big consequences for all our devices.

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Outcome Health Offers Voluntary Buyouts to Employees

Outcome Health, a Chicago startup, offered voluntary buyouts to employees, and Harvard Health Publishing and the American Medical Association put their partnerships with the company on pause.

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Community Health Systems in Talks to Extend Nearly $2 Billion in Debt

Community Health Systems Inc., one of the largest publicly traded hospital chains in the U.S., is in talks with a group of bondholders led by Franklin Resources Inc. to extend nearly $2 billion in bonds coming due in 2019, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Trial of Former Soccer Executives Reaches Beyond Courtroom

Companies in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and the U.S. have been accused of taking bribes, and Argentine former lawyer apparently took his own life, as a corruption trial gets under way in Brooklyn.

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Big Oil and Auto Makers Throw a Lifeline to the Combustion Engine

Oil companies and the auto industry are teaming up to preserve the internal combustion engine, as tough regulation and electric vehicles put the car industry’s century-old technology at risk.

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Activate the Crowd-Control Unit! They're Opening a Wegmans

These days, launches of specialty-food-chain stores draw thousands and require police crowd control. ‘It reminded me of when the Beatles came to America.’

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Tesla Plays the Long Game With Semi Truck

Elon Musk is taking on the commercial truck market with an approach that defies conventional expectations: all-electric vehicle capable of traveling for hundreds of miles on a single charge.

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21st Century Fox Bidders Are Enticed By International Assets

For Comcast and others interested in acquiring pieces of 21st Century Fox, the media company’s international operations are the main attractions, as the U.S. pay-television market slows down.

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VW Accelerates Electric Car Effort With $40 Billion Investment

Volkswagen plans to invest around $40 billion over the next five years to develop electric vehicles, self-driving cars and Uber-like mobility app services in the clearest sign yet that auto makers are betting the future of their industry on the new technology.

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Peugeot Takes Slow Lane in Return to U.S. Market

Peugeot wants to become a household name in the U.S., but there is one hitch: The company that makes the Peugeot, Citroën, and Opel brands hasn’t sold a car in America in nearly three decades.

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Reddit CEO Cracks Down on Abusive Content to Protect Users, Attract Advertisers

Steve Huffman is trying to weed out violent and abusive content from Reddit, and he’s also personally been investigating whether Russian-linked entities used his platform to spread divisive messages. He hasn’t found much yet.

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Google to Double Presence in Japan

Alphabet’s Google plans to move in 2019 to a new Tokyo office big enough to double its staff to ride a wave of technology investment in Asia and challenge Amazon.com and Microsoft.

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Axios Raises $20 Million to Fund Newsroom Expansion

The media startup plans to use some of the financing to expand its capacity for data analysis, product development and audience growth, as well as developing new coverage areas and increasing staffing.

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Al Lechter Packed His Stores With Kitchen Gadgets at Bargain Prices

As a retailer of pots and pans and other kitchenware, Al Lechter was old-school and his stores were stuffed with thousands of basic kitchen tools, from spatulas to egg slicers. Most sold for less than $10.

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Fyre Festival Trustee Seeks Information

A bankruptcy trustee probing the ill-fated Fyre Festival is seeking information from a law firm and insurance broker that worked for the business that promoted the failed music festival.

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Diageo Sues 'King of Good Times' for Alleged Breach of Contract

Diageo is suing Vijay Mallya for allegedly breaching a deal struck last year to cut ties with its India unit in return for millions of dollars, the latest twist in a yearslong saga between the Indian billionaire and the world’s largest liquor maker.

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GOP Steams Ahead With Tax Overhaul

Republicans are powering tax overhaul plans through Congress with remarkable speed, having departed town for a Thanksgiving recess Friday after important victories in the Senate and House.

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Tax Talks Advance Without an Analysis of Economic Impact

The tax debate that consumed Congress this week was missing an ingredient Republicans say is essential to any realistic analysis of changes in the tax law: an accounting of the economic growth impacts of an overhaul.

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U.S. Housing Starts Rose in October

U.S. housing starts rose in October to the highest level in a year, a sign home builders are getting back on track after hurricane activity weighed on residential construction in September.

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Tax Proposals Most Likely to Pass in Washington

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have separate tax-overhaul bills with a multitude of differences, but the similarities between them are a good indicator of what will actually pass.

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Caesars Entertainment to Buy Indiana Casinos in $1.7 Billion Deal

Caesars Entertainment Corp. plans to buy two Indiana casinos in a $1.7 billion deal, just weeks after it finished up a large bankruptcy proceeding.

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Google Has Picked an Answer for You---Too Bad It's Often Wrong

Going beyond search, the internet giant is presenting itself as an oracle by promoting a single result over all others as a definitive answer. Many of these “featured snippets” are contentious, improbable or laughably incorrect.

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Comcast Approached 21st Century Fox About an Acquisition

Comcast Corp has approached 21st Century Fox and expressed in interest in an acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter. It is unclear whether Comcast is interested in buying all or part of Fox.

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Meredith Has Submitted a Bid for Time Inc. of $17 to $20 a Share

Meredith Corp. has made a takeover bid for storied magazine publisher Time Inc. in the range of $17 to $20 a share, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Fed's Williams: Time For Central Bankers to Weigh New Policy Toolkit

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams called again on Thursday for policy makers to rethink how they conduct monetary policy in a changed economic and financial landscape.

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House Passes GOP Tax-Overhaul Bill

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would usher in the most far-reaching overhaul of the U.S. tax system in 31 years, backing a plan that would lower the corporate tax rate to its lowest point since 1939 and cut individual taxes for most households in 2018.

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BuzzFeed Set to Miss Revenue Target, Signaling Turbulence in Media

Digital publisher BuzzFeed is on track to miss its revenue target for this year by a significant amount, the latest sign that troubles in the online ad business are making it tough for new-media upstarts to live up to lofty expectations.

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FCC Rolls Back Limits on Local Broadcast Ownership

The Federal Communications Commission reversed longstanding limits on local ownership of TV stations as well as radio stations and newspapers, opening the door to a new wave of consolidation.

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Barnes & Noble Investor Proposes Deal to Take Bookseller Private

An activist investor in Barnes & Noble has proposed a transaction that would take the bookseller private with the help of current shareholders and a hefty dose of borrowings, an effort that could face formidable obstacles.

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DOJ Antitrust Chief's Speech Sends Another Signal on AT&T Deal

The Justice Department’s new antitrust chief made clear Thursday he doesn’t favor approving mergers based on corporate commitments to refrain from particular conduct, another potentially ominous sign for AT&T Inc.’s planned deal for Time Warner Inc.

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Best Buy Pinched by Later iPhone Launch

The electronics retailer attributed its lower revenue in its mobile business to Apple’s iPhone X going on sale in November, the first month of the fourth quarter, rather than during the third quarter.

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Stitch Fix Might Struggle to Fetch Its Target Valuation in Its IPO

Fashion startup Stitch Fix is likely to price its shares below its target range in its initial public offering due to concerns about competition and long-term growth prospects, according to people familiar with the deal.

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Scana Proposes to Lower Rates After Ending Nuclear Plant Project

Scana said it would absorb some of the construction costs from its failed nuclear plant project and rollback rates for South Carolina utility customers, as it faces pressure from state regulators and consumer groups over its handling of the development.

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Wal-Mart Posts Best U.S. Sales Growth in Nearly a Decade

Wal-Mart posted strong sales gains in the latest period, boosted by a big jump in e-commerce and post-hurricane demand, though profits slipped as the retail giant continued to cut prices and spend money to improve stores and boost online sales.

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Emerson to Increase Offer for Rockwell to $29 Billion

Emerson Electric plans to boost its takeover offer for Rockwell Automation, this time to $29 billion, ratcheting up an effort to bring its reluctant rival to the negotiating table.

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Siemens Could Cut 4,000 Jobs in Restructuring

German electrical engineering giant Siemens is expected to unveil a broad restructuring that could involve as many as 4,000 job cuts in its struggling energy and drives businesses.

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Treasury's New Approach to Debt: Go Short

The Treasury department is set to increase the share of shorter-term debt issuance and reduce the share of longer debt issuance, ending a yearslong trend that favored long-term debt issuance.

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Nothing Will Come Between Amazon and Its Deal for Exclusive Calvins

Calvin Klein is for the first time selling new underwear exclusively on Amazon.com, bypassing the department stores that typically have first dibs on its latest styles.

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Viacom's U.S. Revenue Lags

Viacom reported a rise in revenue on gains from advertising on its media networks and filmed entertainment units. But its profit fell short of analysts’ expectations as domestic ad revenue was flat and less money came in from affiliates.

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Wilbur Ross Sued Over Fees By Firm's Former Executives

Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross and the firm he founded were sued by three of his former colleagues who say WL Ross & Co. pocketed management fees from the general partnerships that handled its private-equity investments.

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U.S. Industrial Production Increased Strongly in October

U.S. industrial output accelerated in October, because manufacturing production bounced back after hurricane-related disruptions.

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U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 249,000 Last Week

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week, but remained near historically low levels.

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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package

Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said he opposes the Senate GOP tax package, saying it unfairly benefits corporations more than other types of businesses. His position could undermine the Senate’s efforts to pass a tax plan by early December.

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Top Officials Skip Nafta Talks as Mexico, Canada Digest Proposals

U.S., Canada and Mexico are leaving the latest round of Nafta talks to lower- level officials, reflecting how negotiations to remake the pact are focusing on technical details after U.S. proposals were branded unacceptable by its trade partners.

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How Companies Are Pushing Ahead on Climate-Change Targets

More global firms are pledging to cut greenhouse-gas emissions as they seek to cut costs, draw investment or get ahead of new laws.

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Chrysler Bets Big on New Jeep Wrangler

Jeep’s Wrangler SUV is known for scaling mountains and crossing rivers. Its next challenge is to bankroll next-generation investments at Fiat Chrysler as Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne prepares to leave the company.

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Spoiler Alert: Jack Ma Beats Jet Li, but No Hollywood Ending for Alibaba

Alibaba’s Jack Ma is burnishing his fame by starring in a martial-arts film that topped 100 million views online in just a few days. But his internet stardom won’t be enough to rescue his struggling entertainment business, which is losing money and market share.

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Volkswagen Plans $12 Billion Electric-Car Blitz in China

Volkswagen said it and its Chinese joint-venture partners will jointly invest nearly $12 billion by 2025 in developing electric cars for the local market, enough to roll out a total of 40 models.

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Meredith Pursues Takeover of Time Inc.

Meredith has lined up financing commitments from several banks as well as the billionaire Koch brothers in pursuit of a takeover of Time Inc.

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Former Israeli Actress Alleged to Be Operative for Intelligence Firm

Stella Penn Pechanac has been accused of working as an operative of corporate-investigation firm Black Cube and gathering information on critics of Harvey Weinstein, U.S. insurer AmTrust Financial, and now, a Canadian private-equity firm.

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NFL Accuses Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones of Damaging the League

In a letter sent Wednesday, the league escalated its feud with the prominent owner in a dispute over commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract

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Activist Nelson Peltz Elected to P&G Board

Activist investor Nelson Peltz won a proxy fight for a board seat at Procter & Gamble by a slim 43,000 vote margin, a preliminary report says, weeks after the company had declared victory in fending off his bid.

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Weinstein Co. Sells 'Paddington 2' Rights as It Explores Options

The troubled film studio Weinstein Co. is getting a cash infusion from an animated bear to help it stay afloat.

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Elon Musk Plugs Tesla's New Truck Even as Model 3 Faces Delays

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will be pitching an unconventional idea to capture the imagination of investors even as his company is grinding through “production hell” with the Model 3 sedan.

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Hyundai Steers Toward Diesel SUV Offering

Hyundai Motor on said it plans to sell a diesel-powered sport-utility vehicle by 2020, the latest car company aiming to revive U.S. interest in the diesel technology in the wake of Volkswagen AG’s emissions scandal.

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How the Robot Revolution Could Create 21 Million Jobs

Data detective, man-machine teaming managers: A new study lists several ways human workers are likely to be needed to manage artificial intelligence and automation.

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WeWork Takes a Dip in the Wave-Pool Business

WeWork has bought a large stake in a Spanish company that makes wave pools, the latest move by the highly valued startup to branch out beyond its office-leasing business.

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How a New Inflation Measure Raises Taxes on the Middle Class

Tucked into Republicans’ tax overhaul bill is a technical tweak to how inflation is measured. It is designed to hold down the deficit, but over time it becomes a tax increase that hits many middle-class households who start out as the plan’s beneficiaries, Greg Ip writes.

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Companies Wake Up to the Problem of Bullies at Work

There’s often a fine line between tough boss and office bully, companies find, as they root out abusive behavior and proactively enforce civility in the work zone.

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Viacom, Charter Strike Carriage Deal

Media giant Viacom and cable operator Charter Communications have finalized an agreement to deliver Viacom’s networks to Charter’s 16.6 million Spectrum cable subscribers.

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A Specter is Haunting Europe's Recovery: Zombie Companies

Hundreds of staggering firms are kept alive by struggling banks, which in turn undercut healthy rivals by and tie up capital that could be used more productively elsewhere. Economists and central bankers worry they are a drag on the continent just as growth is resuming.

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Why a DOJ vs. AT&T-Time Warner Case Could Be a Close Call

If the Justice Department sues to block AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner, it would mark one of the most ambitious antitrust cases in decades and likely lead to a court battle that would be hard to handicap.

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With Two Price Tags From SoftBank, What Is Uber Really Worth?

SoftBank is shooting for a multibillion-dollar stake in Uber by paying one price to the company and a lower one to its shareholders—an unusual approach at such a grand scale that raises the question of what Uber is actually worth.

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Tencent Profit Rises Nearly 70% on Mobile-Games Growth

Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings continued its winning streak, reporting earnings that rose nearly 70% from a year earlier, driven by growth in mobile-gaming and advertising sales.

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Water-Balloon Fight Points Up Patent Predicaments

A dispute over toys that fill dozens of balloons with water highlights how the launch of a successful new product is often quickly followed by the arrival of similar products, which can trigger costly patent disputes.

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Target Posts Lower Profit, Forecasts Moderate Holiday Sales Growth

Target posted higher quarterly sales but profits fell and the retailer gave a disappointing earnings outlook for the holiday period, as the big-box chain spends heavily to revamp stores, lower prices and raise wages.

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Stitch Fix Co-Founder to Reap Millions in IPO; Her Ex-Partner Is a Footnote

Katrina Lake started Stitch Fix, a personal-shopping startup preparing to go public this week, seeking a valuation as high as $2 billion. But she wasn’t alone: A co-founder has been scrubbed from most company records.

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Alibaba to Reassign Digital Media and Entertainment Unit Head

Alibaba Group Holding is reassigning the head of its struggling digital media and entertainment arm after just over a year on the job.

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Time Inc. to Launch Sports Illustrated TV

Time Inc. will launch a subscription streaming service Thursday built around its iconic sports publication, as the company tries to counter punishing economics in its legacy business with bets on digital media and video.

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U.S. Consumer Prices Edged Up in October

U.S. consumer prices rose only slightly in October, showing stubbornly soft inflation is persisting.

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Fed's Evans Says His Anxiety Over Low Inflation Is Growing

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago leader Charles Evans expressed concern Wednesday that persistently weak inflation in the U.S. may be a more enduring force than central bankers now recognize.

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Japan Extends Growth Streak to Seven Quarters

The Japanese economy grew at an annualized pace of 1.4% in the most recent quarter, marking its longest growth streak in 16 years with help from stronger global demand.

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Senate GOP Adds Health-Care Twist to Tax Overhaul Plan

Senate Republicans attached a provision to their tax overhaul that would repeal the requirement that all Americans have health insurance, a new twist in the GOP lawmakers’ efforts to rewrite much of the U.S. tax code.

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Airbus Secures Deal for 430 Jetliners

Airbus secured a $49.5 billion deal—one of the largest aircraft deals in history—with a 430-jet agreement with Indigo Partners, a U.S. private equity group with stakes in some of the fastest-growing low-cost carriers on three continents.

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Pence Presses CEOs to Help Sell Tax Overhaul

Vice President Mike Pence said he believes that Republicans will secure the votes to pass a tax overhaul that is now making its way through Congress, whatever the outcome of the volatile senate race in Alabama.

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Hassett Says Stock Markets May Be Counting on Tax Cuts

Kevin Hassett, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said Tuesday that stock markets could face a pullback if the Republican tax-cut proposals aren’t passed into law.

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Retail Chain Forever 21 Warns of Data Breach

Forever 21 Inc. said Tuesday that unauthorized users may have gained access to its payment systems, potentially exposing the credit-card information of customers who shopped in some of the fashion retailer’s stores.

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GE Shares Have a Second Bad Day

General Electric Co. shares tumbled 5.9% on Tuesday, causing the conglomerate to lose its crown as the biggest U.S. industrial company as Wall Street digests a turnaround plan announced Monday.

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