The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Oil Jumps on Supply Concerns, as Stockpiles Fall by Most Since 2016The Wall Street Journal. - Daniel KrugerOil prices climbed Wednesday after U.S. oil inventories had their biggest one-week drop since 2016 and investors shifted their focus to supply. West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. oil benchmark,
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsNew York University Facebook in Talks for Offices at Hudson YardsThe Wall Street Journal. - Keiko MorrisSocial media giant Facebook Inc. is in talks to lease 1 million square feet of office space in a skyscraper under construction in Manhattan’s newest neighborhood on the far West Side, according to a person
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USTechnology Hackers Strike Another Small Florida City, Demanding Hefty RansomThe Wall Street Journal. - Jon Kamp, Scott CalvertFor the second week in a row, a small Florida city has agreed to pay cyber criminals hundreds of thousands of dollars after a ransomware attack crippled city systems. The council in Lake City, a community
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsBusiness Centerbridge Is in Exclusive Talks to Buy Magellan HealthThe Wall Street Journal. - Cara LombardoManaged-care provider Magellan Health Inc. is in exclusive talks for a possible sale to private-equity firm Centerbridge Partners LP, according to people familiar with the matter. Centerbridge is hashing
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessMaersk Maersk CEO Wants Half Its Earnings to Come From Inland LogisticsThe Wall Street Journal. - Costas ParisThe world’s biggest commercial shipping operator plans to add extensive new capacity—but it won’t be on the water. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S instead wants to buy warehouses, container
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USUSC Ex-USC Gynecologist Charged in Sexual-Assault CaseThe Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street JournalLOS ANGELES—A former campus gynecologist at the University of Southern California was charged Wednesday in the sexual assaults of 16 patients at the campus student health center, authorities said. Dr.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsIsrael Arab Officials Mute Criticism of Israel at Mideast Peace ConferenceThe Wall Street Journal. - Felicia SchwartzMANAMA, Bahrain—The most striking feature of the Trump administration’s conference showcasing the economic side of its Middle East peace plan was what was largely absent: Criticism of Israeli policy toward
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Industrials Continue Strong Run Despite Pullback in Goods OrdersThe Wall Street Journal. - Michael WursthornIndustrial stocks withstood Wednesday’s gloomy durable goods report for May, with investors snapping up the sector’s stalwarts. Shares of industrial manufacturing firms rose Wednesday, sending the Industrial
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USU.S. Politics New Agent Orange Law Could Leave Some Veterans BehindThe Wall Street Journal. - Ben KeslingWASHINGTON—A new measure fast-tracking benefits for thousands of Vietnam-era veterans who were likely exposed to Agent Orange was signed into law this week, but a vocal group says it could leave thousands
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USThe White House Senate Passes $4.6 Billion Aid Package for Migrants at BorderThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew DuehrenWASHINGTON—The Senate passed legislation providing $4.6 billion in humanitarian aid for migrants at the southern border, after sinking a bill that passed the House late Tuesday in favor of the bipartisan
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessWayfair Wayfair Workers Stage Walkout Over Sales to Border CampsThe Wall Street Journal. - Charlie McGee, Jennifer LevitzBOSTON—Employees of Wayfair Inc. walked out of the company’s Boston headquarters on Wednesday in protest of the online retailer’s sale of $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to a southern border facility
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Philadelphia Refinery, Largest on East Coast, Closing Its DoorsThe Wall Street Journal. - Dan MolinskiThe Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, the largest and oldest refinery on the East Coast, is shutting down and will be put up for sale, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, less than week
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessBusiness StockX Is Latest $1 Billion UnicornThe Wall Street Journal. - Khadeeja SafdarStockX, an online marketplace that lets individuals trade sneakers like stocks, closed a round of venture funding that valued the startup at more than $1 billion, riding the sneaker-reselling craze fueled
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsDouglas Elliman Aspen Home of Late Art Collector Lists for $23.5 MillionThe Wall Street Journal. - Katherine ClarkeIn Aspen, Colo., an English manor-style home on a street that has notched a number of big-ticket deals is asking $23.5 million. The home is sandwiched between sprawling estates on Willoughby Way. The next
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessBusiness Bayer Reviews Its Approach to Weedkiller LitigationThe Wall Street Journal. - Ruth Bender, Ben DummettBERLIN—Bayer AG on Wednesday bowed to pressure from investors, saying it would seek outside help and review its approach in the company’s legal battle with thousands of cancer patients who blame the herbicide
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Democrats Look to Separate From 2020 Pack in First DebatesThe Wall Street Journal. - Ken Thomas, Joshua JamersonWASHINGTON—Twenty Democratic presidential contenders are poised to audition before primary voters in two televised debates, searching for a breakout moment to set them apart in a crowded field. The Miami
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USNeil Gorsuch Supreme Court Leaves U.S. Agencies' Power Intact, With QualificationsThe Wall Street Journal. - Jess BravinWASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court turned back a conservative drive to reduce federal agency power, refusing to overrule a 1997 precedent directing lower courts to follow regulators’ interpretations of
The Wall Street Journal.added this to WorldWorld News Top U.S., Indian Diplomats Try to Work Past Tariff DisputeThe Wall Street Journal. - Courtney McBrideNEW DELHI—Top U.S. and Indian officials acknowledged Wednesday that a tariff dispute and the threat of U.S. sanctions over India’s planned purchase of a Russian weapon system remain unresolved, but said
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Politics EPA's Top Official on Air-Pollution Rules ResignsThe Wall Street Journal. - Katy Stech FerekBill Wehrum, who has overseen the Environmental Protection Agency’s air-pollution regulations during the Trump administration’s rollbacks, is stepping down. Agency officials announced Wednesday that Mr.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsTrump Tower House Panel Questioned Businessman on Trump Moscow DealingsThe Wall Street Journal. - Rebecca BallhausWASHINGTON—A Georgian-American businessman who pitched a plan in 2015 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow met on Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible counterintelligence
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Life The Ideal Gift for a Cook? These Collaborations Between Potters and ChefsThe Wall Street Journal. - Sarah MedfordAs any chef will tell you, cooking doesn’t end until you’ve artfully plated the dish. In the past few years, the relationship between food and its stage has received special attention, with restaurants
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsMegan Rapinoe Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Women's Soccer Star Megan RapinoeThe Wall Street Journal. - Rachel BachmanPARIS—President Trump took aim at U.S. women’s soccer team star Megan Rapinoe in a series of tweets Wednesday, responding to a video filmed earlier this year in which she said she’s “not going to the White
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsNYPD Gay NYPD Officer Both Supporting and Securing Pride MarchThe Wall Street Journal. - Ben ChapmanRavi Satkalmi, a gay man from Queens, is one of roughly 180,000 people who will participate in the New York City Pride March in Manhattan on Sunday. One thing will set him apart: Mr. Satkalmi is a high-ranking
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsU.S. Treasury Supreme Leader Says Iran Won't Back Down From U.S.The Wall Street Journal. - Aresu Eqbali, Sune Engel RasmussenIran’s supreme leader said his country wouldn’t back down in the face of U.S. sanctions, days after President Trump targeted him personally with a new round of measures to further isolate the country.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Real EstateBillionaires The Small Westchester Town That Draws Hollywood A-listers and BillionairesThe Wall Street Journal. - Katherine ClarkeWhen Glenn Close was considering purchasing a home for her family in the early 1990s, she was drawn to the country town of Bedford, N.Y. It reminded her of her grandfather’s Greenwich, Conn., farm from
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Business Spending Is on the BrinkThe Wall Street Journal. - Justin LahartWith the stock market near a record high, interest rates low and consumer spending solid, it seems like companies should be eager to invest. Instead they have been pulling back. The Commerce Department
The Wall Street Journal.added this to LifeAlec Baldwin How Alec Baldwin Learned to Keep His CoolThe Wall Street Journal. - Chris KornelisAs the SATISFIED owner of a Cadillac Escalade, Alec Baldwin drives a huge car, but he’s not exactly a huge “car guy.” He doesn’t have a preternaturally protruding chin. And he’s also not known for keeping
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechTechnology AI, Surveillance Tools Scrutinized by European RegulatorsThe Wall Street Journal. - Parmy Olson, Sam SchechnerThe European Union is considering proposals to curb or ban some uses of automated surveillance tools, including facial-recognition software, after an independent panel of industry and academic experts
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsLouvre Now You Can Smell Like The LouvreThe Wall Street Journal. - Grace CookLast summer Ramdane Touhami, the 45-year-old co-owner of cult French beauty emporium Officine Universelle Buly (also known as Buly 1803), assembled a cast of eight perfumers in Paris’s Louvre Museum. 226-year-old
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsU.S. Politics White House to Hold Social Media SummitThe Wall Street Journal. - John D. McKinnon, Catherine LuceyWASHINGTON—The White House will hold a social media summit on July 11, aiming to have a “robust conversation” about online platforms at a time when they are under increasing attack in Washington. White
