The Wall Street Journal.Business Barneys' New Suitor Seeks Tie-Up With SaksThe Wall Street Journal. - Suzanne Kapner, Juliet ChungBarneys New York Inc. could get a new life inside Saks Fifth Avenue stores if a deal to buy the luxury retailer out of bankruptcy succeeds, according to people familiar with the situation. Authentic Brands
The Wall Street Journal.Business Harley-Davidson Halts Electric Motorcycle ProductionThe Wall Street Journal. - Bob Tita, Austen HuffordHarley-Davidson Inc. has stopped production and deliveries of its first electric motorcycle after discovering a problem related to the vehicle’s charging equipment, a major setback for a product the company
The Wall Street Journal.Business Early Blizzard Wallops Vulnerable CropsThe Wall Street Journal. - Jacob Bunge, Kirk MaltaisFarmers who delayed planting in waterlogged fields this spring face a new threat as they race to harvest their crops: snow. Heavy snowfall and high winds over the past several days buffeted northern Farm
The Wall Street Journal.Investing 'Sense of Dread': How a Mining Disaster in Brazil Raised Alarms in MinnesotaThe Wall Street Journal. - Alistair MacDonald, Kris Maher, Kim MackraelEMBARRASS, Minn.—An earthen dam is set to rise behind the trees of Dan Ehman’s 120 woodland acres in northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range, a region with close ties to mining for more than a century. The
The Wall Street Journal.Business Boeing's New Chairman Is a Boardroom Force Familiar With CrisesThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew Tangel, Alison Sider, Miriam GottfriedBoeing Co.’s boardroom shakeup puts David Calhoun, a powerful behind-the-scenes figure, in position to control the aerospace giant’s response to the 737 MAX crisis, one of the most fraught episodes in
The Wall Street Journal.Business Johnson & Johnson's Legal Challenges MountThe Wall Street Journal. - Peter LoftusJohnson & Johnson, facing lawsuits from more than 100,000 plaintiffs over its product safety and marketing tactics, has taken the aggressive strategy of battling many of the cases in court. Juries and
The Wall Street Journal.Income Inequality Who Pays What in Taxes? The Answer Isn't So Simple.The Wall Street Journal. - Richard RubinWASHINGTON—It is a tax policy question with a seemingly simple answer: Who pays what? In reality, how taxes are distributed across income groups is hotly debated by economists—with enormous policy consequences.
The Wall Street Journal.Business Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work on PovertyThe Wall Street Journal. - Paul Hannon, Dominic ChoppingThe Nobel Prize in economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based economists—including a married couple—for their “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” Abhijit Banerjee, Esther and
The Wall Street Journal.Business Meredith to Launch Magazine Built Around HGTV's 'Property Brothers'The Wall Street Journal. - Jeffrey A. TrachtenbergMeredith Corp. is betting the same playbook that made Magnolia Journal its most successful magazine launch will work for a new title featuring Drew and Jonathan Scott, the hosts of the HGTV series “Property
The Wall Street Journal.Investing Give Us Your Rich, Europe Tells the U.K.The Wall Street Journal. - Simon ClarkAs rich people in the U.K. fret over Brexit and the possibility of an avowed socialist coming to power, Italy and other European countries are slashing taxes to tempt the jet set to relocate. Of mounting
The Wall Street Journal.Business Newsletter: A Mini-Deal and Big UncertaintyThe Wall Street Journal. - Jeffrey SparshottThis is the web version of the WSJ’s newsletter on the economy. You can sign up for daily delivery here . Happy Columbus Day. On Wall Street, the bond market is closed, stock markets are open, and we a
The Wall Street Journal.Business You Can Overcome a Long Gap in Your RésuméThe Wall Street Journal. - Sue ShellenbargerHow long can you step out of the workforce without sinking your career? The answer may surprise you. Employers are rushing to interview applicants with résumé gaps as long as two years, according to a
The Wall Street Journal.U.S. Politics Congress Probes Bot Messages About E-CigarettesThe Wall Street Journal. - John D. McKinnonWASHINGTON—A congressional committee and the Massachusetts attorney general are investigating whether millions of bot-generated social-media messages about e-cigarettes have been misleading consumers safety
The Wall Street Journal.Business Deere Ramps Up Leases as Sales SlowThe Wall Street Journal. - Bob TitaDeere & Co. is spending billions of dollars annually to buy its own equipment for a leasing program, which lifts sales of new farm tractors and construction machinery but adds financial complexity and
The Wall Street Journal.Business When These Executives Want Candid Advice, They TextThe Wall Street Journal. - Chip CutterAfter meeting someone particularly smart and insightful, technology executive Heather Fernandez sometimes asks, “Can we take this relationship to text?” Often, the person on the other side of the query
The Wall Street Journal.Business Companies Say Costs of Complying With Goodwill Accounting Rules Outweigh BenefitsThe Wall Street Journal. - Mark MaurerCompany executives who were recently asked to weigh in on existing rules governing how companies account for goodwill in their financial statements say the standards have saddled them with unnecessary
The Wall Street Journal.Amazon Go Silicon Valley Takes On Amazon's Cashierless 'Go' StoresThe Wall Street Journal. - Sebastian HerreraSAN FRANCISCO—Amazon.com Inc. recently opened its fourth cashierless convenience store here, all located within a few blocks of each other. Nearby, two startups are each demonstrating their own technology
The Wall Street Journal.Business Drawn by the Salary, Women Flock to TruckingThe Wall Street Journal. - Cristina Roca and Dieter HolgerLast year, Rebekah Koon left her job as an assistant manager of a gas station in Fort Bragg, N.C., to train as a truck driver, inspired by watching her uncle hit the road as a long-haul trucker when she
The Wall Street Journal.Business The Worlds That AI Might CreateThe Wall Street Journal. - Michael TottyWhen it comes to artificial intelligence, there’s a clear consensus: It is a growing presence in our offices and homes. But the consensus ends when you ask the next question: What will it mean? To some
The Wall Street Journal.Oil Oil and Gas Companies Turn to AI to Cut CostsThe Wall Street Journal. - Neanda SalvaterraAmid a growing push to cut operating costs, big oil is looking to artificial intelligence for help with automating functions, predicting equipment problems and increasing the output of oil and gas. AI
The Wall Street Journal.Business 'I'm Out': PG&E Blackouts Stagger CaliforniansThe Wall Street Journal. - Zusha Elinson, Ian Lovett, Alejandro Lazo, Jim CarltonEUREKA, Calif.—Melanie Bettenhausen was learning to live with the devastating wildfires that periodically sweep through Northern California, but she isn’t sure she can endure the alternative offered by
The Wall Street Journal.Softbank SoftBank Seeks WeWork Control Via Financing PackageThe Wall Street Journal. - Maureen Farrell, Liz Hoffman, Eliot BrownSoftBank Group Corp. has prepared a financing package that would give it control of WeWork and further sideline its founder Adam Neumann in exchange for relieving the shared-office startup’s looming cash
The Wall Street Journal.India India's Richest Man Battles Amazon, Walmart to Work With Mom-and-Pop ShopsThe Wall Street Journal. - Corinne AbramsMUMBAI—India’s ubiquitous mom-and-pop stores are being weaponized in e-commerce wars, as Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. square off against India’s richest man in the country’s nascent online retail The
The Wall Street Journal.Business Cat-Litter Rivals Pounce on New Shipping StrategiesThe Wall Street Journal. - Sharon TerlepCat-litter companies worked to make their products fresher, less dusty and easier to clean. Now they are chasing a new goal: moving those products more cheaply. Clorox Co., the No. 2 U.S. litter maker,
The Wall Street Journal.Business Trade Uncertainty Clouds Global Growth ProspectsThe Wall Street Journal. - Jon Hilsenrath, Josh ZumbrunSmall steps toward a trade truce between China and the U.S. last week likely aren’t enough to diminish uncertainties that are holding back global economic growth. Negotiators agreed to put off a round
The Wall Street Journal.Business Economy Week Ahead: U.S. Retail Sales and China GDPThe Wall Street Journal. - Sarah ChaneyIn the week ahead, the U.S. will receive fresh numbers on retail sales and industrial production. China will publish figures on trade and economic growth. China will see new data on foreign trade for Economists
The Wall Street Journal.Technology Google Shuts Out Payday Loans With App-Store BanThe Wall Street Journal. - Yuka HayashiWASHINGTON—Google has barred high-interest consumer loan services from its app store, limiting payday lenders’ access to customers. The technology giant recently prohibited apps from offering personal
The Wall Street Journal.Business China, Facing Slowdown, Unlikely to Push for More StimulusThe Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street JournalBEIJING—China’s economy keeps flashing warning signs that it is losing steam—but, unlike past episodes, Beijing isn’t likely to stoke the fires to boost growth. The world’s second-largest economy, battered
The Wall Street Journal.Business Wegmaniacs Count the Days to Brooklyn Store OpeningThe Wall Street Journal. - Kate KingOn a warm day last winter, Julie Russell walked the 1.1-mile route from her apartment to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where the future home of her favorite grocery store was still under construction. “I did
