Havana Syndrome Attacks Widen
WASHINGTON—The CIA evacuated an intelligence officer serving in Serbia in recent weeks who suffered serious injuries consistent with the neurological…
Consumer Confidence Continues Slide on Covid-19, Inflation Worries
Confidence among U.S. consumers fell in September for the third consecutive month, as the Delta variant of Covid-19 and concerns…
Halloween 2021: How to Create the Ultimate, High-Tech Haunted House
HALLOWEEN IS serious business in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., and adjacent Tarrytown. But nobody there embraces the area’s holiday heritage with…
Local chess star Larry Kaufman serves up engaging ‘Options’ in new memoir
Growing up in the DMV, I recall competing in a lot of tournaments with GM Larry Kaufman — and by…
U.S. and Europeans Parley in Pittsburgh on Tech, Trade and China
WASHINGTON—A high-level trade and technology meeting set for Pittsburgh on Wednesday is aimed at smoothing over squabbles between the U.S.…
Climate-Change Goals Meet Resistance in U.K.’s Former Coal Country
WHITEHAVEN, England—In a weed-strewn field on the edge of this harbor town, Britain’s lofty climate-change ambitions are colliding with economic…
With Germany Sidelined, EU Must Wait on Big Challenges
Under Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany has played an outsize role in determining the economic and political direction of the European…
Facebook, Acceleron Pharma, Spotify: What to Watch When the Stock Market Opens Today
By Joe Wallace Close Joe Wallace Sept. 28, 2021 6:53 am ET Stock futures sagged as investors rotated out of…
Stock Futures Fall as Bond Yields Hit Three-Month High
U.S. government bond yields hit their highest level in three months and stock futures sagged as investors rotated out of…
Oil Hits Three-Year High as Gas Crunch Spills Into Crude Market
A shortfall in global energy supplies spilled into crude markets on Tuesday, pushing oil prices to their highest levels in…
Morgan Stanley’s Top Female Executive in Asia to Retire
Morgan Stanley’s MS 2.13% top female executive in Asia, Wei Sun Christianson, will retire from the bank at the end…
Behind Israel’s Swift Rollout of Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters
TEL AVIV—In late July, dozens of Israeli scientists and government health officials were locked in a marathon video call where…
Bank Mergers Are On Track to Hit Highest Level Since the Financial Crisis
Banks are on pace this year to merge at a level not seen since the 2008 financial crisis.It is a…
Big Tech Companies Amass Property Holdings During Pandemic
The biggest U.S. companies are sitting on record piles of cash. They are getting paid next to nothing for holding…
Debt-Ceiling Standoff Distorts Short-Term Treasury Market
The U.S. debt-ceiling standoff is skewing investor preferences for different types of Treasurys.Investors are demanding more yield to hold some…