Billions Spent on Roads, Transit Projects Are Often Based on Optimistic Forecasts
Transportation planners are looking for ways to improve their travel forecasts as Congress debates spending billions of dollars on new…
Transportation Projects Often Rely on Optimistic Forecasts
Transportation planners are looking for ways to improve their travel forecasts as Congress debates spending billions of dollars on new…
Powell’s Taper Tightrope Could Be Complicated by Fed ‘Dots’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the risk of another dot dilemma this week. Mr. Powell has stressed in public…
Retailers Navigate Freight Costs, Scarce Inventory and Uncertain Future
Finance executives in the retail industry continue to face a multitude of challenges as they plan for the fall and…
Why Container Ships Can’t Avoid the California Logjam
There appears to be no sailing around the breathtaking backup of container ships off the jammed ports of Los Angeles…
Apple Wants iPhones to Help Detect Depression, Cognitive Decline
Apple Inc. is working on technology to help diagnose depression and cognitive decline, aiming for tools that could expand the…
U.S. Stock-Market Tumble Hasn’t Quelled Optimism
U.S. stocks are facing their most uncertain outlook since the Covid-19 pandemic sent the market tumbling last year. But many…
U.S. Stock Futures Bounce After Global Market Selloff
U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday, suggesting markets were poised to rebound a day after concerns about China’s property sector helped…
Universal Music Shares Soar in Market Debut
Shares of Universal Music Group NV—behind stars including Taylor Swift, Drake and the Beatles—surged in their trading debut, a strong…
Flying Taxis’ Best Ride Is to the Helicopter Market
Cabdrivers don’t need to worry about being replaced by flying cars. Helicopter makers might need to a little bit. Vertical…
Democrats Add Debt Limit to Spending Measure, Sparking Showdown With GOP
WASHINGTON—Democratic leaders said Monday they would attach a suspension of the debt limit through December 2022 to a short-term spending…
Activists, progressives demand reversal of parliamentarian ruling against amnesty provision
Immigrant rights advocates said Monday that Democrats must change, ignore or overturn the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling that the law precludes…
Stock Market Pares Losses, but Dow, S&P 500 Fall Nearly 2%
Worries about spreading troubles from China’s property market snapped an extended streak of calm in stock indexes and sent the…
Air Force confronts rising China, battles Congress over outdated aircraft
Top Air Force officials sounded the alarm Monday that the U.S. is rapidly falling behind China in the race to…
Bitcoin Price Slides as China Jitters Hit Crypto Markets
Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday as a wave of selling triggered by tumult in China’s indebted property sector hit the…