Tag: Business News
Pricewaterhouse Says Most U.S. Staffers Can Now Live Anywhere
The accounting and consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP says most of its U.S.…
Toyota Outsells GM in U.S. for Second Quarter in a Row
In the third quarter, Toyota TM -0.07% said it sold 566,005 vehicles…
Insurers Increase Investments in Drones, Robots
Insurance companies are increasing their investment in robotic systems aimed at helping…
Merck Pill Intended to Treat Covid-19 Succeeds in Key Study
Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said their experimental…
China’s Power Shortfalls Begin to Ripple Around the World
HONG KONG—China is struggling with widespread power shortfalls, dealing a blow to…
U.S. Consumers Ramped Up Spending in August
Consumer spending picked up in August, a sign the U.S. economic recovery…
Is Sheryl Sandberg’s Power Shrinking? Ten Years of Facebook Data Offers Clues
Facebook Inc. FB 1.07% has grown at an explosive pace. Since 2012,…
DHL Raising Rates for U.S. Shippers by 5.9%
DHL Express is joining FedEx Corp. in raising parcel rates by 5.9%…
Pensions Warm to Stock Funds Modeled to Mirror Private-Equity Returns
Some pension managers are interested in investment strategies that seek to reproduce…
Fed’s Kashkari Is Comfortable With Plans to Taper Bond Buying Soon
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari thinks short-term interest rates…
Pill Intended to Be Covid-19’s Tamiflu Succeeds in Key Study
Merck MRK 0.03% & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said…
Low Auto Inventory and Higher Prices Wear Down Frustrated Car Shoppers
The auto industry’s more than yearlong struggle to get more vehicles on…