Wall Street Journal

Ford and GM Are Locked in a New Battle Over Who’s the Most American Carmaker

Ford and GM Are Locked in a New Battle Over Who’s the Most American Carmaker

America’s trade war has left its two largest automakers sparring over favorable tariffs on imports, batteries and more....

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The Other Kushner Steps Into the Spotlight With $12.5 Billion Lakers Deal

The Other Kushner Steps Into the Spotlight With $12.5 Billion Lakers Deal

Thrive Capital, Joshua Kushner’s venture-capital firm, is expanding beyond tech investments....

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Jane Street Suffers Loss of About $15 Billion Following Troubles at Situational Awareness

Jane Street Suffers Loss of About $15 Billion Following Troubles at Situational Awareness

The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund soured....

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MSG Sports Files to Spin Off Rangers from Knicks

MSG Sports Files to Spin Off Rangers from Knicks

MSG Sports has filed a registration statement with regulators for a new company to manage the New York Rangers business ...

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Navy Deployment in Middle East ‘Not Nearly Long Enough,’ Trump Says

Navy Deployment in Middle East ‘Not Nearly Long Enough,’ Trump Says

Plus, PayPal is in talks to sell itself, and NATO shot down a drone in Latvian airspace....

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How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In

How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In

Hiroki Totoki says the future of the electronics business is entertainment....

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Diana Shipping Drops Bid to Acquire Genco Shipping & Trading

Diana Shipping Drops Bid to Acquire Genco Shipping & Trading

The decision ends a nearly year-long takeover battle between the two shipping companies....

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Opinion | Keeping Up With the Jones Act Waiver

Opinion | Keeping Up With the Jones Act Waiver

Waiving the law has cut fuel costs, but Gulf of Mexico protectionists are upset....

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Charlie Ergen Agrees to Take Controlling Stake in MobileX

Charlie Ergen Agrees to Take Controlling Stake in MobileX

With the acquisition, Ergen will control wireless services Boost Mobile and MobileX through EchoStar and a SPAC, respect...

13 hours ago
Stripe, Advent in Talks to Buy PayPal

Stripe, Advent in Talks to Buy PayPal

The fintech startup and private-equity firm Advent offered to buy the struggling payments company in July...

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Canada Union Says Stellantis Eyeing Sale of Toronto-Area Plant

Canada Union Says Stellantis Eyeing Sale of Toronto-Area Plant

The company last year said it would shift manufacturing to Illinois, as pressure mounted from President Trump for car co...

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Readers Weigh In on the Risks of Investing in Funds Promising Pre-IPO Shares

Readers Weigh In on the Risks of Investing in Funds Promising Pre-IPO Shares

A WSJ article last week featured an investor still trying to figure out what happened to his SpaceX fund investment. Man...

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The Biggest Blockbuster Disney Ever Made Was a TV Channel in Connecticut

The Biggest Blockbuster Disney Ever Made Was a TV Channel in Connecticut

The hosts of the Acquired podcast found that ESPN was the perfect multidecade funding source for acquisitions and theme ...

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Opinion | Paramount-Warner: Hollywood’s Political Waterloo?

Opinion | Paramount-Warner: Hollywood’s Political Waterloo?

Politicized antitrust cases are the neutron bomb that might drive filmmaking to leave California....

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Jeff Bezos Bets on Sports With $7 Billion Liverpool Deal

Jeff Bezos Bets on Sports With $7 Billion Liverpool Deal

The billionaire is part of a consortium buying a minority stake in the storied Premier League soccer team....

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Silicon Valley Loves Jargon—and ‘Hill-Climbing’ Is Its Favorite New Phrase

Silicon Valley Loves Jargon—and ‘Hill-Climbing’ Is Its Favorite New Phrase

A term that describes a computer-science algorithm is the metaphor du jour among AI types—and coming soon to a boardroom...

19 hours ago
Why Is Everything Pickle-Flavored Now?

Why Is Everything Pickle-Flavored Now?

A deluge of sour, briny snacks have infiltrated the market. Blame Gen Z....

20 hours ago
As AI Rewrites Search for Marketers, Reddit Fights to Stay the Same

As AI Rewrites Search for Marketers, Reddit Fights to Stay the Same

Plus, Flock moves to calm a backlash over its license-plate scanners and Instagram gets a new wordmark....

21 hours ago
Minerals Companies Are Changing Their Names to Sound More American

Minerals Companies Are Changing Their Names to Sound More American

As Uncle Sam pumps billions into the industry, even Australian companies are rebranding to be red, white and blue....

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The Morning Risk Report: BAE Systems Fined $36 Million for Illegal Exports

The Morning Risk Report: BAE Systems Fined $36 Million for Illegal Exports

Plus, Justice Department maps out priorities for fraud probes, and Polestar dealer claims automaker ‘orchestrated’ U.S. ...

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China’s Booming Auto Exports Test Shipping Industry

China’s Booming Auto Exports Test Shipping Industry

Plus: Tyson plans to close another beef plant; tariff-refund process proves smoother than expected....

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How CFO of Baby Wipes Maker Honest Revamped Its Finance Office

How CFO of Baby Wipes Maker Honest Revamped Its Finance Office

Finance chief Curtiss Bruce talks about his first year—and how the company retooled the baby and personal-care brand; El...

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Marubeni Favors Strong Yen to Better Leverage $12 Billion Investment Plan

Marubeni Favors Strong Yen to Better Leverage $12 Billion Investment Plan

The Japanese trading house favors a stronger yen to better leverage a $12 billion investment plan, its CEO said, as a fi...

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The $121 Billion in One-Time Gains Boosting Big Tech’s Profits

The $121 Billion in One-Time Gains Boosting Big Tech’s Profits

Gains on investments in companies like Anthropic are inflating earnings at some of the biggest technology companies....

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Aviva Posts Strong First-Half Profit Growth

Aviva Posts Strong First-Half Profit Growth

The insurer and asset manager’s operating profit rose in the first half, though it cut full-year expectations for its he...

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BP, XRG Partner on Venezuelan Offshore Gas Development

BP, XRG Partner on Venezuelan Offshore Gas Development

The Loran field in the Plataforma Deltana area holds an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, the companie...

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There Aren’t Enough Ships to Handle China’s Booming Car Exports

There Aren’t Enough Ships to Handle China’s Booming Car Exports

As demand slumps at home, Chinese cars are flooding other markets—and testing the shipping industry....

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Charter Gets Final State Approval for $21.9 Billion Cox Deal

Charter Gets Final State Approval for $21.9 Billion Cox Deal

Cable and broadband providers have received regulatory clearance from California after agreeing to some concessions on a...

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Bird Remains Found in Engine of Ryanair Plane That Depressurized Over Greece

Bird Remains Found in Engine of Ryanair Plane That Depressurized Over Greece

The Federal Aviation Administration required engine fixes on the Boeing 737 model, but airlines had until July 2028 to c...

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Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions

Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions

The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults....

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Rick Perry’s Fermi Finally Finds a Customer for Its Giant Texas AI Power Bet

Rick Perry’s Fermi Finally Finds a Customer for Its Giant Texas AI Power Bet

The startup, which went public in a splashy IPO last year, also named a new CEO following months of legal and C-suite tu...

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Guilty Plea Expected in Luigi Mangione’s Federal Case

Guilty Plea Expected in Luigi Mangione’s Federal Case

Plus, a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard, and concerns grow over living conditions abo...

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Applied Materials Posts Higher Profit, Revenue on Continued AI Demand

Applied Materials Posts Higher Profit, Revenue on Continued AI Demand

Artificial-intelligence adoption continued to drive demand for the company’s semiconductor solutions....

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Tyson Foods to Exit More Beef Plants, With Cattle in Short Supply

Tyson Foods to Exit More Beef Plants, With Cattle in Short Supply

Meatpackers have been squeezed by a shortage of cattle....

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Flock to Add Safeguards to AI Surveillance Tools After Backlash

Flock to Add Safeguards to AI Surveillance Tools After Backlash

The surveillance-technology company has faced criticism over the risks of police abuse of its AI-enabled camera system....

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OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer to Depart After Less Than a Year

OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer to Depart After Less Than a Year

OpenAI said Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser will be stepping down to pursue other opportunities....

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Elon Musk, the World’s Most Famous EV Pioneer, Is Now Leaning Into Fossil Fuels

Elon Musk, the World’s Most Famous EV Pioneer, Is Now Leaning Into Fossil Fuels

SpaceX is planning a Texas natural gas plant to power a new chip facility, while gas turbines are already being used for...

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