Wall Street Journal

Mark Walter, Todd Boehly to Sell Stake in Chelsea for $1.3 Billion

Mark Walter, Todd Boehly to Sell Stake in Chelsea for $1.3 Billion

The pair are selling their holdings to Clearlake Capital, the California-based private-equity firm that is already the t...

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AI Startup Plaud Plans to File for U.S. IPO in 2028

AI Startup Plaud Plans to File for U.S. IPO in 2028

The San Francisco-based company will be ready for an IPO once annual revenue exceeds $1 billion, Xu said in an interview...

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Salesforce Targets Fiscal 2030 Revenue at Over $63 Billion

Salesforce Targets Fiscal 2030 Revenue at Over $63 Billion

Salesforce’s long-term outlook comes after the company’s guidance raise last month, when it also posted higher second-qu...

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The Morning Risk Report: Exxon Is Nearing a Preliminary Deal to Invest in Venezuela’s Oil Fields

The Morning Risk Report: Exxon Is Nearing a Preliminary Deal to Invest in Venezuela’s Oil Fields

Plus: EU chief reveals plans for curbing children’s access to social media and Fed delivers first rate hike in years...

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A Treasurer’s Playbook Following a Fed Rate Hike: Ask Banks to Pay Up for Deposits

A Treasurer’s Playbook Following a Fed Rate Hike: Ask Banks to Pay Up for Deposits

Plus, what CEOs really think about the AI apocalypse threat....

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Iran Struggles to Shift Trade to Land From Sea

Iran Struggles to Shift Trade to Land From Sea

Plus, J.B. Hunt warns that costs will cut into profit, and U.S. retail sales rebounded in August....

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Raiffeisen Shares Fall After Short-Seller Report Over Russia Ties

Raiffeisen Shares Fall After Short-Seller Report Over Russia Ties

Shares were down 7% after the publication of a short-seller report over the Austrian bank’s business in Russia....

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Bilfinger Shares Fall 20% on Lowered Outlook, Job Cuts

Bilfinger Shares Fall 20% on Lowered Outlook, Job Cuts

Shares slumped after the industrial services provider lowered its outlook for the year and said it would cut up to 1,500...

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Saudi Arabia Has Another Option to Get Its Oil Out

Saudi Arabia Has Another Option to Get Its Oil Out

A shuttle service that slips oil through the Strait of Hormuz now looks like the kingdom’s best fallback....

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Next Shares Rise After Guidance Lift

Next Shares Rise After Guidance Lift

The retailer—a bellwether for the U.K. sector—said the new guidance stemmed from an upgrade in sales expectations....

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Oil Prices Slip After Fed’s First Rate Hike in Three Years

Oil Prices Slip After Fed’s First Rate Hike in Three Years

Oil prices fell again in early European trading Thursday, helped by hopes Saudi Arabia could also restore some disrupted...

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Next Nudges Up Guidance After Better-than-Expected Performance

Next Nudges Up Guidance After Better-than-Expected Performance

The clothing chain, seen as a bellwether for the U.K. retail sector, reported a rise in earnings in the first half, lift...

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Volvo Car Plans Major Model Lineup Revamp

Volvo Car Plans Major Model Lineup Revamp

In its largest-ever product push the carmaker will roll out seven new models for Western markets and six for China by th...

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The SpaceX IPO Gave This Couple License to Chase Their Dreams

The SpaceX IPO Gave This Couple License to Chase Their Dreams

They quit their jobs and budgeted $25,000 a month for a year of fun....

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The 40-Minute Phone Call That Left Ed Sheeran’s Tour Hanging by a Thread

The 40-Minute Phone Call That Left Ed Sheeran’s Tour Hanging by a Thread

Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it clear to the singer that he would cancel his tour dates at Gillette Stadium unless M...

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OpenAI Shares More Safety Incidents and Adopts New Rules for Reporting Them

OpenAI Shares More Safety Incidents and Adopts New Rules for Reporting Them

The company said it hopes to inspire competitors to greater transparency as public fears about AI dangers mount....

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Opinion | Kathy Hochul’s ‘Energy Rebate Checks’

Opinion | Kathy Hochul’s ‘Energy Rebate Checks’

She sends out $1 billion, after accusing Trump of a ‘campaign bribe.’...

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Opinion | The Zero-Risk Society Has Arrived

Opinion | The Zero-Risk Society Has Arrived

The U.S. achieved dominance by taking big chances. Where has that ethos gone?...

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Exxon Is Nearing a Preliminary Deal to Invest in Venezuela’s Oil Fields

Exxon Is Nearing a Preliminary Deal to Invest in Venezuela’s Oil Fields

The U.S. oil major is negotiating a potential return to the Latin American country 19 years after its exit....

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House Defies Automakers and Mandates AM Radio in New Cars

House Defies Automakers and Mandates AM Radio in New Cars

The bill proposing the requirement now heads to expected Senate passage after House overwhelmingly approves it....

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Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Signs Preliminary Oil Deal in Venezuela

Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Signs Preliminary Oil Deal in Venezuela

The company, led by one of President Trump’s closest allies in the U.S. oil industry, said it would explore one of Venez...

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Opinion | An AI Antitrust Exemption Would Invite Collusion

Opinion | An AI Antitrust Exemption Would Invite Collusion

The law already allows Anthropic and OpenAI to collaborate if their real objective is safety....

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What CEOs Really Think About the AI Apocalypse Threat

What CEOs Really Think About the AI Apocalypse Threat

At a private event this week, dozens of business leaders cited the AI safety threats as real, urging President Trump to ...

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U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Post Moderate Draw

U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Post Moderate Draw

U.S. crude oil inventories fell for a third consecutive week while gasoline and distillate stocks saw increases....

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Amazon Boosts Minimum Pay for U.S. Full-Time Core Operations Staff to $20/Hour

Amazon Boosts Minimum Pay for U.S. Full-Time Core Operations Staff to $20/Hour

The e-commerce company announced the $1 per hour increase, alongside several new benefits like discounts on groceries....

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How Marketers Are Solving the Build-or-Buy Equation in the AI Era

How Marketers Are Solving the Build-or-Buy Equation in the AI Era

Plus, Grindr’s CEO says consumer brands are still spooked by the ghost of the Bud Light boycott....

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U.S. Retail Sales Rebound in Show of Consumer Strength

U.S. Retail Sales Rebound in Show of Consumer Strength

Retailers’ sales rose by 1.2% last month, versus the 0.5% decrease recorded in July. The August reading was higher than ...

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An AI Out-of-Office Reply Cost This Company $10,000 a Day

An AI Out-of-Office Reply Cost This Company $10,000 a Day

Plus, American incomes hit a record last year....

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Lysol and Mucinex Maker Reckitt Expands U.S. Manufacturing

Lysol and Mucinex Maker Reckitt Expands U.S. Manufacturing

Plus, the U.S. is pressuring Mexico over AI-hardware exports, and consumers have paid an extra $107 billion for fuel sin...

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Surging Energy Costs Split Companies Over Whether to Raise Prices Now

Surging Energy Costs Split Companies Over Whether to Raise Prices Now

Plus, Elon Musk trains his political chaos machine on the U.K., and we break down what to watch for at the year’s bigges...

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The Volatile Finances of Airline Pilots, America’s Unpredictable Millionaires

The Volatile Finances of Airline Pilots, America’s Unpredictable Millionaires

They can earn fortunes in a single month, but are often dependent on one airline for their entire careers....

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Mucinex Maker Bets $400 Million More on U.S. Supply Chain

Mucinex Maker Bets $400 Million More on U.S. Supply Chain

Reckitt expands a North Carolina manufacturing plant and a New Jersey campus to meet shifts in consumer demand....

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Oil Prices Edge Lower Ahead of Fed Decision

Oil Prices Edge Lower Ahead of Fed Decision

Benchmarks fell but remained near four-month highs ahead of the Fed’s interest-rate decision, while disruptions in the M...

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Hugo Boss Names Frasers’ Michael Murray as Supervisory Board Chairman

Hugo Boss Names Frasers’ Michael Murray as Supervisory Board Chairman

Murray, who has sat on Hugo Boss’s supervisory board since May 2025, will succeed Stephan Sturm as chairman....

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Databricks Piles Investments Into Asia as Growth Accelerates

Databricks Piles Investments Into Asia as Growth Accelerates

Analytics and artificial-intelligence software firm Databricks says its business in Asia is accelerating and plans to in...

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