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What’s Behind Wall Street’s Bumper Year
P.M. Edition for Dec. 12. Leaders of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup shared numbers that show that their banks’ Wall Street operations a...
Why Disney Is Investing $1 Billion in OpenAI
P.M. Edition for Dec. 11. Disney announces a $1 billion investment and licensing deal with OpenAI that lets users put their characters in AI-generated...
Markets Rally After a Divided Fed Cuts Interest Rates
P.M. Edition for Dec. 10. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point, as concerns about the cooling job market outweighed stalled progr...
What Drove OpenAI’s ‘Code Red’ for ChatGPT
P.M. Edition for Dec. 9. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” last week to prioritize the company’s ChatGPT chatbot after a competitive threat...
Paramount Goes Hostile in Fight for Warner Bros. Discovery
P.M. Edition for Dec. 8. Paramount has launched a nearly $78 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, going directly to shareholders j...
Trump Tightens Migrant Work Permits in Legal Immigration Crackdown
P.M. Edition for Dec. 4. The Trump administration cut the validity of work permits for some migrants to 18 months rather than five years, saying more...
Why Kevin Hassett Appears to Be Trump’s Pick for the Next Fed Chair
P.M. Edition for Dec. 3. President Trump is closing in on his pick to succeed Jerome Powell as the Federal Reserve chair. WSJ’s chief economics corres...
Steve Cohen Wins Approval for One of Three New Casinos in New York City
P.M. Edition for Dec. 1. Mets owner and billionaire investor Steve Cohen gets the nod for an $8 billion hotel and casino project near the Mets’ stadiu...
What AI Bubble? Google's Stock Is Soaring
P.M. Edition for Nov. 25. It’s been a brutal month for tech companies. But the stock of Google parent Alphabet is up nearly 18% since the Nasdaq’s pea...
Why the San Francisco Fed President Supports a Rate Cut in December
P.M. Edition for Nov. 24. In an exclusive interview, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly says she supports a rate cut at the Fed’s next meeting in D...
How Eli Lilly Became the First Pharma Company to Reach a $1 Trillion Market Cap
P.M. Edition for Nov. 21. It’s mostly tech companies that have hit the milestone of a $1 trillion valuation. As WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Davi...
What’s News in Earnings: Should Markets Worry About an AI Bubble?
Bonus Episode for Nov. 21. Chipmakers are raking it in, but investors are getting nervous over “circular” AI semiconductor deals, the potential for an...
Americans Are Looking for Deals. That’s Good News for Walmart.
P.M. Edition for Nov. 20. Walmart reported strong quarterly earnings and raised its outlook for the year as shoppers across income levels look for val...
Risky Bets Amped Up Crypto Gains. Now They’re Fueling Their Selloff.
P.M. Edition for Nov. 19. Traders have used debt to maximize their gains as they bought and sold crypto this year—now, with prices dropping, they’re t...
Alternative Indicators: What Pinched Consumers Are Buying at the Liquor Store
We all want a little treat—even if we’re on a budget. That desire may be part of what’s shaping U.S. liquor sales; big spirits companies are seeing gr...
Meta Defeats Government Antitrust Case
P.M. Edition for Nov. 18. A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Meta Platforms, which alleged that the c...
The New Corporate Playbook for How to Do a Layoff
P.M. Edition for Nov. 17. As companies are laying off thousands of workers, they’re using new tactics like texting and emails and listen-only video ca...
Alternative Indicators: What Big-Rig Truck Sales Reveal About the U.S. Economy
Is U.S. manufacturing driving off a cliff or into the sunset—and taking the economy with it? Look no further than sales of heavy trucks. Trucking comp...
A Walmart Lifer Will Become the Retail Giant’s Next CEO
P.M. Edition for Nov. 14. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon is stepping down after more than a decade at the helm, and longtime executive John Furner will tak...
China-Backed Hackers Use Anthropic AI to Automate Cyberattacks
P.M. Edition for Nov. 13. AI startup Anthropic said China’s state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate cyberattacks against corporations and g...
The House Prepares to Vote On Bill to End the Government Shutdown
P.M. Edition for Nov. 12. The House of Representatives is set to vote this evening on a spending bill that would end the longest government shutdown i...
Alternative Indicators: What’s Dr. Copper’s Prognosis for the U.S. Economy?
Economists and investors have long turned to copper as a reliable economic indicator: High prices meant the economy was humming, and low prices meant...
Alternative Indicators: Can Nevada Employment Predict Where the Economy is Headed?
Since the early 2000s, a fall in employment in the state of Nevada has preceded a broader U.S. recession. It makes sense why—the economic fortunes of...
What’s News in Earnings: How Automakers Overcame Tariffs and Supply-Chain Snafus
Bonus Episode for Nov. 6. Global automakers are navigating a new semiconductor crisis, billions of dollars in U.S. tariffs and a sputtering market for...
Government Shutdown Poised to Become Longest in U.S. History
P.M. Edition for Nov. 4. WSJ’s Congress reporter Katy Stech Ferek talks about the latest in negotiations as lawmakers search for a deal to end the shu...
What’s News in Earnings: Who Is Winning the Obesity-Drug Arms Race?
Bonus Episode for Nov. 4. The weight-loss-drug arms race is only heating up, as Novo Nordisk attempts to snatch drugmaker Metsera away from Pfizer. Bu...
What Drove Kimberly-Clark’s $40 Billion Deal for Tylenol Maker Kenvue
P.M. Edition for Nov. 3. In one of the biggest takeovers of the year, Kimberly-Clark has agreed to buy Tylenol maker Kenvue for more than $40 billion....
Behind the Escalating Violence in Sudan
P.M. Edition for Oct. 31. Sudan’s civil war is taking a jarring turn in Darfur, where an Arab-led militia is now using state-of-the-art drones and exe...
JPMorgan Steps Into Fund Tokenization
P.M. Edition for Oct. 30. JPMorgan Chase said today that it tokenized a private-equity fund on its blockchain platform, an offering available to the w...
Fed Lowers Interest Rates but Powell Sows Doubt About December Cut
P.M. Edition for Oct. 29. The Fed cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point today, as was widely expected. But comments from Fed Chair Jerome P...
Trade Framework Emerges for the U.S. and China
P.M. Edition for Oct. 28. In an exclusive, we’re reporting on a trade framework that President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to discuss...
What’s News in Earnings: Inside Airlines’ Holiday Pricing Strategy
Bonus Episode for Oct. 28. Earlier this year, economic uncertainty weighed on airlines, as Americans were rethinking their travel plans. With the busy...
Qualcomm Takes On Nvidia in the AI Chip Race
P.M. Edition for Oct. 27. Shares of Qualcomm rose 11% today after the company announced that it plans to launch new artificial-intelligence accelerato...
What Xi’s New Playbook for Trump Means for U.S.-China Trade
P.M. Edition for Oct. 24. During President Trump’s second term, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has adopted a playbook for dealing with the U.S. president t...
What an FBI Probe Into Illegal Betting Means for the NBA
P.M. Edition for Oct. 23. More than 30 people, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, were ch...
How the Rising Cost of Health Insurance Is Hitting Companies and Workers
P.M. Edition for Oct. 22. The cost of health insurance keeps rising, with the average price for a family plan this year reaching just under $27,000. W...
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Exploring a Sale
P.M. Edition for Oct. 21. Warner Bros. Discovery said it’s considering a sale of some or all of its media assets. WSJ media and entertainment reporter...
Soaring Insurance Rates Have States Considering Price Caps
P.M. Edition for Oct. 20. The cost of home and auto insurance in the U.S. has risen so dramatically that lawmakers in some states are considering pric...
What’s News in Markets: AI Deals, Trump on Pharma, Banks Split
How did the week’s AI dealmaking affect stocks? And why did President Trump’s comments on weight-loss drugs hurt pharma shares? Plus, how did the big...
Another Trump Critic Faces Prosecution
A.M. Edition for Oct. 17. The Justice Department has indicted former national security adviser John Bolton, charging the one-time Trump official with...