Year: 2021

The judge debates remedies and market definition with both sides after more than three weeks of trial.

In an interview, the fugitive ex-auto executive said he has been preparing for a voluntary meeting with French authorities through hourslong sessions with his lawyers—while hiking with friends in the mountains around Beirut and playing online bridge.

With advertising set to rebound, broadcasters shy away from taking risks on unfamiliar material after the pandemic accelerated audience declines.

Friday’s Commerce Department report on U.S.consumer spending and inflation highlights a relatively quiet week for economic data.

Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on the size and composition of an infrastructure bill and on the need for an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Western consumers are starting to indulge in services that were off limits during the lockdown. Businesses, economists and policy makers are trying to discern whether that shift will mean a cutback in spending on goods.

More than a year into America’s great remote-work experiment, many companies say productivity has held up or even risen. So why do some bosses think that remote workers aren’t as committed as office dwellers?

Losing international business from TikTok parent ByteDance has cut into revenue growth and market share for Alibaba’s cloud division.

An acceleration in Covid-19 vaccinations appears to be having a more beneficial impact on Europe’s services sector than anticipated, while U.S. services businesses saw their sharpest increase in activity in more than a decade.