Year: 2021

Friday’s disruption for some users of the social-media giant’s products came in the wake of a global outage earlier in the week.

Cristiano Amon is the new boss of Qualcomm Inc., a U.S. tech giant that designs semiconductors. His first task: Convince companies to make more chips for him—and fast.

An agreement among 136 countries seeks to set a global minimum tax to deter tax avoidance by big multinationals. Officials see challenges in implementing the accord, particularly in the U.S.

Shortages of components, surging prices of raw materials, transportation backups and pandemic lockdowns are squeezing manufacturers around the world—and the bottlenecks keep compounding.

The car insurer has been talking to state regulators about helping to lead an industrywide effort to transition from sizing up risk in applicants with factors including credit scores to largely using telematics to determine rates.

The electric-vehicle maker is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, cementing Chief Executive Elon Musk’s commitment to the Lone Star State and adding to a handful of Silicon Valley companies that have relocated there.