Articles by Erin Slifka

Regulators want sugar levels slashed, but doing so is technically tricky and a tough sell to consumers.

The projected toxic debt approaches the scale of subprime-mortgage losses incurred by private lenders during the 2008 financial crisis.

GoFundMe has long been associated with life’s ups and downs—moonshot inventions and emergency-room bills alike. In the pandemic, it is also becoming a go-to place for people to get help with rent and groceries.

Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s and others cull styles to combat decision paralysis, unclog supply chains and reduce end-of-season markdowns.

The billionaire Walton family that controls the retail giant is among a group of investors in NowDiagnostics, a startup aiming to design at-home coronavirus tests to sell for as little as $10 in Walmart stores and elsewhere.

The companies requested that the FDA clear their Covid-19 vaccine, a rapid advance in the vaccine’s development expected to pave the way for distribution in December.

A Las Vegas judge has sided with former casino magnate Steve Wynn in Nevada regulators’ attempt to ban him from the gambling industry over sexual-misconduct allegations.

Hired last year as the home-sharing giant’s first “chief trust officer,” former FBI official Sean Joyce left six months later over concerns about how Airbnb shared data on millions of its users with Chinese authorities.