US Business
Tesla Kicks Off 2021 With 184,800 Vehicles Delivered
The electric-car maker delivered roughly 184,800 vehicles globally in the first quarter, up about 2% from the year-end quarter, which had previously been the record high.
Articles by Erin Slifka
US Business
15 CEOs Reflect on Lessons From Their Pandemic Year
Working from home or from deserted headquarters, bosses of companies from Moderna to Chipotle talk about their challenges and share lessons for the times ahead.
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Key Performance Indicators for Business
By Kenneth Surbrugg, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Southern State University “Direction is so much more important than speed. Many are going nowhere fast.” – Unknown Many entrepreneurs are scrambling for more time […]
US Business
Facebook Staff Fret Over China’s Ads Portraying Happy Muslims in Xinjiang
Beijing is a big user of the platform to spread its political views to hundreds of millions of people overseas, prompting workers to express concerns internally.
US Business
EV Companies Went Public With Big Plans. They’re Quickly Hitting Snags.
Stocks fall after electric-vehicle companies disclose in their first earnings calls that they missed goals that were set before their SPAC mergers.
US Business
Auto Makers Start 2021 Strongly Despite Supply Constraints
The industry’s sales pace is approaching prepandemic levels, but shortages in semiconductors and other crucial parts are curtailing production.
US Business
FDA Probes Cause of Failed Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Batch
The scrutiny follows the drugmaker’s disclosure that it scrapped distribution of doses after an ingredient didn’t meet quality standards at a contract manufacturing facility.
US Business
GM Vows to Send More Advertising Dollars to Black-Owned Media Firms
The move comes after media mogul Byron Allen and other Black media executives took out a full-page ad in several papers accusing GM of ignoring Black-owned media outlets.
US Business
FDA Authorizes First Covid-19 Tests for Repeat, at-Home Screening
The agency authorized the first Covid-19 tests for repeated, frequent use by consumers at home to screen for infections even if they don’t have symptoms.
US Business
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. Call Them Tech Frenemies for Life.
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft are each a tech behemoth in their own right, and the ways the five rely on one another as partners while also competing as rivals help shape Big Tech’s clout.