US Business

Businesses are passing their rising costs on to consumers with new fees, truncated services and reduced contents in packaged goods, which don’t always show up in inflation data; “shrinkflation” hits a block of cheese.

The demonstrators have choked off most access to a U.S.-Canada trade corridor, disrupting pockets of the auto industry and stirring concerns among North American business leaders.

The U.S. fiscal 2022 defense budget request of $715 billion assumed inflation of 2.2% when it was made last year. Actual prices have run well ahead of that projection.

The sudden exit of cable network president Jeff Zucker highlights his tensions with WarnerMedia’s chief and leaves talent frustrated.

The surge in used-car prices is undoing years of depreciation on some models, leaving some car owners with vehicles worth more now than when bought.

Starship should be able to reach orbits for less than $10 million a flight within two to three years, Elon Musk said during a presentation at SpaceX’s southern Texas facility, where the company plans to launch the spacecraft.

The agency said it couldn’t launch an investigation into the claims that the short sellers alleged against Cassava Sciences.

The Canadian border city of Windsor, Ontario, is seeking a court order to remove demonstrators who have blocked most traffic along a crucial U.S.-Canada trade corridor for four days.

Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is near a deal that would shift new episodes of certain high-profile TV shows to its Peacock platform instead of Hulu, the streaming service it co-owns with Walt Disney Co.—the latest move toward unwinding the media companies’ partnership.

The real-estate company says in a letter to shareholders that it is targeting revenue of $5 billion by 2025.