US Business

The Tesla and SpaceX leader follows his latest ambitions with his $43 billion Twitter bid.

U.S. retail sales rose in March for the third straight month as consumers confronted the highest inflation in four decades and absorbed high gasoline prices.

Many entrepreneurs lease their equipment. Then, if hurt by the pandemic, they find they face years of payments—even if the gear they rented is faulty.

U.S. companies, tapping one of the few flight corridors out of Moscow, are moving employees from Russia to the United Arab Emirates, a boon for the Gulf nation as it seeks to cement its place as a global commercial hub.

Starbucks chief Howard Schultz is pushing the company’s campaign against unionization, warning that expanded benefits can’t automatically go to unionized workers.

Delta reported a $940 million first-quarter loss, but said it returned to profitability during March, despite soaring fuel prices, and expects a profitable second quarter.

Blackwells Capital said that the company hasn’t made enough progress under its new chief executive and that the former leader and his allies still hold too much control.

Carriers and airports struggle to ramp up after cutting jobs and idling planes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A few industries, like oil-and-gas and aerospace, require large aircraft. Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken most of them out of service, dealing another blow to global supply chains.

The move to temporarily allow the sale of gasoline with 15% ethanol content could lower prices at the pump and pay political dividends for the administration in farming states.