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The semiconductor giant’s new chief executive said a global chip-supply shortage could stretch two more years as the company posted weaker quarterly earnings.

Its daily active users reached 280 million, up strongly from a year earlier, though the social-media company posted another quarterly loss.

Two Democratic senators want the top automotive-safety regulator to develop recommendations for improving advanced driver-assistance systems such as Tesla’s Autopilot.

AT&T added cellphone users, fiber-optic internet customers and HBO viewers during the first quarter, as the economy starts to come back after a year of coronavirus-related pressure.

With the U.S. market saturated, the companies are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content.

In Mexico, about 80 people received fraudulent doses, and in Poland authorities recovered vials containing antiwrinkle drugs.

The auto giant is planning more downtime at five North American factories due to a global semiconductor shortage, further disrupting output of a popular SUV and the F-150 pickup.

Years into a boom for venture capital, deal flow and valuations are reaching new peaks, and among the biggest beneficiaries are the companies vying to become the next big social-media platform.

Shortages and delays in supplies are squeezing business owners. A Pennsylvania maker of packaging products even has trouble tracking down wooden pallets.

Solid wage growth and unfilled openings point to much less slack than after the previous recession.