US Business

A body of academic research shows the U.S. economy has become less competitive as power swells in large firms, but not everyone agrees.

Plaintiffs allege that the billionaire entrepreneur led Tesla to overpay for SolarCity in 2016. Mr. Musk has defended the deal.

Observers will be watching to see whether companies trounce Wall Street’s expectations and, with stock valuations sitting above long-term norms, seeking clues on what the future holds for company profits.

Some farms expect to ship less fruit this year; Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Ore., shifted production to early mornings and evenings as some workers went on strike; a Christmas Tree farm hopes seedlings’ new growth bounces back.

President Biden’s executive order to promote competition will likely result in more federal scrutiny of hospital mergers and pricing, which economists say are two sources of higher medical costs.

State attorneys general accuse the Android and Play Store operator of diminishing competition. Google says the suit is motivated by users wanting benefits of software without paying.

The city could use a boost for its crucial trade-show industry after the pandemic left it silent. Here’s how one of the first big post-lockdown expos looked on the ground.

The pandemic changed the makeup of staffs at companies from Costco to American Airlines, fueling sometimes counterintuitive changes in median employee pay last year.

The president’s sweeping new executive order to spur competition targets big tech companies in ways that could fundamentally alter how they do business.

The ride-sharing giant gave regulators in Beijing the impression it would pause the IPO. It told bankers in New York it had a green light. The resulting backlash has cast a fresh pall over China’s tech giants.