US Business

Makers of popular products world-wide are coping with shortages from shipping delays and other logistics hurdles.

The U.K. has lost around 3,250 pubs and bars from March 2020 to this September. Those that survive are grappling with rising costs, staffing shortages, supply-chain snags and changing consumer behavior.

Managers at some state-run companies told employees that chat groups set up for work purposes on Weixin could contain sensitive information and should be shut down.

Retailers this year are expected to open more stores than they close for the first time since 2017, with most of the growth coming from mass merchants, food, drugs and convenience chains.

The industry potentially faces a significant expansion of government regulation despite success in watering down Democratic proposals in the social-spending and climate bill.

The wireless operators said they will limit the strength of service while regulators review the impact on planes and helicopters.

The newspaper publisher said its board has approved a shareholder rights plan, effective for one year, that would block the hedge fund from acquiring more than 10% of the company as it considers the hostile bid.

Adam Mosseri will testify in Congress during the week of Dec. 6 to respond to questions about the app’s effects on younger users sparked by a Wall Street Journal investigation.

Retail workers, who last holiday season were confronted with complaints about mask mandates, are now dealing with customers upset about higher prices and missing merchandise.

The death of longtime head Richard Robinson left his former girlfriend, an executive, with a controlling stake in the publisher and set up a messy succession battle with his family.