Stock futures fell and bond yields rose, pointing to another bumpy day on Wall Street as investors gird for a spell of higher inflation, driven by roaring energy markets.43 min read
The Biden administration plans to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could help roughly 550,000 loan borrowers.103 min read
Lawmakers wrestled with how to squeeze their healthcare, education and climate wish lists into a package whose size and scope centrists in the party are willing to support.6 min read
Shortages of key construction materials are forcing some builders and contractors to turn to substitutes and hunt for alternative suppliers as they rush to meet high demand for new housing.4 min read
Prices for the precious metal just wrapped up their worst four-month stretch since November 2014, dragged down by expectations for higher interest rates and a slowdown in manufacturing activity.
Shrinking apartment sales and a surprise default have stoked investor concerns about China’s property developers, causing a selloff in U.S. dollar bonds from many of the sector’s debt-laden companies.4 min read
The investment giant said five employers have signed up for a new retirement product that will allow workers to receive a stream of payments for the rest of their lives.344 min read
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Business
The competition for top talent in cloud computing is heating up as giants of the platform like Amazon. and Microsoft battle with each other and the thousands of other businesses rushing to expand their use of the technology.275 min read
Mooky Greidinger answers questions on the theater industry’s pandemic recovery and how his company can compete with meme-stock favorite AMC.7 min read
A Democratic-led investigating committee says email exchanges link the Trump White House to a $700 million pandemic-relief loan to the troubled trucking company.3 min read
Heard on the Street
High stakes remain for ‘No Time to Die’ and other fall movie releases as theater stocks have surged.3 min read
The company says changing people’s behavior around energy use will become crucial as more power comes from intermittent renewable energy sources.3 min read
Markets
Bond markets held two informal referendums on cryptocurrencies recently. The results weren’t pretty.63 min read
Deal makers have targeted the wine industry, as investors bet on rising prices for winery acreage despite a Covid-19 hit to demand for the beverage.34 min read
Heard on the Street
Rising valuations for bigger lenders means that owning an acquirer could be a better deal for shareholders than in the past.3 min read
World
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to U.S.-based scientist David MacMillan and Benjamin List of Germany for their work in molecular chemistry.2 min read
Taiwan’s military is facing its most dire challenge from China in decades, Chiu Kuo-cheng said, reflecting a surge in tensions after a frenzy of Chinese military sorties in the region sparked expressions of concern from the U.S.5 min read
The European Union has spent years and billions of euros preparing Balkan countries to join the bloc, an effort the U.S. has supported, but the reality is that membership is slipping further into the future, not getting closer.4 min read
The central bank lifted its benchmark rate to 0.5% from a record low and signaled more increases over the next year, as it seeks to tame inflation and rein in booming house prices.4 min read
What happens when ground thought to be forever frozen begins to thaw instead? Residents and businesses across Siberia are finding out in real time.5729 min read
Life & Work
Margaret Qualley, Andie MacDowell, Anika Noni Rose, Margot Robbie and Molly Smith Metzler on how they made a show about poverty, welfare and domestic abuse that didn’t feel like a lecture.7 min read
U.S.
Offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico produces more crude oil in 2.8 days than the West Coast produces in an entire year. But a few decades ago, California’s coastline was humming with activity.132 min read
Before the deal that shook the trading-card industry, the NFL and MLB players unions set the stage for change by pooling their marketing rights in a venture called OneTeam Partners.7 min read
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