Higher interest rates could make investors less willing to pay rich valuations for stocks. That means corporate profits will be critical to keeping the market climbing.284 min read
A slide in bond prices has pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level since early 2020.835 min read
Triaging who is eligible for Covid-19 tests can help ensure that patients who need a test the most get results fast enough. But turning some people away from testing risks perpetuating the virus’s spread.3075 min read
GM, Ford and Chrysler-owned Stellantis are looking to close the gap versus startups with initiatives such as new battery-powered pickups and electric-van sales to Amazon.3195 min read
The country’s flood of troops into Kazakhstan follows nearly 15 years of interventionism in Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine and elsewhere aimed at pulling these countries closer to Russia.7 min read
A week of talks will open Sunday night with dinner in Geneva. Antony Blinken sees “two paths before us.”996 min read
New York City Mayor Eric Adams called it one of the city’s worst fires in modern times. The response drew more than 200 firefighters, according to FDNY officials.4 min read
Pandemic-related factory closures, transportation delays and port-capacity limits have stymied the flow of many goods and materials critical for home building, including windows, garage doors, appliances and paint.2605 min read
Stimulus payments brought millions out of poverty and allowed them to clear debt, and households of all income levels built up savings. The stronger finances are expected to aid stability as normal spending and higher inflation return.429 min read
Susan Babinec is trying to put the U.S. in front again on batteries. She has been among leading U.S. battery scientists for more than 20 years and believes cutting-edge science will make that happen.6 min read
Both Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota are running for re-election, firming up the GOP’s lineup to try to win back control of the 50-50 Senate in November.865 min read
Columnists
Business & Finance
The company struck it big selling the American Dream. Now it has to convince investors it can keep growing even in a sleepy mortgage market.1007 min read
Tech
Companies that were launched to build semiconductors in China, including startups HSMC and QXIC, have failed despite hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and government support. Officials are sorting through the wreckage to see what went wrong.1166 min read
Heard on the Street
AMD needs to keep taking market share, while Intel can’t afford to lose it.3 min read
World
The Taliban have arrested Faizullah Jalal, a Kabul university professor who gained national fame for berating a senior official on television, in a sign of the intensifying crackdown on critics of Afghanistan’s new regime.6 min read
The Outlook
Europe’s unemployment rate has fallen below its pre-pandemic level, but a surge in wages this year doesn’t seem likely even though higher inflation has weakened workers’ spending power, according to economists and officials.5 min read
At least two confirmed cases of the new variant of Covid-19 were reported in the port city of Tianjin, weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics in neighboring Beijing.3 min read
Personal Investing
In another tumultuous but positive year, these are the stock pickers who came out on top—led by a 67.7% gain for a small-stock fund.27 min read
U.S.
One year after being kicked off Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the former president is raking in campaign cash and planning his own social-media company.6037 min read
Republicans see Biden’s education record as providing an opening with voters, and Democrats say the GOP opposed relief funding for schools last year.546 min read
Life & Work
Personal Tech | Nicole Nguyen
Working toward a fitness goal? For at-home workouts, pick a platform that has exercises for your fitness level, a variety of workout types and warm-ups to prevent injury.116 min read
Sports
Alysa Liu and Brandon Frazier both withdrew from the competition after they tested positive. They’ve been named to the team anyway.5 min read
Brittany Bowe gave her Beijing Games slot in the 500-meter event to Erin Jackson, who slipped in the qualifying race. Bowe also qualified in two other events.83 min read
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