Wall Street Journal

Oil Prices Rise as Houthi Militants Target Saudi Energy

Oil Prices Rise as Houthi Militants Target Saudi Energy

The Houthis said Tuesday that they struck Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery in the Eastern Province with a ballistic mi...

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Brinker Lifts Forecast as Chili’s Drives Profit

Brinker Lifts Forecast as Chili’s Drives Profit

The owner of Chili’s Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy casual-dining chains posted fiscal first-quarter earnin...

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Etsy Sales Rise as the Number of Active Buyers Increases

Etsy Sales Rise as the Number of Active Buyers Increases

The online marketplace operator’s third-quarter net income rose to $853.5 million, or $7.31 a share, up from $75.5 milli...

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Nelson Peltz’s Trian Offers to Buy Wendy’s for $1.4 Billion

Nelson Peltz’s Trian Offers to Buy Wendy’s for $1.4 Billion

The burger chain’s shares are down roughly 70% over the past five years....

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Bausch + Lomb Swings to Profit and Lifts Outlook for Year

Bausch + Lomb Swings to Profit and Lifts Outlook for Year

The eye-health company’s third-quarter net income came in at $32 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with a loss of $2...

2 hours ago
Jersey Mike’s Posts Loss on Higher Revenue

Jersey Mike’s Posts Loss on Higher Revenue

The sandwich chain said third-quarter revenue rose 10% to $209 million, with same-store sales improving 3%....

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What Wayfair’s CFO Learned as Global Head of Talent

What Wayfair’s CFO Learned as Global Head of Talent

Plus, ASM International boosts sales forecasts as AI demand soars....

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Biogen Swings to Loss, Logs Higher Sales

Biogen Swings to Loss, Logs Higher Sales

The biotechnology company said the swing to a loss was primarily due to transaction-related charges....

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VF Profit Rises on Strength in The North Face and Timberland

VF Profit Rises on Strength in The North Face and Timberland

The apparel and footwear company on posted net income of $285.3 million, or 71 cents a share, compared with $189.8 milli...

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Southern California Ports Face Strike Threat

Southern California Ports Face Strike Threat

Plus, Anduril Industries is building a U.S.-made laptop, and Cuba’s deepening crisis is creating its own economic boom....

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Deutsche Bank Sees Goals on Track as Corporate Division Offsets Investment Bank

Deutsche Bank Sees Goals on Track as Corporate Division Offsets Investment Bank

The bank reported an increase in third-quarter profit after its corporate and retail banking divisions boosted the group...

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GE Vernova to Buy High-Voltage Grid Equipment Manufacturer for $9 Billion

GE Vernova to Buy High-Voltage Grid Equipment Manufacturer for $9 Billion

The energy company, formed from the breakup of General Electric, said the acquisition will create scale across its elect...

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Sandoz Shares Fall After Company Turns Cautious on Sales Guidance

Sandoz Shares Fall After Company Turns Cautious on Sales Guidance

Shares dropped after the company issued a more cautious outlook on top-line growth for 2026, citing challenging conditio...

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Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers From Anthropic on ‘Existential’ Risks

Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers From Anthropic on ‘Existential’ Risks

The Democratic senator is “deeply troubled” by risks Anthropic raised in its IPO paperwork and wants answers to a long l...

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Adyen Shares Drop After Company Abandons Midterm Profitability Target

Adyen Shares Drop After Company Abandons Midterm Profitability Target

Shares in the Dutch payments company were down more than 11% after it said it would drop a midterm profitability target ...

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Stellantis Confirms Guidance as Turnaround Progress Continues

Stellantis Confirms Guidance as Turnaround Progress Continues

The jeep maker’s $70 billion revival plan has begun to support earnings....

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GSK Sales Get Boost From Specialty Medicines

GSK Sales Get Boost From Specialty Medicines

The U.K. drugmaker’s strength in the segment allowed it to offset a declining vaccines revenue and a flat performance in...

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Unilever Brightens Volume Outlook After Sales Rise

Unilever Brightens Volume Outlook After Sales Rise

The maker of Dove soap booked turnover of $14.80 billion in the third quarter....

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Danone Sales Grow Amid North America Turnaround

Danone Sales Grow Amid North America Turnaround

The French food company saw like-for-like sales growth of 2.4% in its North America business....

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BASF Lifts Full-Year Earnings Outlook After Strong Third Quarter

BASF Lifts Full-Year Earnings Outlook After Strong Third Quarter

The chemicals giant booked sales that beat analysts’ projections and came in 14% higher compared with the prior-year per...

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Mercedes-Benz to Accelerate Efficiency Drive as Market Conditions Worsen

Mercedes-Benz to Accelerate Efficiency Drive as Market Conditions Worsen

The luxury-car maker cut its expectations for the year, warning of a worsening market in China and higher costs in the f...

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Heineken Backs 2026 Views After Asia Sales, Premium Labels Boost Revenue

Heineken Backs 2026 Views After Asia Sales, Premium Labels Boost Revenue

The Dutch brewer’s total volumes rose 4.8% organically in the third quarter....

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Santander Posts Lower Profit After Increase in Loan-Loss Provisions

Santander Posts Lower Profit After Increase in Loan-Loss Provisions

The bank reiterated its full-year guidance, stating it is comfortably on track to meet its targets....

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UBS Profit Climbs as Wealth-Management Inflows Increase

UBS Profit Climbs as Wealth-Management Inflows Increase

UBS Group reported a rise in third-quarter net profit, boosted by growth in its wealth-management platform....

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LG Electronics Quarterly Net Profit Jumps, Topping Views

LG Electronics Quarterly Net Profit Jumps, Topping Views

The consumer-electronics giant said its established core businesses maintained growth and profitability as it expanded i...

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Jio Platforms Soar After India’s Largest-Ever Initial Public Offering

Jio Platforms Soar After India’s Largest-Ever Initial Public Offering

Shares of Jio Platforms jumped in their trading debut after India’s largest telecom operator raised over $3 billion in t...

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The Frustrating Wait for the Fancy Suites and Fast Wi-Fi Airlines Are Hyping

The Frustrating Wait for the Fancy Suites and Fast Wi-Fi Airlines Are Hyping

Travelers should curb their enthusiasm for promised upgrades to everything from lounges to seatback screens....

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China’s Car Industry Is Wowing the World—but Crashing at Home

China’s Car Industry Is Wowing the World—but Crashing at Home

Domestic sales have plunged, but the state-supported sector’s needed shakeout hasn’t begun. “There’s a lot of sorting th...

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Strike Vote by 250 Watchmen Puts Nation’s Busiest Port Complex at Risk

Strike Vote by 250 Watchmen Puts Nation’s Busiest Port Complex at Risk

A walkout could begin Sunday at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, while retailers rush in final holiday goods....

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SK Hynix Plans $75 Billion in Shareholder Returns After Blockbuster Earnings

SK Hynix Plans $75 Billion in Shareholder Returns After Blockbuster Earnings

The South Korean memory-chip maker reported that its net profit tripled in the third quarter, while revenue and operatin...

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See How Anthropic Arrived at Its Mind-Boggling $40 Trillion Market Opportunity

See How Anthropic Arrived at Its Mind-Boggling $40 Trillion Market Opportunity

The company’s estimated market opportunity, tied to the economic value of work produced by knowledge workers, tops Space...

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How Weil Gotshal, One of Wall Street’s Most Storied Law Firms, Ended Up in Chaos

How Weil Gotshal, One of Wall Street’s Most Storied Law Firms, Ended Up in Chaos

The law firm can’t afford to keep bleeding partners but could find ways to avoid bankruptcy....

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Trump Moves to Weaken Methane Emissions Rules for Oil and Gas

Trump Moves to Weaken Methane Emissions Rules for Oil and Gas

Small fossil-fuel producers have opposed regulations to curb releases of the potent greenhouse gas....

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Opinion | Is There a Case for Wealth Taxes?

Opinion | Is There a Case for Wealth Taxes?

Students discuss the pros and cons of California’s Proposition 40....

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Baker Hughes Revenue Lifted by Growing Demand From Energy, Industrial Markets

Baker Hughes Revenue Lifted by Growing Demand From Energy, Industrial Markets

The energy company, however, reported a third-quarter profit of $411 million, or 41 cents a share, compared with a profi...

16 hours ago
Apple Knows Some iPhone Duos Have a Major Issue

Apple Knows Some iPhone Duos Have a Major Issue

Plus, Brazil canceled Flávio Bolsonaro’s passport, and a $300 billion “debt wall” is looming over private-equity backed ...

16 hours ago
Opinion | Anthropic Isn’t the End of Man

Opinion | Anthropic Isn’t the End of Man

Its prospectus says more about national security than it does human extinction....

16 hours ago
Cheesecake Factory Logs Higher Revenue After Double-Digit Growth at Namesake Restaurants

Cheesecake Factory Logs Higher Revenue After Double-Digit Growth at Namesake Restaurants

The company’s revenue rose to $1.03 billion in the third quarter, driven by a 15.2% increase in comparable restaurant sa...

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NXP Semiconductors Profit Jumps on Automotive, Industrial Growth

NXP Semiconductors Profit Jumps on Automotive, Industrial Growth

The company posted third-quarter net income of $899 million, up from $646 million the year prior....

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