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Why It Matters: The economy nears prepandemic measures.Job openings are closely monitored by the Fed, which has tried to fight inflation over the past 19 months by increasing interest rates, aiming to...

The headlines were murderous.Pixar, once unable to do no wrong in the eyes of film critics and ticket buyers, had misfired so immensely at the box office that its future as a...

They went to the best universities in China and in the West. They lived middle-class lives in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen and worked for technology companies at the center of China’s tech...

Negotiations between striking Hollywood actors and entertainment companies ended on Monday with the sides jointly announcing a return to talks on Wednesday.The session on Monday — the first between actors and studios...

WeWork said on Monday that it would not make two sets of interest payments totaling about $95 million, a move meant to jump-start negotiations with its lenders at the same time it...

Hui Ka Yan founded the real estate behemoth China Evergrande. His promise to transform rural villages to metropolises with middle-class comforts made him one of China’s wealthiest people. He rubbed shoulders with...

The agency’s proposed changes come as it faces a legal challenge to its authority before the U.S. Supreme Court. Arguments in the case are expected to be heard this coming week, with...

An assistant manager at a Chipotle restaurant in Kansas pulled off an employee’s hijab, according to a federal lawsuit that contains allegations of religious harassment that a federal official described as “quite...

Rohit Chopra became one of the most powerful financial regulators by pairing bark with bite. As director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he has attacked — often with a hammer —...

There is no word that quite captures the opposite of hospitality, but I can describe what it feels like.I pulled up to the W Los Angeles — West Beverly Hills hotel last...