[ad_1] WASHINGTON—The Biden administration will push regulators to confront consolidation and perceived anticompetitive pricing in the ocean shipping and railroad industries as part of a… Read More »WSJ News Exclusive | Biden to Target Railroads, Ocean Shipping in Executive Order
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—When the U.S. secured international backing for a global minimum corporate tax last week, it marked an early victory for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen… Read More »Global Minimum Tax Deal Marked a Win for Yellen. Now She Must Sell It to Congress.
[ad_1] The Pentagon’s decision Tuesday to drop a proposed cloud contract with Microsoft Corp. in favor of planning to hire multiple vendors for the job… Read More »Pentagon Comes Around to Multicloud Approach
[ad_1] New applications for unemployment benefits have trended down this summer, indicating that the labor market is healing from the Covid-19 downturn as many states… Read More »Unemployment Claims Have Continued Easing as Hiring Heats Up
[ad_1] The number of job openings held at record levels headed into the summer as employers sought to fill positions from a limited pool of… Read More »U.S. Job Openings Held at Record Level Headed Into Summer
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—A low-profile government committee that reviews business deals for national security concerns is receiving expanded emphasis as part of the Biden administration’s plan to… Read More »Investment Review Panel Gets Wider Role Under Biden in Rivalry With China
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—A federal judge said he can’t schedule a summer trial in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit challenging insurance broker Aon PLC’s proposed acquisition of… Read More »Aon Dealt a Blow in Bid for Quick Trial on U.S. Challenge to Willis Towers Merger
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—Pentagon officials on Tuesday terminated the massive JEDI cloud-computing contract and said they would start fresh with a new project, capping a yearslong initiative… Read More »Pentagon Scraps JEDI in Win for Amazon at Microsoft’s Expense
[ad_1] TEL AVIV—Data from Israel suggests Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine is less effective at protecting against infections caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19 but retains… Read More »Pfizer Vaccine Less Effective Against Delta Infections but Prevents Severe Illness, Israeli Data Show
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s government designated state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos as the operator of a large offshore oil reservoir it shares with a consortium led… Read More »Mexico Hands Control of Large Oilfield to Pemex in Dispute With U.S.’s Talos