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The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 2
After Hermès heir Nicolas Puech announced his $15 billion fortune was missing, accusations started flying. Who had taken the money? Was it his handyma...
The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 1
Hermès is one of Europe’s most storied luxury brands, known for its Birkin bags and expensive silk scarves. One of the company’s biggest shareholders...
Is the Hottest Investment Pokémon Cards?
Pokémon cards are beating the benchmark S&P 500 and tech stocks like Meta. WSJ’s Krystal Hur has been talking with a few collectors that have hit it b...
KFC Got Fried in the Chicken Wars. Can It Come Back?
Kentucky Fried Chicken was once one of the biggest fast-food chain in America. Now, it’s battling declining U.S. sales as rivals attract customers wit...
The Era of AI Layoffs Has Begun
Corporate layoffs have been rolling across American companies: Amazon, General Motors, Verizon, Target and Microsoft have all cut jobs. WSJ’s Chip Cut...
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Epstein Files and a MAGA Feud
Once one of President Trump’s most strident allies, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now arguing the president is out of touch with his politic...
Can Nike Make Its Shoes Cool Again?
After five quarters of lagging sales and a sluggish stock price, Nike CEO Elliott Hill is trying to turn things around. WSJ’s Inti Pacheco spoke with...
Why French Museums Keep Getting Robbed
The daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in October, during which thieves made off with more than $100 million in crown jewels, captured the world's at...
The Repo Man Is Busier Than Ever
The repossession business is booming. More Americans are falling behind on their car payments, a sign that lower-income consumers are struggling. WSJ’...
How Tariffs Could End Italian Pasta in the U.S.
Americans could soon lose access to Italian-made pasta due to a 107% tariff plan on pasta imports. WSJ's Margherita Stancati unravels how a fight over...
CoreWeave, the Company Riding the AI Boom
WSJ’s Dan Gallagher takes us inside the little-known company playing a pivotal role in the AI spending boom. And Jessica Mendoza speaks to CoreWeave C...
Hollywood Jobs Are Disappearing
Work in Los Angeles’s entertainment industry is evaporating. A desire to cut production costs, changing viewer habits, and competition from other film...
Tesla Gives Elon Musk a $1 Trillion Pay Package
Shareholders at Tesla approved the most valuable pay package ever for Elon Musk in an effort to bring his attention back to the company. The CEO will...
Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive the Supreme Court?
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and potentially upend the centra...
The Man Leading Trump’s AI Charge Against China
At WSJ’s Tech Live, Jessica Mendoza sits down with Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss th...
The Healthcare Fight at the Heart of the Shutdown
The debate over healthcare subsidies has shut down the federal government for a historic length of time. With open enrollment underway, many Americans...
The Waldorf Renovation: Over Budget, Past Deadlines, a Man Imprisoned
The historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel has reopened after an eight year saga that went $1 billion over budget. WSJ’s Craig Karmin takes us inside the deal...
The Witch Economy Is Booming
The Etsy witch trend has taken witchcraft into the mainstream. These online witches are making their magical services available to anyone willing to p...
Is the Economy Getting Better or Worse? The Fed Says It's Hard to Tell
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced a highly anticipated quarter-point cut to interest rates. But the road to future rate cuts is pretty murky...
Why GM Is Slamming the Brakes on EV Ambitions
In 2021, GM and its CEO Mary Barra announced a bold plan to go all electric by 2035. But falling consumer demand and shriveling government support has...
Smucker, Trader Joe's and a Battle Over PB&Js
J.M. Smucker is suing Trader Joe's over trademark infringement, accusing the company of copying its pre-made Uncrustables peanut-butter and jelly sand...
Missing Billions and a Secretive CEO: The First Brands Bankruptcy
Auto-parts maker First Brands Group, the company behind products like Autolite spark plugs and Fram oil filters, declared bankruptcy last month. Court...
Why Is the U.S. Giving Billions to Argentina?
Argentinians go to the polls this Sunday in the first major test of their leader, Javier Milei. Voters appear to be losing faith in his bold economic...
Real Talk on Building Wealth: The Journal Live
In a conversation taped at The Journal live event, entrepreneurs and influencers Vivian Tu, Haley Sacks, and Brian Kelly sat down with Jessica Mendoza...
No, Your Toll Payment Is Not Overdue
Chinese criminals have made more than $1 billion from scam text messages sent out across the U.S. and the world. The texts warn of unpaid fines and lu...
‘Exmo’ Influencers Are Taking On Mormonism
Once among the world's fastest-growing religions, Mormonism is facing a 21st-century reckoning, driven by social media. Across Tiktok and Instagram an...
Are Conservatives Being 'Debanked'?
Steve Happ was packing to leave Tennessee for an evangelical mission to Uganda in 2023 when Bank of America told him it was canceling his church’s ban...
The Pentagon's UFO Coverup
For decades, one of the biggest questions fueling conspiracy theories has been: is the U.S. government hiding secret knowledge of extraterrestrial lif...
The Government Shutdown: Who Will Blink First?
16 days into the government shutdown, services are unavailable and federal workers are facing instability. Both sides have dug in, with Democrats and...
Mexico's New Cocaine Kingpin is Cashing In
Deep in a heavily guarded mountain hideout in the heart of the Sierra Madre mountains, a new drug king is reigning. He is 59-year-old Nemesio “Mencho”...
Is the AI Boom… a Bubble?
Tech giants are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on an AI building boom, constructing massive data centers like a sprawling new complex in Tex...
The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million
We’re off today for the holiday, but wanted to share this episode.
Sonos, the high-end speaker company, is still reeling from its disast...
Kathy Hochul on Mamdani, Trump and Where Democrats Went Wrong
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has a lot to juggle, from a federal government shutdown to immigration enforcement to the state’s affordability crisis....
Israel and Hamas Take a Big Step Towards Peace
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to end the war in Gaza. The deal would free the remaining hostages held by Hamas. The...
She Swore Off Legacy Media. Now She's Running CBS News.
Paramount has acquired news and opinion website the Free Press for $150 million. The company's co-founder, Bari Weiss, has a new job as editor in chie...
They Won Millions for Life. Until They Didn't.
In 2021, Tamar Veatch won millions of dollars in a sweepstakes competition run by Publishers Clearing House, the company best known for delivering ove...
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Wants to Be Set Free
Last month, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield quit the brand after 47 years, accusing parent company Unilever of not allowing the company to s...
Camp Swamp Road Ep. 4: That’s What Heaven Is For
For more than two years, Jennifer Foley has been an advocate for her brother Scott Spivey. But to get the criminal investigation into his death reopen...
The $55 Billion Deal to Take EA Private
A group of investors including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner’s investment firm are acquiring videogame maker Electronic Arts...
Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X
Gen X is barreling toward retirement with an excruciating student-loan burden. The generation that came of age in the ’80s and ’90s is now also the ge...