Twitter, Tesla, Neuralink, SpaceX: A Week Running on Musk Time

The busy entrepreneur’s propensity for ambitious, fuzzy deadlines—familiar to followers of his companies—is now on display at the social-media platform....

Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China

Burned by Covid-19 lockdowns and worker protests at Foxconn plants, the iPhone maker is looking to further diversify the supply chain that has powered its growth....

Iger's Return Opens Door for Florida to Consider Restoring Disney's Tax Privileges

A Florida lawmaker said Robert Iger’s return as Disney CEO has boosted the prospects that the state could work out a new deal with the entertainment company....

Employers Try to Hold Line on Wages, With Mixed Success

Vacancies and job-hopping are down, and some pay indicators have cooled, but a pickup in hourly earnings in November shows workers still have leverage....

Billions in Covid Aid Went to Hospitals That Didn't Need It

The federal funds benefited some well-off medical systems but weren’t enough for many that were struggling to provide pandemic care, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis; “We sorely needed that money.”...

OPEC+ Keeps Oil Curbs Despite Russia Price Cap

OPEC+ agreed to stick to its oil output targets two days after the Group of Seven nations agreed to a price cap on Russian oil, delegates said....

Rail Strike Threat Reveals Supply-Chain Risks to Economy

The threat of a railroad strike this month revealed potential new risks of supply-chain disruptions just as pandemic-era bottlenecks were fading. ...

Poor Countries Feel Sting of Local-Currency Debt

Some of the world’s poorest economies embraced borrowing in their own currencies as a shield from swings in the dollar. Now that strategy may be coming back to bite....

Economy Week Ahead: U.S. Trade and Supplier Prices in Focus

The producer-price index, coming Friday, could show whether inflationary pressures eased further in November....

Business-Software Companies Say Customers Are Pulling Back Amid Economic Concerns

Salesforce, Okta and CrowdStrike describe how clients are delaying certain purchases and becoming more cautious....