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This Sprawling Chinese Refinery Is Bankrolling -2
Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year summoned dozens of leaders from the nation's top private companies to a rare meeting, calling on them to help China navigate economic difficulties. Sitting with luminaries such as Ali...
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This Sprawling Chinese Refinery Is Bankrolling Tehran
Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year summoned dozens of leaders from the nation's top private companies to a rare meeting, calling on them to help China navigate economic difficulties. Sitting with luminaries such as Ali...
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The 'Country Hicks' Who Refused $26 Million from -3
MAYSVILLE, Ky. -- The offer arrived out of nowhere just over one year ago. An unknown company was scooping up Kentucky farmland, and few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddl...
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The 'Country Hicks' Who Refused $26 Million from -2
MAYSVILLE, Ky. -- The offer arrived out of nowhere just over one year ago. An unknown company was scooping up Kentucky farmland, and few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddl...
06:33 WSJ 4 mins read
Chinese Cargo Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut
Company begins regular cargo service, speeding travel while burning less fuel By Sune Engel Rasmussen in London and Stu Woo in Singapore Shipping cargo through an Arctic shortcut never made economic sense -- until now....
06:32 WSJ 5 mins read
Mangione Admits to Killing CEO
28-year-old pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in executive's death By Corinne Ramey and Anna Wilde Mathews NEW YORK -- Luigi Mangione, whose coldblooded killing of an insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
BP, XRG Team Up on Venezuela Project
The field will be operated by BP and each party will have an equal working interest By Adam Whittaker Britain's BP and the United Arab Emirates' XRG will explore a gas field offshore Venezuela, in an indication that oi...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
Ergen to Take Controlling Stake in MobileX
With the acquisition, Ergen will control wireless services Boost Mobile and MobileX through EchoStar and a SPAC, respectively By Patience Haggin Charlie Ergen has reached a deal to acquire a controlling stake in wirele...
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Correction to Retail Sales Article on April 14
Sales at U.S. retailers slid in July, the latest in a string of weaker reports prompting a rethink about an economy that had looked to be only accelerating this spring. Retail sales dropped by 0.6% last month, the Comme...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
Retail Sales Figures Add To String of Softer Data
Economists had expected a small increase in retail sales, but July brought surprisingly sour news By Matt Grossman Sales at U.S. retailers slid in July, the latest in a string of weaker reports prompting a rethink abou...
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Central Banks Are Stuck in a Rinse-and-Repeat Cycle of Crises
Central banks may be accidentally subsidizing government borrowing through their efforts to prevent a repeat of past market blowups, and policymakers are starting to worry that anticrisis lending facilities could even be...
16:06 WSJ 4 mins read
What I Learned From My Conversations With the Superrich
What is it like to buy a private jet and then lose so much money that you have to sell it? Or take a $1 million European vacation to celebrate a deal closing? I asked the people who have lived it. I crisscrossed the cou...
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Stock-Picking Funds Are Performing as Poorly as Ever
Investment pros say AI disruption has created a stock picker's market. They are still struggling to pick the right ones. Just 27% of actively managed U.S. large-cap equity funds beat their benchmark passive-fund alterna...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
Jane Street Loses About $15 Billion After Troubles at AI Fund
Trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund soured By Gregory Zuckerman Jane Street, the powerhouse Wall Street trading firm, lost about $15 billion in July partly...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
S&P 500 Slips for the Day, but Logs Third Straight Week Gain
Stocks get a lift from new bets that Fed will hold rates steady in September By Vicky Ge Huang Stocks edged back from records Friday, with investors weighing weaker-than-anticipated economic data against an earnings se...
19:00 WSJ 2 mins read
House of the Week: A Lake Austin Home on a Private Cove
Leigh and William Hablinski were living in Los Angeles but had long wanted to establish roots in Austin, Texas, where William attended college and many of their friends lived. A trip over Fourth of July weekend in the 19...
15:49 WSJ 7 mins read
Correction to Karoline Leavitt Article on August 13
"Where's Karoline? Where's my superstar?" It was last August, and President Trump was in the White House briefing room, his eyes searching for his beloved press secretary. After a few moments, Karoline Leavitt emerged f...
14:55 WSJ 4 mins read
Silicon Valley Loves Jargon
SAN FRANCISCO -- An industry that loves its buzzwords has a new favorite and, like a rogue artificial-intelligence model, it has broken out of its sandbox and is colonizing new domains. "Hill-climbing" is the term that...
14:52 WSJ 5 mins read
'Days of Miracle and Wonder': Paul Simon's African Tunes
It's 1984 and Paul Simon is ready for a change. His previous album, "Hearts and Bones" (1983), has not lived up to his label's expectations. He's been shuttling between Manhattan and Montauk, N.Y., on Long Island, where...
13:33 WSJ 4 mins read
Why Is Everything Pickle-Flavored Now?
Pickle-flavored ramen. Pickle-infused beer. Pickle-spiked Sauvignon Blanc. Pickle-zested...ice cream? A certain flavor profile is exploding. It's sour. It's briny. It's huge on social media. And it's coating everything...
12:25 WSJ 3 mins read
Answers to Your Questions About Europe's New Entry System
Happy Friday! I don't know about you but I'm already sick of all the "don't let summer slip away" emails pitching last-minute trips. Stop reminding us August is almost in the rearview. In travel news this week, Delta an...
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16:22 WSJ 4 mins read
Brazil's Right Has a New Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO -- With Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, the future of the country's conservative movement -- and President Trump's hopes for the right to win South America's last major economy under leftist rule -- now rest...
21:12 WSJ 5 mins read
Divided Democrats Urge End to Internal Squabbling
AUSTIN, Texas -- Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe saw the recent headlines about turmoil within the Democratic National Committee and had a visceral reaction: Quit complaining and get to work. McAuliffe, a former ch...
06:32 WSJ 6 mins read
War With Iran Hinges On Who Blinks First
Trump administration makes bringing gas prices down a priority while Iran signals it is impervious to more economic sanctions By Georgi Kantchev and Laurence Norman Senior Trump administration officials have doubled do...
06:32 WSJ 4 mins read
Water Groups Push for Cybersecurity Rules
Water associations renewed calls for Washington to set minimum cybersecurity standards, arguing a string of disruptive attacks has exposed the limits of voluntary federal guidance. The American Water Works Association,...
06:32 WSJ 4 mins read
Private Equity Tilts Political Spending Toward the GOP
Data show how the industry is shifting toward Republicans for the 2026 races By Chris Cumming Private equity's political spending has shifted rightward, as the Trump administration's deregulatory efforts increasingly c...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
Trump Downplays Concerns About Carrier
Amid news reports, president says the tour hasn't been 'nearly long enough' By Marianne LeVine WASHINGTON -- President Trump played down concerns about the living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft...
06:32 WSJ 7 mins read
Leavitt Perfected Art of Defending Trump
Press secretary was his willing scene partner and an unyielding loyalist By Kara Voght and Meridith McGraw "Where's Karoline? Where's my superstar?" It was last August, and President Trump was in the White House brief...
06:32 WSJ 3 mins read
Ex-Mexican President's Son Loses U.S. Visa
President Sheinbaum says the revocation amounts to U.S. interference in domestic Mexican political affairs. By José de Córdoba MEXICO CITY -- A son of a former Mexican president said that the U.S. had revoked his visa...
06:32 WSJ 3 mins read
White House Appeals Ballroom Ruling
Trump administration wants to continue building after lower courts ordered a halt By Louise Radnofsky WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal Friday asking the Supreme Court to allow constructi...
06:32 WSJ 2 mins read
U.S. Says China Avoids Levies by Rerouting Goods
Report estimates $19 billion to $26 billion in tariff losses, saying allies including Canada and the EU are enablers By Stu Woo SINGAPORE -- Take a nearly finished shirt in China, ship it to Cambodia, put a few stitche...
06:32 WSJ 3 mins read
Tariff Program Targets Drone Imports
The duties are tiered according to the capacity of the drones and their place of origin By Fabiana Negrin Ochoa and Gavin Bade President Trump announced a slate of tariffs to address a national-security threat posed by...
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Why I Told My Chatbot to Stop Kissing Up to Me
AI writing seems off, and not just because of its reliance on "it's not X, it's Y" constructions or my beloved em dashes. It's the saccharine cheeriness, affirming answers and incessant follow-up questions. AI companies...
09:30 WSJ 4 mins read
Open-Weight AI Won't Crimp Demand for Picks and Shovels
A wave of cheap and powerful Chinese open-weight AI models is causing a scare among investors in the AI boom. For a decent chunk of the tech universe, however, there is less to worry about than meets the eye. The rapid...
23:55 WSJ 5 mins read
AI Is Helping Patients Solve Medical Mysteries
Patients with rare diseases often spend five years or more searching for a diagnosis. Now artificial intelligence is helping some get answers faster. Rachel Hinken long wondered why her son, Oliver, seemed to be missing...
09:30 WSJ 5 mins read
The Summer That America Became a Nation of Luddites
It's Hot Luddite Summer. As the mood of the nation sours on Silicon Valley's vision for the future, Flock cameras and data centers have become personae non grata in several communities. In many ways, they are physical m...
09:30 WSJ 5 mins read
Ford's Maverick XL is a Low-Tech Nostalgia Trap
Among the must-read articles in The Wall Street Journal recently was Sharon Terlep's piece about lo-fi car buyers who are pursuing older vehicles, built before drivers-assist systems (and monitoring), touchscreen-operate...
06:32 WSJ 8 mins read
Even Claude Is Unclear About Anthropic CEO's Wife -2
Cami Clark -- who started a 'revolutionary porn company' -- is a key adviser to the AI chief By Keach Hagey and Luke Jerod Kummer When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited AI leaders to a meeting in New Delhi ea...
06:32 WSJ 8 mins read
Even Claude Is Unclear About Anthropic CEO's Wife
Cami Clark -- who started a 'revolutionary porn company' -- is a key adviser to the AI chief By Keach Hagey and Luke Jerod Kummer When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited AI leaders to a meeting in New Delhi ea...
06:32 WSJ 4 mins read
U.S. Urges Apple Not To Buy Chinese Chips
Commerce secretary urges iPhone maker to find other solutions to AI-driven chip supply crunch By Rolfe Winkler, Raffaele Huang and Amrith Ramkumar The Trump administration doesn't want Apple to buy memory chips from Ch...
17:26 WSJ 2 mins read
Jeff Bezos Bets on Sports With Liverpool Deal
Jeff Bezos is the new part-owner of one of the world's most celebrated soccer teams. The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is among a group of investors that agreed Friday to buy a minority stake in Britain's Liverpool...
16:00 WSJ 2 mins read
Jeff Bezos Bets on Sports With $7 Billion Liverpool Deal
Jeff Bezos is the new part-owner of one of the world's most celebrated soccer teams. The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is among a group of investors that agreed Friday to buy a minority stake in Britain's Liverpool...
12:48 WSJ 8 mins read
Correction to Brunello Cucinelli Interview Aug. 6
I HAVE NEWS for all the billionaires out there replacing flashy status symbols with stealthier emblems of wealth -- the type signified by the logo-free baseball caps worn on series like " Succession" and "The Morning Sho...
11:30 WSJ 3 mins read
NATO Jet Downs Drone as Concerns Grow Over Russia Threat
NATO scrambled four jet fighters to shoot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday, amid concerns that Russia's war in Ukraine is increasingly breaching the military alliance's eastern frontier. L...
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She's the Newest Queen of Chess
Less than a minute remained on the clock during the biggest chess match of Bodhana Sivanandan's short career last weekend, but to her, it was practically an eternity. As Sivanandan stared at the board, with Britain's wo...
17:24 WSJ 4 mins read
Readers Describe Falling for Scammers
"If you're on the outside looking in, you may wonder how perfectly intelligent, seasoned adults can fall for this garbage," said Tom Silver, one of hundreds of readers who commented on The Wall Street Journal's recent ar...
16:58 WSJ 1 min read
OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer to Depart After Less Than a Year
OpenAI said Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser would be stepping down to pursue other opportunities, less than a year after she joined the artificial-intelligence company. Dresser will be succeeded by Dali Rajic. Duri...
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NATO Jets Down Suspected Russian Drone Over Romania
NATO warplanes on Sunday shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace and appeared to be Russian in origin, the second downing of a drone in alliance airspace in three days. The downings are a fresh sign of spillove...
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Iran War Commander Visits the USS Abraham Lincoln
The U.S. admiral overseeing the war with Iran visited the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday as the aircraft carrier prepares to return home following an extended wartime deployment, according to U.S. Central Command. The...
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In Israel, Hope for Tourism
Trickle of Americans help give a boost to the ailing sector -- if they can get a flight By Zvi Smith | Photography by Yahel Gazit for WSJ TEL AVIV -- Elan Weinstock hadn't given much thought to visiting Israel since th...
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NATO Jets Down Drone In Latvia
Incident is latest in series of events spilling over from fighting in Ukraine By Sune Engel Rasmussen NATO scrambled four jet fighters to shoot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday, amid conc...
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Suspect Charged With Vandalizing Memorial
A woman has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday. The Justice Department filed two felony charges against...