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Clothing brand Uniqlo's Japanese owner on Thursday said operating profits were higher than pre-pandemic levels in its first quarter, boosted by China's resurgence and strong demand for stay-at-home jogging pants and other comfortable styles.

Couche-Tard said it has made a $19.66 billion offer to buy French hypermarket chain Carrefour, as large retailers come under pressure to transform their bricks-and-mortar footprint amid pandemic restrictions on shopping and disruption from tech giants.

Amazon.com Inc has launched an online academy to train students for one of Indias most competitive college entrance tests, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, as it taps a boom in virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Amazon Academy", available as a website and an Android smartphone app, will offer learning material, live lectures and assessments to help students prepare for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which allows entry into top engineering schools across India. Cont...

Americans Won’t Be Banned From Investing in Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu Nine other Chinese companies will be added to Pentagon’s Chinese military companies list President-elect Joe Biden has sent signals that the U.S. will remain tough on China, from trade to technology. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng explains the new administration’s policy approach and how China might respond. Photo: Lintao Zhang/Xinhua/Associated Press By Updated Jan. 13, 2021 5:32 pm E...

After several tech giants dropped the social app popular among right-wing users, Parler faces technical and financial hurdles to resuming operations.

Some people who participated in last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol were spotted wearing clothing with QAnon logos and symbols.

The social-media service popular among Trump backers was taken offline after several vendors it relied on to operate ceased providing support, saying the service violated their content-moderation rules.

Jan. 12, 2021 4:55 pm ET After a week of unsuccessful attempts to book an appointment for a Covid-19 vaccine, Katie Solovey’s parents turned to her for help. The 34-year-old’s parents spend their winters in Siesta Key, Fla., part of Sarasota County, which is using Eventbrite Inc.’s ticketing platform to schedule vaccine appointments. The platform is familiar to Ms. Solovey, but not to some older people including her parents, who are in their 70s, she said. Her ...

The social-media platforms’ actions in recent days show the companies’ influence over online discourse.

Twitter, Facebook, and other social-media stocks are feeling the heat as one analyst says the rules of engagement online are about to change.