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Melinda French Gates is no longer pledging to give the bulk of her wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and instead plans to spread it among philanthropic endeavors, according to people familiar with the matter.

Chinese consumers have given an ovation to Tesla Inc., a new seller of karaoke microphones for singing in cars.

Imbalances in the Chinese economy have worsened and delayed China's transition to consumption-led growth, the International Monetary Fund said in an annual review on Friday, slashing its outlook for the country this year.

At a time when many Americans were eating their Thanksgiving leftovers, the marketing chief for Avocados From Mexico was dealing with a crisis that threatened the organization's Super Bowl commercial.

Stringent rules to try to keep Hong Kong free of Covid-19 are driving away more foreign executives, chipping away at the city's decades-old status as one of the world's top business hubs.

The Federal Reserve has launched a review of the potential benefits and risks of issuing a U.S. digital currency, as central banks around the world experiment with the potential new form of money to keep pace with private-sector payments innovations.

Last year was the year of electric vehicles -- global sales are likely to have hit a record, in turn pushing up battery demand. Now too much of a good thing is causing problems: Many key battery materials, including but not limited to processed lithium itself, are in short supply and prices are rising sharply.

A consortium backed by activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has offered roughly $9 billion to buy department store Kohl's Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

The FBI and a U.S. investment-screening panel are investigating a Chinese investment in an aircraft startup following allegations of improper technology transfer to China, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Big tech companies are facing the biggest expansion in potential technology regulation in a generation. And while the jury is out on whether all that sound and fury will signify anything, for the first time there are signs that the big-tech backlash could have a substantive impact.