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Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish calls on billionaires to give away their wealth—with Mark Zuckerberg in the room: ‘If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?’

“No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties,” she said at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards.

By Jessica Coacci

October 31, 2025

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Paige Bueckers runs on the basketball court. She is wearing a white jersey with "WINGS" across the front.

Thanks to the NIL boom and emerging leagues, WNBA athletes don’t need to go overseas to ‘stay alive,’ league star Paige Bueckers says

By Sasha Rogelberg

A man with his head in his hand leans over a desk with a box keeping his work posessions.

Wealthier Americans are more worried about rising unemployment than any other income group, NY Fed finds, as fear of ‘white-collar recession’ grows

By Sasha Rogelberg

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase

Jamie Dimon isn’t convinced by the market’s theory that huge job revisions aren’t a recession indicator

By Eleanor Pringle

Zach Shefska sits on the back of his car with his dad, Ray

This 30-year-old CEO says his AI negotiator can successfully haggle down the price of a car by thousands of dollars

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A bus passes Liverpool Street railway station in the City of London, UK.

Britain has the most ‘fragile firms’ in Europe, with 15% of small and medium businesses at risk of default, Allianz says

By Bloomberg and Lucy White

February 28, 2024

Illuminated office buildings in the early morning in La Defense business district of Paris, France.

Wall Street warns that Paris needs to loosen labor laws if it wants to keep attracting post-Brexit bankers

By Alexandre Rajbhandari and Bloomberg

February 28, 2024

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski stands in front of pink Klarna-branded bikes.

Klarna froze hiring because of AI. Now it says its chatbot does the work of 700 full-time staff

February 28, 2024

Janet Yellen

Yellen wants to seize Russia’s frozen $300 billion and spend it on Ukraine as soon as possible

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

February 27, 2024

Christian Sewing

Deutsche Bank faces ‘enormous resistance among staff’ in return-to-office push, union says

By Steven Arons and Bloomberg

February 27, 2024

An aerial drone view of the city centre of Zurich

Zurich paid city employees double their monthly salaries. Now it wants that $200 million back

By Bastian Benrath and Bloomberg

February 27, 2024

Superyacht 'Phi' which remains seized at 'Dollar Bay' in London Docklands

UK government tells Russian tycoons they aren’t getting their impounded yachts and private jets back

By Jonathan Browning and Bloomberg

February 27, 2024

Satya Nadella

Microsoft’s tie-up with French startup Mistral AI is getting antitrust review from EU

By The Associated Press

February 27, 2024

BOXES OF WEGOVY DRUGS

Novo Nordisk faces competition close to home as Danish rival Zealand Pharma’s shares jump 35% on ‘groundbreaking’ weight-loss drug trial results

By Prarthana Prakash

February 27, 2024

People sit and enjoy drinks in the sunshine at Nyhavn, a waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark, home to Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk, is now Europe’s third-most prosperous economy

By Peter Vanham and Nicholas Gordon

February 27, 2024

MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 08: Aircraft parked on the runways during the last day of the Iberia handling service strike at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport, January 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Iberia has estimated the follow up of the handling strike among workers without minimum services at an average of 19%, being the last day of the strikes called by CCOO, UGT, USO and the Intercenters Committee in this service. The company has acknowledged in a statement that the problems "with hundreds of baggage" have been increasing in the last hours in three of the 29 airports where Iberia provides handling service, Barcelona, Bilbao and Gran Canaria. (Photo By Gustavo Valiente/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Spain is preparing to ban short-haul flights when a train is available—and that may include private jets

February 27, 2024

A worker gathers cocoa pods cut from trees into a sack on a farm in Azaguie, Ivory Coast.

Chocolate and cosmetic prices could soar on Europe’s new cocoa law that requires firms to prove that every bean they import didn’t contribute to deforestation

By Mumbi Gitau, Baudelaire Mieu, Ekow Dontoh and Bloomberg

February 27, 2024

Italy has been trying to woo Tesla-beating BYD as the second auto giant on its shores

Italy has been trying to woo Tesla-beating BYD as the second auto giant on its shores

By Albertina Torsoli and Bloomberg

February 26, 2024

Joe Lewis

British billionaire Joe Lewis’ pilot pleads guilty to insider trading: ‘I knew at the time what I was doing was wrong’

By Ava Benny-Morrison and Bloomberg

February 26, 2024

Satya Nadella

Microsoft just invested in the OpenAI of Europe, a French startup with a chatbot called ‘Le Chat’

By The Associated Press

February 26, 2024

ryanair ceo Michael O'Leary with his hands up in the air

Ryanair CEO wants Boeing to pay his budget airline compensation after Alaska Airlines incident puts summer travel season under threat

By Prarthana Prakash

February 26, 2024

Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87

Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87

By Tom Metcalf and Bloomberg

February 26, 2024

Germany’s latest ‘net zero’ plan involves storing carbon dioxide underground beneath the sea

Germany’s latest ‘net zero’ plan involves storing carbon dioxide underground beneath the sea

By Geir Moulson and The Associated Press

February 26, 2024

Renault takes on Tesla-beating BYD with entry-level $27,000 EV that offers a baguette basket and sparkle colors

Renault takes on Tesla-beating BYD with entry-level $27,000 EV that offers a baguette basket and sparkle colors

By Albertina Torsoli and Bloomberg

February 26, 2024

Macron

Macron jeered by angry farmers at Paris Agricultural Fair: ‘You have grievances. You do not have a government that’s completely deaf’

By Sylvie Corbet and The Associated Press

February 25, 2024

High angle view of male and female programmers working on computers at desk in office

Employers are hiding a secret about strict return-to-office mandates—they’re probably bluffing about how many days they want you back

February 24, 2024

We help Holocaust victims and their heirs recover Nazi-looted art. Here’s how the lessons we’ve learned can help Ukraine reclaim its cultural property stolen by Russia

We help Holocaust victims and their heirs recover Nazi-looted art. Here’s how the lessons we’ve learned can help Ukraine reclaim its cultural property stolen by Russia

By Howard N. Spiegler and Lawrence M. Kaye

February 23, 2024

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on Paris streets demanding more government aid: ‘Death is in the field’

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on Paris streets demanding more government aid: ‘Death is in the field’

By The Associated Press

February 23, 2024

a picture of antoine arnault talking

LVMH sets its eyes on Hollywood through a new venture led by Bernard Arnault’s eldest son to produce and place its brands in movies and TV

By Prarthana Prakash

February 23, 2024

BP manager’s husband pleads guilty to insider trading after eavesdropping on his wife’s conversations while they both worked from home

BP manager’s husband pleads guilty to insider trading after eavesdropping on his wife’s conversations while they both worked from home

February 23, 2024

Aston Martin’s most expensive Valkyrie supercar will set you back at least $3m—plus up to $450,000 to keep it running

Aston Martin’s most expensive Valkyrie supercar will set you back at least $3m—plus up to $450,000 to keep it running

By Siddharth Philip, Monica Raymunt, Jamie Nimmo and Bloomberg

February 23, 2024

Ukraine owes it to itself and to the West to stem corruption

Ukraine owes it to itself and to the West to stem corruption

By James P. Moore Jr.

February 22, 2024

Mercedes CEO warns that EVs are ‘many years away’ from costing the same as traditional cars amid cooling demand for vehicles with a plug

Mercedes CEO warns that EVs are ‘many years away’ from costing the same as traditional cars amid cooling demand for vehicles with a plug

By Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Tom Mackenzie and Bloomberg

February 22, 2024

Nestle made big gains when high inflation gave it a reason to charge consumers more. But as prices level, the Nespresso maker says growth is set to cool

Nestle made big gains when high inflation gave it a reason to charge consumers more. But as prices level, the Nespresso maker says growth is set to cool

By Dasha Afanasieva and Bloomberg

February 22, 2024

A young employee confidently stands in front of a group of colleagues in a modern office environment. He casts a screen with stats and graphs from his laptop onto a large monitor. His colleagues listen intently.

Most U.K. companies that took part in the world’s largest 4-day workweek trial have decided to keep it permanently

February 22, 2024

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