Chiefs-Dolphins Playoff Game on Peacock Sets U.S. Streaming and Internet-Usage Records

[ad_1] Jan. 14, 2024 10:34 pm ET The NFL playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins made history—and not just because it was so cold that one…

Renting Clothes Was Supposed to Be the Future of Fashion. Then Shoppers Got Bored.

[ad_1] Rent the Runway is betting that clothing from designers Diane von Furstenberg and Jason Wu can get customers to keep their subscriptions. Rival clothing subscription service Stitch Fix is…

America’s Gas Bonanza Brings Biden New Political Dilemmas

[ad_1] The U.S. has become the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas. President Biden is finding that this superpower status comes with its own set of headaches.  In the…

The Onetime Auditor Brought In to Reinvent Gucci

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 12, 2024 12:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) MILAN—When Gucci’s flagship store here reopened last month, the space was missing the baroque flourishes and jewel-toned…

NFL Posts Highest Ratings Since 2015 Amid Taylor Swift-Fueled Surge in Interest

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 10, 2024 2:01 pm ET The National Football League lost several of its biggest stars to injuries during the just-completed regular season, including the quarterbacks of the…

EBay to Pay $3 Million Penalty for Employees Sending Live Cockroaches, Fetal Pig to Bloggers

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 11, 2024 3:19 pm ET EBay agreed to pay a $3 million criminal penalty after employees engaged in a harassment campaign against two bloggers for their coverage…

Bank Earnings Season Is About to Start. Here’s What to Expect.

[ad_1] Big banks held up well in 2023, even though the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates at a fast clip. Reports on fourth-quarter bank earnings, which start this…

Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ET SINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-performance artificial-intelligence chips to China in October, the company’s engineers quickly designed a new…

Supermarket Giant Drops Pepsi and Lay’s Over Price Increases

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 4, 2024 2:55 pm ET One of the world’s biggest supermarket chains said it would drop several PepsiCo products to protest what it called unacceptable price increases,…

Americans Are Canceling More of Their Streaming Services

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 2, 2024 12:42 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) It’s getting a lot harder for streaming services to hold on to their customers. Crystal Revis, a…