Business/Consumer Services

In late 2021, as states eased pandemic restrictions and consumers began flying again, travel search company Kayak needed a message that would help it stand out against bigger rivals.Most…

Lyft Inc. has formed Lyft Media, a new business unit consolidating and expanding the advertising offerings at the ride-hailing company.The news comes more than…

Real-estate developers are ramping up new office projects in Silicon Valley, confident that big technology companies will expand their workplaces and capitalize on the area’s new…

Multiple European Union regulators are looking into whether it is legal for Europeans’ personal data to travel to Russia, and some are carrying out formal investigations, according to the…

The online education company uses the “.edu” email addresses of partner universities to recruit students for them. It funds scholarships. The company also uses equipment that makes it look…

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has created a legally fraught landscape for organizations that advertise abortion services or provide information about getting them.The…

Firms that verify businesses’ climate data are at odds over who is qualified to perform the work, a pivotal and potentially lucrative task under a proposal from the Securities and Exchange…

Faced with strong competition for talent and the prospect of an economic slowdown, companies are beefing up chief financial officers’ responsibilities or elevating their positions altogether…

Concerns about rising inflation and slowing growth are putting the spotlight on an accounting method U.S. companies use to lower their federal tax bill by inflating their costs, which also…

Port bottlenecks that have tied up U.S. supply chains are spreading from the docks to the country’s freight rail networks, raising costs and adding new shipping complications for importers…