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Dole Faces Criminal Probe Over Fatal Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Dole Food Co. over a listeria outbreak linked to four deaths in the U.S. and Canada and multiple other illnesses.
A Disgraced Trader’s Struggle for Redemption
Alexis Stenfors’s investment-banking career evaporated when he lied about losses, which ultimately cost Merrill Lynch $456 million. Moving on hasn’t been easy.
U.S. Chides Five Nations Over Currency and Economic Policies
The Obama administration delivered a shot across the bow to Asia’s leading exporters and Germany over economic policies, warning that several may soon face pressure to engage in currency interventions.
China Ramps Up Anti-Spy Campaign, Even at Schools
Amid trying economic times, Beijing has dramatically amped up a call for vigilance even from its youngest citizens, with games such as “Spot the Spy” being played in schools. 101
In exchange for valuable tax breaks from the city five years ago, tech companies have been flocking to San Francisco's low-income Tenderloin and Mid-Market neighborhoods. As the area improves, will long-time residents get left behind? Photo/Video: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal
Tax Breaks for Twitter Bring Benefits and Criticism
A Twitter-funded community center in San Francisco is a result of tech-company tax breaks that are helping revitalize the Tenderloin district but also drawing criticism for exacerbating the city’s lack of affordable housing.
Election 2016
Cruz Makes His Last Stand in Indiana
Ted Cruz, in a last-ditch effort to derail GOP front-runner Donald Trump, is trying to marshal support from governors, former rivals and other anti-Trump Republicans ahead of the make-or-break primary in Indiana Tuesday.
Anemic Wage Growth Restraining Economy
Years of solid job gains are failing to produce a breakout in wages, suppressing the spark needed for a sustained pickup in economic growth. 50
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Election 2016
A group of raucous protesters gathered outside of a Trump event in Orange County Calif., on Friday, turning over barricades and forcing Trump and his entourage to go through a back entrance. Photo: AP
Donald Trump Calls for GOP Unity in California Address Amid Protests
Republican front-runner Donald Trump called for party unity during an address at the state’s GOP convention while protesters denounced him and clashed with police outside. 90
Business
Exxon Mobil Posts Smallest Profit Since Merger
Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. oil company, reported its smallest quarterly profit since 1999, a 63% plunge from a year ago, as oil prices remain depressed. 51
Valeant Avoids Default, Overhauls Board of Directors
Valeant filed its overdue annual report, resolving the looming danger of debt default and revealing a number of new probes into its practices.
What to Expect at Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting
WSJ’s Erik Holm discusses what to expect at this weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting.
Soaring Tobacco Stocks Prompt Calpers to Reconsider Investment
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System may reconsider a decision it made 16 years ago to sell tobacco holdings after an outside consultancy concluded that it missed out on up to $3 billion in net investment gains. 52
U.S. Stocks Slip as Tech Sector Slumps
A selloff in the technology sector deepened Friday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed April with monthly gains.
Repos Falling Out of Favor Since Fed Lifted Rates
The Fed has seen demand fall to a two-year low for a program it created to help it raise rates and expanded last year in anticipation of heavier use.
Laid-Off Casino Workers Largely Bypass State Job-Training Program
A $29.4 million federal grant to help thousands of former Atlantic City casino workers has gone largely unspent, with few people enrolling in or finding jobs through the state’s re-employment program.
Paul Ryan Treads a Tricky Line on Puerto Rico
The House Speaker surprised many of his closest colleagues by making an all-out push to resolve Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.
U.S. Officials Adjusted 21 Schools’ Student-Loan Default Rates
U.S. education officials adjusted the student-loan default rates of 21 colleges, helping them to avoid sanctions in the past two years that could have resulted in a loss of federal funding.
U.S. High Court: Texas Voter ID Law Stands During Appeal
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue to enforce a law requiring voters to show identification at the polls, a setback for civil rights challengers who said the law could make it difficult for a sizable number of minorities to vote. 84
Replica caves on the plaza of the Getty Center in Los Angeles give viewers an intimate view of Buddhist art seen in the upcoming "Cave Temples of Dunhuang" exhibition. Photo: Christopher Sprinkle/The Getty
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Buddhist Treasures From Gobi Desert Caves
Beginning May 7, the Getty Research Institute will show Buddhist artwork in the show “Cave Temples of Dunhuang.”
Mind and Matter
Why You Just Helped That Stranger
The larger a human society is, the more likely that it has moralizing gods who urge its members to cooperate. Robert M. Sapolsky on the research.
Essay
Anyone Can Give a Memorable TED Talk
Rules from the head of the famed conferences: focus, connect, shun jargon, tell stories, practice—and have something to say.
Word on the Street
The Growing Influence of the Word ‘Influencer’
“Influencers” are everywhere in social media, often linked to brands looking for a place in the digital marketplace. Ben Zimmer on where the word comes from.
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Veterans Seek Out PTSD Cure Deep in the Amazon
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Tech and Poverty Collide in San Francisco's Tenderloin
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Obama's Best White House Correspondents Dinner Jokes
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Adventure & Travel
Are High-Tech Hotels Alluring—or Alienating?
As hotels rush to incorporate cutting-edge technology into the guest experience, travelers are split: While some are turned off by robots and text-based ‘hospitality,’ others love the cool efficiency of a futuristic home-away-from-home.
Rumble Seat
Buick’s Cascada Is Lost in a Time Warp
Eating & Drinking
Classic Comfort-Food Recipes...Updated With Quinoa
Adventure & Travel
A Trekking Adventure in Post-Quake Nepal
Summer is the season for Hollywood blockbusters. But this year the movie industry is bracing for lower box office numbers thanks to fewer mega-budget movies. And that could open the way for smaller films. Photo: Marvel
Summer Film Preview
A Movie Summer of Few Sure Things
Pixar’s “Finding Dory” and the new “Captain America: Civil War” are seen as near-certain blockbusters, but otherwise there’s plenty of opportunity for competitors to break out.