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As some U.S. companies are turning to job cuts to reduce costs, chief financial officers and other executives are navigating a host of potential stumbling blocks.While jobless claims are still historically low, U.S.-based employers…

The backup of container ships off Southern California’s coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared.The queue of ships waiting to unload at the ports of Los Angeles…

SmileDirectClub Inc.’s finance chief is cutting costs as the company, whose sales have plunged amid high inflation, aims to turn a profit next year.Demand for the company’s teeth straighteners, which sell for…

Finance chiefs are finding it harder to peg yearly guidance as they struggle for visibility on the direction of the economy, leading them to broaden their annual revenue ranges and revise spending plans more frequently.Finance chiefs,…

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV says some of its beverages are going to get pricier and come in variable sizes as the maker of Corona and Bud Light looks to catch up with inflation in the U.S. and elsewhere.Leuven, Belgium-based AB InBev found…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank was moving rapidly to combat inflation that is running at a 40-year high, speaking in a Tuesday interview.“We have both the tools and the resolve to…

Rising used-car prices, which have been a big contributor to inflation over the past year, are starting to ease with dealers saying buyers are pushing back on what they are willing to spend.During the pandemic, prices for preowned vehicles…

The bad news is that in April, for the second month in a row, inflation clocked in above 8%. The good news is that sometime in the next 12 months, it will very likely fall to around half that. This isn’t exactly a heroic forecast. Bottom-up…

Mr. Powell’s nomination, approved Thursday on an 80-19 bipartisan vote, has been on track for months to win bipartisan approval despite unease over inflation and aggressive interest-rate increases that the Fed has urgently commenced to…

U.S. suppliers’ price increases slowed last month to 0.5% from 1.6% in March. Photo:…