AT&T Plans 3-Tiered WarnerMedia Streaming Service to Take On Netflix

AT&T, trying to reassure investors it can capitalize on its big acquisition of Time Warner, plans to offer three versions of a new streaming video service next year that will feature original movies and television series from Warner Bros., Turner and HBO.

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Factory Shutdown Plans Give GM Leverage in Labor Talks

General Motors’ plans to shut down several U.S. factories will give the Detroit car maker a bargaining chip that it can use next year in contract talks with the United Auto Workers union to extract concessions on wages and other benefits.

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J. Crew Scraps Cheaper Brand, Putting Deal With Amazon in Doubt

J. Crew will discontinue budget clothing line Mercantile—the only brand it sells on Amazon—and shut down the newly launched brand Nevereven, according to an internal company memo.

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Amazon Makes Inroads Selling Medical Supplies to the Sick

A growing number of U.S. doctors can direct patients to Amazon.com Inc. to buy medical supplies via an app embedded in patients’ private medical record—a change that raises privacy concerns.

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HP Profit Surges as PC Business Remains Strong

An upswing in the personal-computer market helped HP Inc. more than double its profit in the latest quarter, and the company signaled strong growth in technology spending from corporate clients and consumers in 2019.

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Fed Minutes Signal December Rate Increase Likely, But Less Certain Path Next Year

Federal Reserve officials signaled plans to raise interest rates next month, but they appeared more tentative about the pace of increases after that, minutes of the central bank’s recent policy meeting show.

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'Bring Me Tariffs'---How Trump and Xi Drove Their Countries to the Brink of a Trade War

The drama escalated this year in the corridors of power in Washington and Beijing, with both maneuvering—and often miscalculating. The two presidents are set to meet this weekend, carrying with them months of distrust, miscommunication and failed negotiations.

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