Steven Russolillo
Wall Street Journal
New York, NY, United States
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Spotify, Discord Services Return After Outages Cause Disruption
Streaming service Spotify Technology and chat startup Discord were coming back online after outages temporarily disrupted service. → Read More
Spotify CEO Apologizes to Employees for Joe Rogan Backlash, Says He Won’t Silence Star Podcaster
“Canceling voices is a slippery slope,” Daniel Ek said after the host’s use of a racial slur in previous episodes sparked an outcry. → Read More
Joe Rogan Apologizes for Using Racial Slur During Past Podcasts
The Spotify podcaster took to Instagram after video emerged of him using a racial slur in previous episodes. → Read More
Elon Musk Says He Will Pay More Than $11 Billion in Taxes This Year
The Tesla chief executive made the disclosure in a tweet on Sunday without offering additional details. → Read More
Elon Musk Sells More Tesla Stock
The Tesla CEO sold 639,737 shares of the electric-vehicle maker, adding to a string of stock sales that the billionaire started earlier this week. → Read More
Elon Musk Says Rivian Has Yet to Face its True Test
The Tesla CEO said the true test for rival electric-vehicle maker will be high production and break-even cash flow. → Read More
California Has Driest Year Since 1924
Most of the state is experiencing extreme or exceptional drought amid warmer temperatures, reduced snowmelt and population growth. → Read More
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner Has Died
The company had said just days earlier that he was taking a leave of absence for medical care. → Read More
Joe Rogan Says He Tested Positive for Covid-19
Joe Rogan, the popular podcast host, said Wednesday on his Instagram page that he tested positive for Covid-19. → Read More
Prediction Markets Are Far From a Sure Bet Ahead of Super Tuesday
While notoriously volatile and often proven wrong, betting markets are drawing extra scrutiny ahead of this week’s Super Tuesday contests. → Read More
An American Traveled to Rural China. Then Coronavirus Hit.
A U.S. student studying abroad in China found himself confined to a roughly 300-person village for nearly a month after it went on lockdown to contain the coronavirus. His experience provides a glimpse into how the epidemic has altered life across China. → Read More
Big Tech and Momentum Stocks Fall Victim to Coronavirus Fears
Stock-market darlings such as Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and others fell sharply Monday, indicating a possible shift in investors’ mind-set amid news of fresh virus outbreaks outside of China. → Read More
China Plays Are Left Behind as U.S. Stocks Charge to New Highs
The S&P 500 keeps rising, but shares of Chinese companies listed in the U.S. and American companies with heavy sales exposure to China haven’t gotten the same bump. → Read More
Hong Kong Stocks Slump, Catching Up to Coronavirus Fears
Hong Kong-listed stocks dropped sharply on their first trading day after the Lunar New Year break, as investors assessed the spreading Wuhan coronavirus and its impact on global growth. → Read More
Chinese Stocks Slide After Wuhan Lockdown Begins
Chinese stocks logged their steepest declines in months after China barred travel from the city at the epicenter of a worsening viral outbreak, as investors grappled with the potential economic fallout of the disease. → Read More
Global stocks drop amid outbreak of deadly virus in China
The newly identified virus has spread between humans, a leading Chinese health official said. That fueled concerns the disease could quickly be transmitted across vast areas. → Read More
Moody’s Downgrades Protest-Torn Hong Kong
Moody’s downgraded Hong Kong’s credit rating, blaming the government’s failure to deal with seven months of social unrest that has driven the economy into recession. → Read More
It Was a Lost Decade for China’s Stock Market, but Investors Bet on Better Times Ahead
The flagship Shanghai Composite fell 6.9% between Dec. 31, 2009 and the end of last year, making it one of the rare indexes to finish the 2010s in the red. But many investors say the future looks brighter. → Read More
Hong Kong’s Retail Sales Suffer Worst Drop on Record, as Protests Persist
Hong Kong’s retail sector is shrinking at a record pace, piling fresh pressure on an economy already in a steep recession amid six months of antigovernment protests. → Read More
Hong Kong Police Officer Shot With an Arrow at University Battle
Protesters shooting arrows hit a police officer in the leg Sunday, as authorities fired water cannons and rounds of tear gas near a university, with tensions again flaring following one of the most violent weeks in more than five months of antigovernment demonstrations. → Read More