Christopher Mims

The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more.

Stripe has approached investors about raising at least $2 billion in fresh cash at a valuation of $55 billion to $60 billion, people familiar with the matter said, a sharp decline from its last private fundraising nearly two years ago. The company wouldn’t use the money to fund its operations, the

Biden threatens to veto a bill linking oil releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to new drilling leases.

Here’s a roundup of earnings results so far this week, and the companies that are still due to report. Check back throughout the week for the Journal’s coverage. 3M said it will cut 2,500 jobs after the maker of Scotch tape and Post-Its reported [a sales slowdown](https://www.wsj.com/article

The Justice Department finally does a search and finds even more classified material.

Apple, Google and others are working to bring devices longer battery life, better visibility in daylight and thinner, more flexible designs.

Colin Farrell plays a spurned best friend, a chef comes home to his family’s Chicago sandwich shop, Angourie Rice portrays a high-schooler who’s delightfully devious, and much, much more.

From the celebrated Milkweed Inn in Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest, chef Iliana Regan talks foraging, fermenting and ‘Fieldwork,’ her new memoir.

What’s News: Business & Finance

Walter Russell Mead gets it wrong.

What’s News: Business & Finance

The game-changing development could have a profound impact on the banking system. But few people still understand it.

The strange magic of borders, a search for a grand theory of everything, new fiction from Bret Easton Ellis and Joseph O’Connor and more.

Ryan Gosling is a CIA-adjacent hitman, Tom Cruise is a fighter pilot (again), Robert Pattinson is a borderline-crazed Batman, and much, much more.

Inflation eased for the sixth straight month since the consumer-price index hit a peak in mid-2022, according to the latest Labor Department data. Below is the Journal’s rundown so far on the numbers and how

U.S. inflation eased to 6.5% in December from a year ago, marking the sixth straight monthly decline since peaking in mid-2022. Here’s a closer look at the categories driving that headline number, from the Bu

Consumer prices are rising less rapidly, but real wage gains will need months to catch up.

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Students discuss renting vs. ownership, the real estate market, housing prices and saving for the future.

Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Jan. 9, 2023.