Liam Denning In between dabbling in geopolitics and buying-rejecting-not-really-buying Twitter, Elon Musk runs a car company. Tesla Inc. reported results that were somehow simultaneously great and yet humdrum. Revenue jumped 56% versus a year ago, but missed expectations by 3%; the stock fell slightly after hours on Wednesday. Such is the flip-side of high expectations. Musk appeared on the call ...

Faye Flam Researchers at Boston University sparked alarming headlines this week by creating a more lethal version of the omicron Covid variant. At the heart of the uproar is the fact that the researchers didn’t have any obligation to inform anyone beyond an internal review board about what they were doing. Some officials at the National Institutes of Health only ...

Adidas AG’s next chief executive officer is set to inherit an even tougher job. The company warned that unsold goods are piling up as consumer demand weakens across China and western markets. That sent the German sport apparel maker’s stock slumping as much as 10%. Problems are accumulating under outgoing Chief Executive Officer Kasper Rorsted, including a publicity crisis over ...