Walmart said it will pay its entry-level truckers $95,000 to $110,000 a year, which is 26% higher than what it previously paid and approximately even with what a junior banker on Wall Street might make even with their advanced degrees from an Ivy League institution. This is sure to upset junior bankers, who are probably putting in a lot more ...

  Focused on war in Europe, the administration of President Joe Biden has paid comparatively little attention to the US’s relations with Africa. Yet deeper US engagement with the planet’s most youthful and fastest-growing continent is essential to global stability. Biden can both meet Africa’s needs and advance US security interests by focusing on the biggest threat to Africa’s future: ...

  Industrial demand is still robust, but many more yellow lights are flashing for investors than there were even just a few weeks ago. The first-quarter earnings season unofficially kicks off next week with industrial distributor Fastenal Co, whose results can often be a harbinger when its manufacturing customers report later this month. Last we heard from Fastenal, the company ...