The task of shifting the car industry from metal bashing and combustion engines to software and batteries is fraught with danger for incumbents such as Ford Motor Co. A big strength of Ford’s new boss Jim Farley is making the bridging of that epochal divide sound simple. The no-nonsense chief executive officer laid out how he plans to lead Ford ...

This year’s meme-stock phenomenon GameStop Corp is soaring again. But the Reddit crowd that loves trading the name may be getting too exuberant, especially considering Best Buy Co’s latest strong earnings report. The consumer-electronics retailer is crushing it at both its physical stores and e-commerce business, making GameStop’s turnaround that much more of a challenge. Best Buy said that it ...

Three of the world’s biggest publicly traded oil and gas companies — Exxon Mobil Corp, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and Chevron Corp — were dealt stinging blows on May 26 by shareholders and a Dutch court demanding that they act more quickly to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Exxon shareholders voted to appoint at least two climate-conscious members to the ...