In the olden days, one-room schoolhouses were common across the country, many of them simple wood-frame buildings painted white. Katy Young’s one-room school is going be a dome. Ms. Young, who lives in the suburbs…
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Chinese High-Yield Debt Is a Rare Bright Spot…
Bond yields around the world have fallen so much that global investors are shifting their attention to Chinese junk bonds. U.S. dollar-denominated junk bonds from Asian companies are one of the few investment products with…
Boeing MAX Pain Spans Globe, Hurting Carriers’ Profit…
More than four months after the grounding of the 737 MAX, Boeing Co. BA -0.89% ’s newest, best-selling passenger jet, the plane’s absence is hitting profits, crimping growth and throwing services schedules into disarray at…
A TV Maverick Is Going All-In on a…
Charlie Ergen has long tried to muscle his way into the U.S. wireless business. When his rivals had no other choice, the billionaire behind Dish Network Corp. DISH 0.87% finally got his way. John Legere,…
Airbus Poised to Overtake Boeing as Biggest Plane…
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Surging Air Traffic Prompts Rethink of Airport Gate…
Rapid growth in global air travel is prompting airlines and airport operators to shake up a decades-old system for allocating takeoff and landing slots at some of the world’s busiest airfields. Global airline traffic is…
Amtrak Has Lost Money for Decades. A Former…
The signs are aimed at the thousands of train passengers who rumble each day through North Philadelphia—two banners 14 feet high by 26 feet wide, mounted outside an old package-sorting facility built in the heyday…
A Fracking Experiment Fails to Pump as Predicted
Two years ago, Encana Corp. ECA -0.81% unveiled a supersize fracking operation that many said would represent the future of the U.S. drilling boom. To reduce costs and avoid production problems that can occur when…
Why Trumps Strategy Differs on North Korea and…
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