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ARTICLES BY THEO FRANCIS

Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (REUTERS)

See how a Tesla-SpaceX merger gives Musk a shortcut to his $1 trillion payday

7 min read . 11 Aug 2026

SpaceX IPO Shock: Elon Musk Targets $2 Trillion Empire With Massive AI Expansion | Details Here

The secrets revealed in SpaceX’s IPO filing

5 min read . 21 May 2026

Amid surging jet-fuel prices, United Airlines posted an 80% rise in first-quarter profit.

Corporate America is minting money—and not just in tech and finance

5 min read . 27 Apr 2026

Executives sold at companies in every part of the energy sector, including offshore drillers, refiners and natural-gas exporters. (AFP)

Oil CEOs raked in money from Trump’s Iran war

5 min read . 08 Apr 2026

Greg Abel, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, left.

Buffett’s Berkshire successor set to earn one of top salaries for an S&P 500 CEO

3 min read . 08 Jan 2026

Trump dropped 40% tariffs on certain agricultural and food products from Brazil this past week. (REUTERS)

We analyzed 5,000 calls to find out what CEOs really think about tariffs

4 min read . 23 Nov 2025

Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla. (File Photo: Reuters)

The hurdles Elon Musk must clear to unlock $1 trillion in Tesla pay

2 min read . 06 Nov 2025

A federal building in Washington, D.C., as the shutdown began. Photo: Allison Robbert for WSJ

The shutdown is already squeezing these businesses

5 min read . 08 Oct 2025

Overall, companies are requiring 12% more time in-office than in early 2024, according to data on policies for 9,000 employers from workplace think tank Work Forward. (Pixabay)

The rush to return to the office is stalling

4 min read . 22 Sept 2025

The list of billionaires includes some familiar dynasties, such as the Walmart Waltons and Hyatt Pritzkers. (Pixabay)

What we know about America’s billionaires: 1,135 and counting

3 min read . 03 Sept 2025

U.S. companies are boosting profits by cutting costs, not by increasing consumer spending, leading to worker anxiety and a potential downturn. (Pixabay)

Behind this season’s bumper earnings: Job cuts, price hikes, glum workers

4 min read . 03 Sept 2025

Rick Woldenberg and daughter Elana Woldenberg Ruffman, who has posted on TikTok about the pain of tariffs.
Photographs by Kevin Serna for WSJ

A toy maker sued Trump and won. Its operations are still in tatters.

6 min read . 23 Jun 2025

US President Donald Trump announcing reciprocal tariffs. (AFP)

The day Trump’s tariff threats turned into a harsh reality for CEOs, investors

7 min read . 03 Apr 2025

Companies called the pacts powerful incentives for executives to stick around and hit ambitious goals. (Illustration: WSJ)

Where have all the $100 million CEOs gone?

4 min read . 23 Mar 2025

Apple CEO Tim Cook. (AFP)

Apple joins slew of companies touting more US jobs. How Much is new?

5 min read . 25 Feb 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (centre) at the Advancing Sustainable Development through Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI event in New York. (AP)

OpenAI’s complex path to becoming a for-profit company

5 min read . 29 Sept 2024

In China, demand is being drained by a broken housing market, wage pressures and worries about a darkening economic storm. In the US, some households, especially those with lower incomes, are feeling pinched after a run of high inflation. (Image: Pixabay)

Burgers, botox and birkins: Consumer pullback in China and US hits broadly

5 min read . 05 Aug 2024

The seal of the Court of Chancery for the State of Delaware. (File Photo: Reuters)

Battle over shareholder pacts strains Delaware’s business courts

4 min read . 15 Jul 2024

About two-thirds of S&P 500 companies—regardless of where they are actually based—are incorporated in Delaware, largely because the tiny state has specialized courts that handle business matters and stacks of legal precedents for addressing such disputes. (AP Photo)

The big loser in Tesla’s shareholder vote is Delaware

3 min read . 16 Jun 2024

This year Target’s Pride merchandise is being sold in half of the retailer’s nearly 2,000 stores, with some items only available.. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (AP)

‘Anti-woke’ shareholders are going after corporate boards

6 min read . 11 Jun 2024