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When companies’ share prices move very high, some consider splitting the shares so that the lower prices will attract more investors. This can be a positive for stock performance over the long term. Tesla Inc. TSLA, +1.83% will split its stock 5-for-1 on Aug. 31 and Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.08% …

To conserve cash, some employers are suspending contributions to their workers’ 401(k) accounts. And if this downturn plays out like previous recessions, more will follow. The handful of employers announcing suspensions in recent weeks include travel companies and retailers hit first and hardest by shrinking consumer demand, including Amtrak, Marriott …

HBO Max will welcome Batman in August 2020, while it says goodbye to Harry Potter. The streaming service, owned by AT&T Inc. T, -1.32% , will lose all eight Harry Potter movies on Aug. 25 as their licensing contract expires, but will add six Batman movies, including the 1989 Michael …

Tech’s Big Four CEOs should be nervous as they approach a virtual July 27 hearing before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. So why aren’t they? Apple Inc.’s AAPL, -0.46% Tim Cook, Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN, -3.00% Jeff Bezos, Facebook Inc.’s FB, -2.47% Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, -1.74% GOOG, -1.97% …

HBO Max, the new streaming service from AT&T T, +0.36% , is launching May 27, but really takes off in June, with a slew of movies and series — some original, others coming over from WarnerMedia’s many cable channels. Among the highlights: The long-awaited third season of the millennial comedy/thriller …

Don’t worry, after more than a month under stay-at-home orders, it only feels like you’ve already watched everything on Netflix Inc. But May is bringing a new crop of shows and movies to binge, with some big names behind them. Among the most anticipated new offerings for Netflix NFLX, -0.40% …

COMO, Italy — It’s Sunday morning in Como. It’s usually so busy on Sundays that I think twice about going downtown, but today the streets are deserted. All the bars, cafés and shops have signs on their doors saying, “Closed until further notice.” Even the cathedral in the main square …

Netflix Inc. viewers, perhaps inspired by the big Oscar wins by “Parasite,” will get a chance to brush up on their appreciation of subtitles as a selection of international series launch in March 2020. Those include Season 3 of Germany’s period mystery “Babylon Berlin” (March 1, after its original Feb. …

‘I think there are lots of troubles coming… There’s too much wretched excess.’ That’s Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.06%  , sharing his thoughts on the current climate at the Daily Journal annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Munger, who serves as chairman for the Daily Journal along …