Business news in 2026 is mostly covered by four publishers (WSJ, Bloomberg, Reuters Business, FT) plus a long tail of newsletter-format industry analysis. WeSearch's business hub mixes them so a WSJ piece on a deal sits next to the FT's coverage of the same deal next to a Stratechery analysis of the strategic implications.
What's in this hub
Major business newsrooms. Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters Business, Financial Times, the Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Barron's, Investor's Business Daily.
Industry analysis and newsletters. The Information, Stratechery, Pragmatic Engineer, Matt Levine's Money Stuff (Bloomberg), Axios Pro, Semafor Business.
Sector-specific. Tech business via the Information and Bloomberg Tech, finance via FT and Bloomberg, retail via WSJ Retail and Reuters Retail, energy via Bloomberg Energy and Reuters Energy.
Smaller and independent. Bay Area Business Times, Crain's, regional business journals where they have RSS, Stratechery (Ben Thompson), the Diff (Byrne Hobart), Net Interest (Marc Rubinstein).
What you'll find here
- Earnings coverage (quarterly)
- M&A activity and deal coverage
- IPO and funding news
- Industry analysis and strategy pieces
- Executive and leadership news
- Regulatory and antitrust coverage
- Macro economic coverage (with the markets hub for trader-focused take)
- Sector-specific deep dives
- Tech-business intersection (with the tech hub)
- Labor and unions coverage
- Long-form business journalism
How this hub differs from markets
Business and markets overlap heavily but emphasize different angles. The business hub leans toward the company-and-industry view: who's running what, who's buying whom, who's hiring or laying off, what regulators are doing. The markets hub leans toward the trader-and-asset view: how prices are moving, what the macro release means, what the bond curve is telling you. The same earnings story will appear in both, with the WSJ company-side piece in business and the WSJ market-reaction piece in markets.
How to use the business hub well
- Read across publishers on M&A. The Information often breaks tech-deal stories first; Bloomberg has the financial detail; the FT has the regulatory read; Stratechery has the strategic analysis. The hub puts them together.
- Subscribe to push for specific companies. Settings → Notifications → Watches → Keywords. Add tickers or company names.
- Use the discussion threads. Working analysts and engineers often comment on industry stories with sector context the headline doesn't provide.