Year: 2020

Trade groups representing companies like Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo are easing their long-held opposition to sharing the costs of dealing with packaging waste.

CEO James Daunt, having already fixed a big U.K. book chain, has laid off once-powerful managers, overturned relationships with publishers and renovated stores in favor of a more local approach, including a focus on the smallest details. He believes the survival of bookstores is on the line.

The proposed merger of Utah’s largest hospital system with Midwestern giant Sanford Health has collapsed, the latest deal to fall apart in the consolidating sector.

Dealers have decided to part ways with Cadillac, rather than invest in costly upgrades required to sell electric cars, according to people familiar with the plans.

Ivan Glasenberg, the longtime chief executive of Glencore, is handing over the reins of the global mining and trading giant he built, saying he would retire in the first half of next year.

The largest U.S. beef processor last month sent home 202 Greeley, Colo., plant workers considered vulnerable to the coronavirus, allowing them to retain their full pay and benefits.

The Justice Department is discussing a deal that would allow Meng Wanzhou to return home to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case that has strained Beijing’s relations with the U.S.

Warner Bros. will release its 2021 slate of theatrical films in both theaters and on HBO Max, the most drastic step yet in eliminating the exclusivity theater chains have enjoyed.

A lawsuit accuses the social-media company of illegally reserving high-paying jobs for immigrant workers it was sponsoring for permanent residence and of failing to adequately search for U.S. hires.