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Quibi Explores Strategic Options Including Possible Sale

September 21, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Quibi Explores Strategic Options Including Possible Sale
The streaming-video service, founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, has struggled to sign up subscribers in a competitive online-video marketplace.

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Nikola Executive Chairman Steps Down as Electric-Truck Startup Faces Probe

September 21, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Nikola Executive Chairman Steps Down as Electric-Truck Startup Faces Probe
Executive Chairman Trevor Milton is stepping down from the electric-truck startup with immediate effect in the wake of allegations from a short seller that he and the company had made false statements to investors.

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Auto Supplier Garrett Motion Files for Chapter 11

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Auto Supplier Garrett Motion Files for Chapter 11
Garrett Motion proposed a $2.1 billion sale of the business to private-equity firm KPS Capital Partners.

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TikTok Deal Faces Questions Over Security, Ownership

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on TikTok Deal Faces Questions Over Security, Ownership
An emerging deal to make China’s popular TikTok app a U.S.-based company stands to reshape the social-media landscape, even as questions persisted Sunday over security concerns and ownership of the new company.

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Meat Was Once in Short Supply. Now, It’s on Sale.

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Meat Was Once in Short Supply. Now, It’s on Sale.
Prices for meat are falling at grocery stores as last spring’s shortages fade and livestock clog farms, benefiting consumers but hurting meatpackers and farmers already hit by Covid-19 disruptions.

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CEOs Start to Place Big Bets as Pandemic Grinds On

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on CEOs Start to Place Big Bets as Pandemic Grinds On
As the coronavirus’s spread continues in the U.S. and abroad, businesses have concluded they’ll coexist with it for some time. So they are reviving stalled operational plans, changing leaders and reissuing financial targets.

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Jobless Rates in Northeast, West Are Highest in Nation

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Jobless Rates in Northeast, West Are Highest in Nation
Unemployment rates in regions across the U.S. moved down this summer after peaking in April, when the coronavirus first triggered widespread lockdowns. Still, jobless rates clocked in above 10% in 10 states.

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McDonald’s Former CEO Says He Should Keep His Multimillion-Dollar Severance

September 20, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on McDonald’s Former CEO Says He Should Keep His Multimillion-Dollar Severance
Steve Easterbrook said in a court filing that he complied with all the terms of his separation agreement with McDonald’s and it shouldn’t be allowed to claw back his multimillion-dollar severance package.

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Trump Signs Off on Deal Allowing TikTok to Continue U.S. Operations

September 19, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Trump Signs Off on Deal Allowing TikTok to Continue U.S. Operations
The popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok will partner with Oracle and Walmart to become a U.S.-based company after negotiations that stirred debate over national security and the future of the internet.

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Coronavirus Recasts Startups’ Courtship of Investors

September 19, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Coronavirus Recasts Startups’ Courtship of Investors
Company founders are mastering Zoom, and venture capital firms are triple-checking references, as the pandemic discourages in-person fundraising meetings.

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  • Billions in EV Write-Downs—and New Bonus Goal Posts for Detroit CEOs
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