US Business

Beijing used bare-knuckle tactics in a multidecade effort to consolidate control over supplies.

Joe Sanberg’s bank got the Clippers owner to invest, then struck a puzzling deal with the team’s star. “Makes no business sense whatsoever,” one senior executive texted.

Bausch + Lomb is seen as a potential buyer for the contact-lens unit and the CEO said he would be interested.

Instead of offshoring, Provalus looks for small towns where incomes are low and people are eager for positions that will teach them 21st-century skills.

Sales of secondhand luxury goods are growing faster than in brands’ own stores.

The development draws to a close a hostile pursuit by Spain’s second-biggest bank that dragged on for nearly 18 months. Shares in BBVA jumped.

ATP’s rejection of a sweetened bid from private-equity firms for the vaccine maker casts doubt over whether the deal will go through.

The divestment is part of its strategy to become a more focused industrial engineering company.

Hillenbrand has agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Lone Star Funds for about $2.25 billion.

A deal would be an early move by new Kering CEO Luca de Meo to revive the luxury giant’s fortunes.