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The lawyer argued in a letter Friday that a roughly $7 million whistleblower payment made by Twitter gives the billionaire more ammunition to abandon a bid to buy the social-media business.

The electric-car maker is evaluating the feasibility of a battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining plant, and is considering potential sites in Texas and Louisiana.

Kroger said more shoppers are buying groceries at its supermarkets as they look to save money and cook more meals at home.

Most consumers won’t see much of an increase because of enhanced federal subsidies, but many small employers will be hit.

In closing arguments, a federal judge questioned the government’s effort to block the health insurer’s $13 billion acquisition of health-technology firm Change Healthcare.

With the boom in renewable energy, many of the credits that trade hands merely represent a transfer of money from one profitable enterprise to another, critics say.

The breakup of Ernst & Young’s auditing and consulting businesses will generate windfalls for the firm’s partners if successful.

Analysts say the drug, from Revance Therapeutics, poses a threat to the market-dominating antiwrinkle treatment because it promises to last longer.

Apple’s latest iPhones drew favorable interest in China after it decided not to raise some prices, but the company faces challenges in one of its most important markets from local rivals.

Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick heard arguments on several issues, including whether allegations from a whistleblower complaint can be added to the billionaire’s countersuit.