US Business

Top executives and company leaders like the Waltons, Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s co-founders have sold $63.5 billion through November, up 50% from 2020. The sales come amid soaring market valuations and ahead of possible changes in U.S. and some state tax laws.

The poultry giant said it plans to spend about $1.3 billion to automate parts of its production lines over the next three years, as meatpackers struggle with a nationwide labor shortage.

The carrier is planning to trim the number of overseas trips next summer because Boeing hasn’t delivered new 787s amid production problems.

To lure workers back, companies are renovating spaces, using software so staff can coordinate visits and dangling upgraded food to make offices more appealing. “You want to create a pull, not a push.”

Senators on the Commerce Committee’s consumer protection panel gave a chilly reception to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “The time for self-policing and self-regulation is over,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

A drug combination called Evusheld is aimed at a minority of people for whom vaccines are less effective.

Pfizer and BioNTech said that a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine neutralized the Omicron variant in lab tests but that the two-dose regimen was significantly less effective at blocking the virus.

Attorneys for the blood-testing startup’s founder wound up their case, including several days of her testimony in which she acknowledged regrets but also placed blame on her former deputy and boyfriend.

The ruling puts off enforcement in a case between the iPhone maker and Epic Games until an appeal can be heard.

Technology company Meta Platforms plans to fully reopen its U.S. offices in January, though the new program could enable some workers to come back as late as June.