US Business

Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” if they ever faced an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, according to an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google last week.

The clearance is a major step in efforts to tame the disease in a region that is fighting a deadly winter surge, as the bloc also tries to keep out a new mutation of the coronavirus found in Europe.

Some of America’s largest businesses say they will encourage—but not mandate—employees to get Covid-19 vaccines, using a mix of incentives and consequences to ensure as many workers as possible are inoculated.

Shell said it would write down the value of its assets by up to $4.5 billion and warned of another set of poor earnings for the fourth quarter, showing how the oil-and-gas industry continues to struggle amid the fallout of the pandemic.

A Wall Street Journal analysis identified at least 24 organizations that installed software laced with malicious code by Russian hackers.

The private-equity firm has reached a deal with a provider of a technology platform used by owners and managers of rental properties.

Lifelines extended by landlords, banks and vendors are ending, while federal loans are long gone, leaving many more at risk of joining the tens of thousands of restaurants that have already shut during the pandemic.

The offer appeared a mea culpa of sorts from the Chinese billionaire as he found himself face to face with officials from China’s central bank and agencies overseeing securities, banking and insurance.

A merger deal could have been valued at around $70 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a sign that a wave of consolidation is still sweeping through the payments industry.

Big tech companies are getting into the custom chip-making game in the hunt for improved performance and lower costs, shifting the balance of power in the industry.