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Upstart hedge fund Engine No. 1—which challenged the oil giant’s strategy to focus on oil production amid climate-change concerns—may expand its board-fight victory, an updated tally shows.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has tried for several years to get Elon Musk to behave more like a typical corporate leader. It hasn’t worked.

The activist hedge fund has told Dropbox it is the company’s largest shareholder after CEO Drew Houston, suggesting Elliott owns a stake of more than 10%.

Business leaders promised to recruit and promote Black and other minority employees in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. Now, more companies are putting money behind those pledges by tying executive compensation to specific goals.

Some of the biggest U.S. meat-processing plants curtailed operations after the attack, potentially delaying business with meat buyers, cattle feedlots and other suppliers.

Securities regulators told Tesla last year that CEO Elon Musk’s use of Twitter had twice violated a court-ordered policy requiring his tweets to be preapproved by company lawyers.

The decision is the latest twist in more than 30 years of fights, often highly partisan, over how to manage what many consider some of the country’s last unspoiled wilderness.

Five states in the region accounted for 30% of U.S. job growth in manufacturing over three years, adding more than 100,000 jobs.

The retail giant is no longer steering customers away from the court system, as companies scramble to find ways to avoid lawyers who file mass-arbitration claims.

Follow the routine of a fictional American worker as she uses everything from hot-desking apps to QR codes to navigate her way through a typical post-pandemic day in the office.