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The Japanese conglomerate led by billionaire Masayoshi Son placed billions in options bets on fast-rising tech stocks.

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs, facing budget cuts and regulatory scrutiny, has shelved the development of a puff-counting feature that some employees say had the potential to help users wean themselves off nicotine.

The CEO of America’s largest auto maker discusses GM’s strategy for electric vehicles and how Covid has changed the workplace.

Don’t look for blowout Labor Day weekend discounts. Tight inventory, cheap gas and easy credit have driven new-vehicle prices to records, even as many can’t afford to buy.

The longtime rivals would cooperate on car components and purchasing parts in a North American alliance aimed at cost savings and managing the heavy investments needed to stay competitive.

The social-media giant will prohibit new political advertisements in the week before the U.S. presidential election in November and seek to flag any candidates’ premature claims of victory, citing the risk of civil unrest.

Since 73-year-old Century Furniture reopened its North Carolina factories in April, it has had to manage frightened workers, volatile orders and new coronavirus outbreaks in its plants and markets. Many of its assumptions about what would happen turned out to be dead wrong.

The auto maker is asking dealers to build stand-alone showrooms and is rolling out larger, more expensive models to appeal to luxury-minded buyers, including a modern-day Grand Wagoneer.

Political campaigns looking to reach voters during an election year disrupted by the coronavirus are increasingly turning to digital-video ads, which are cheaper than traditional TV spots and more efficient at targeting specific voter groups.

Facebook banned a politician from India’s ruling party for violating its policies against hate speech, amid a growing political storm over its handling of extremist content on its platform.