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U.S. air-safety regulators were considering whether to mandate increased inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney engines before one powering a United Airlines flight broke apart over a town near Denver, the FAA said.

According to terms being discussed, SoftBank would spend roughly $1.5 billion to buy the shares of early WeWork investors and employees. Former CEO Adam Neumann would get $500 million.

The Brazilian president’s move to install new leadership at the state-owned oil giant sparked a crisis of confidence in his administration’s commitment to free-market policies.

Snarled supply chains and a labor shortage are thwarting a full reopening of U.S. manufacturing, in a phenomenon known as the “bullwhip effect.”

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered immediate inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with the type of engine that broke apart in the air over a Colorado town.

The group controls a combined 9.5% stake in the department-store chain and earlier this year nominated nine people to its now-12-person board.

The aftermath of a harsh winter cold has left many businesses scrambling to repair broken pipes and find food and bottled water.

If the Federal Reserve’s low interest rates lead to trouble, the reason might be climbing asset prices rather than consumer prices.

Residential construction, package delivery and warehousing jobs exceed pre-pandemic levels, and some companies can’t find enough workers.

The decision to put its flagship Watson Health business up for sale underscores the wider challenge tech companies face in healthcare.