US Business

The software company expects the pandemic-era surge in demand for cloud-computing services, videogaming and computers that delivered a solid quarter to persist at least through the rest of the year.

The CEO, who splits his time between two companies, delegates most major business decisions in part so he can pursue his personal passions—including an intense curiosity about others. His management style now faces one of its biggest tests.

Ankhi Das had opposed applying hate-speech rules to a politician from the ruling Hindu nationalist party, along with at least three other individuals and groups flagged internally for promoting or participating in violence.

Advanced Micro Devices plans to buy rival chip maker Xilinx in a $35 billion deal, adding momentum to the consolidation of the semiconductor industry that has only accelerated during the pandemic.

The sale price for its Venetian and Palazzo casinos and Sands Expo and Convention Center could be more than $6 billion, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.

Through roughly $30 million in cost reductions—a mix of furloughs, pay cuts, layoffs and other changes—the digital media company said its finances are stabilizing after the pandemic hurt its ad revenue.

The parent of Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins said it has held early talks to go private in an acquisition by Inspire Brands, whose portfolio includes Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and Jimmy John’s chains.

Republican and Democratic political advertisers are scrambling to submit their ads to the social-media giant before the end of Monday after the company moved to ban new political ads in the week before Election Day.

Sonia Syngal must defy the vortex consuming companies that weren’t prepared for the Covid crisis. She is plotting a future of fewer stores and more fashion risks to revive the company’s namesake brand.

Bayer intends to acquire U.S.-based Asklepios BioPharmaceutical to strengthen the German company’s drugmaking arm, as Bayer continues to reel from its acquisition of crops giant Monsanto.