US Business

Ohio’s attorney general is suing Meta Platforms, alleging it misled the public about how it controlled its algorithm and the effects its products have on children.

A slim majority of union members approved three-year contracts that end a confrontation that had put the industry on the brink of a strike.

The agreement requires the online retail giant to end practices that California’s attorney general said concealed Covid case counts.

The Swedish oat-milk maker, which went public in May, said production issues will curtail what has been strong growth.

The meat giant says its average beef prices climbed by one-third in its most recent quarter. “The inflation we incur needs to be passed on,” its CFO says.

Banks, consulting firms and technology companies are willing to pay a premium to lure business-school graduates in a tight labor market.

CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel.

Executives seize a rare opportunity to raise prices. Nearly two out of three of the biggest U.S. publicly traded companies have reported fatter profit margins than they did before the pandemic; “a very unprecedented environment.”

A U.N.-certified carbon credit could be used by regulated markets and standardize more informal ones.

Makers of appliances and other products are adapting designs, shipping uncompleted units and focusing on older, lower-tech models because of the global shortage of semiconductors.