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Nike ended its endorsement deal with the soccer player last year after the company began investigating an allegation by an employee that he had sexually assaulted her in a New York City hotel room, people familiar with the matter say. He denies the allegation.

The case, which hasn’t been previously disclosed, is one of the most advanced in the world looking at Google’s dominance as a provider of tools for buying and selling ads across the web.

The airline rejected Belarus’s account of the diversion of one of its planes, angrily condemning the forced landing in a private letter and calling on the government to identify three passengers the company said it suspects are security-services agents.

The oil giant may have to overhaul its business and cut its oil output faster than it had planned, analysts and investors said.

Facebook has ended its ban on posts asserting Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, reflecting a deepening debate over the origins of the pandemic.

Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell’s significant defeats on climate change are expected to force the oil-and-gas industry to more fully confront how fast the landscape is shifting under pressure from environmentalists and investors.

The company’s purchase of the movie studio, in a deal valued at $6.5 billion, excluding debt, aims to bulk up its Prime Video platform in a race against Netflix, Disney and others.

Colonial Pipeline last year didn’t undergo a requested federal security review of its facilities and was in the process of scheduling a separate audit of its computer networks when hackers hit on May 7.

Google and national hospital chain HCA will work to develop algorithms to help improve operating efficiency, monitor patients and guide doctors’ decisions.

The e-commerce giant’s quest to acquire Hollywood’s storied studio would be its latest big media buy after NFL and “Lord of the Rings” rights.