US Business

Most of the jobs that were added in the U.S. in November were in the transportation and warehousing industries—the ones that package, ship and deliver goods to consumers.

The U.S. economy added 245,000 jobs in November, as the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.7% the Labor Department said Friday, signaling a sharp slowdown in the labor-market recovery.

Two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine highlight the promise of Crispr and other gene therapies for treating sickle-cell disease.

Trade groups representing companies like Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo are easing their long-held opposition to sharing the costs of dealing with packaging waste.

CEO James Daunt, having already fixed a big U.K. book chain, has laid off once-powerful managers, overturned relationships with publishers and renovated stores in favor of a more local approach, including a focus on the smallest details. He believes the survival of bookstores is on the line.

The proposed merger of Utah’s largest hospital system with Midwestern giant Sanford Health has collapsed, the latest deal to fall apart in the consolidating sector.

Dealers have decided to part ways with Cadillac, rather than invest in costly upgrades required to sell electric cars, according to people familiar with the plans.

Ivan Glasenberg, the longtime chief executive of Glencore, is handing over the reins of the global mining and trading giant he built, saying he would retire in the first half of next year.

The largest U.S. beef processor last month sent home 202 Greeley, Colo., plant workers considered vulnerable to the coronavirus, allowing them to retain their full pay and benefits.

The Justice Department is discussing a deal that would allow Meng Wanzhou to return home to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case that has strained Beijing’s relations with the U.S.