Opinion | Don’t Let Amazon Eat the Film Industry

Unlike any other streamer, Amazon brings hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue and the power of a vast network of other lines of business to the fight.

Lordstown Motors Will Work With Foxconn, a Contract Manufacturer

The deal could result in the sale of the struggling automaker’s Ohio factory to Foxconn. Lordstown is under federal investigation and needs more cash to mass-produce an electric pickup truck.

China Detains Business Chiefs as Its Corporate Crusade Expands

The seizure of the top two leaders of HNA Group comes as speculation swirls over whether Beijing will bail out another troubled giant, Evergrande.

Royal Dutch Shell Sells Permian Basin Oil Holdings for $9.5 Billion

The deal with ConocoPhillips comes with oil prices high, Permian production strong and Shell under pressure to move faster to cut carbon emissions.

Kansas City Southern Chooses Suitor in Bid for North American Rail Link

After the merger with Canadian Pacific, the railroad would connect Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Biden’s Electric Car Plans Hinge on Having Enough Chargers

The United States has about 100,000 public chargers, far fewer than Europe and China. It needs 10 times as many, auto experts say, to complete the switch from combustion engine vehicles.

Four Powerful Art Dealers Join Forces, Upending Traditional Model

Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will become LGDR, a one-stop shop for artists and collectors.

Private Equity Firms All Want the Same Thing: British Companies

Flush with capital, the funds have gone bargain hunting in Britain, snapping up everything from supermarkets to defense companies.

Inside Politico’s Billion-Dollar Drama

From “son of” to mogul in his own right: Robert Allbritton just became the unlikeliest winner of the new media sweepstakes.

Rand V. Araskog, Former Chief of ITT Corp., Dies at 89

Over two decades, during a tumultuous time for American business, he winnowed an unwieldy corporation and fended off corporate raids.

Politico Is Sold to Axel Springer for More Than $1 Billion

The publishing giant will take control of Politico, Politico Europe and Politico’s tech news site, Protocol.

SPACs Went Up, Then Down, but They’re Not Out

New regulatory scrutiny and high-profile blowups have revived longstanding concerns about the public shell companies. But many backers seem undaunted.

Opinion | Break Up Big Chicken

Silicon Valley is in the spotlight, but harmful concentrations of corporate power are mostly found in older and less glamorous industries. 

Corporate America Rethinks Vaccine Mandates

New outbreaks have companies weighing their options.

Bill Ackman’s Deal Machine Must Try Again

Regulatory pressure forced his special purpose acquisition company to abandon a proposed investment in Universal Music Group.

What if Inflation Isn’t ‘Transitory’?

More experts think higher prices will stay for a while.

Behind the Lordstown Debacle, the Hand of a Wall Street Dealmaker

A longtime real estate investor and former Goldman Sachs executive decided to take an electric truck company public. Chaos ensued.

Boom Times for Lawyers as Washington Pursues Big Tech

Not since the government sued to break up Microsoft in the late 1990s has there been greater demand for people who know the ins and outs of corporate competition law.

BuzzFeed Confirms Plan to Go Public

The digital media company, which will merge with a publicly listed shell company in what is known as a SPAC deal, also lined up about $150 million in debt financing.

BuzzFeed Closes In on Deal to Go Public

The digital publisher is said to be on the verge of announcing a SPAC merger that would take the company public.