Dysfunctional waste-water treatment around the South African capital of Pretoria contributed to a deadly cholera outbreak that’s left at least 15 people dead, according to David Mahlobo, the deputy minister for human settlements, water and sanitation.
Some previously steadfast bears are showing signs of giving in after a seven-month advance put the S&P 500 on the edge of a key chart line.
Klarna Bank AB is reorganizing its UK leadership after country head Alex Marsh stepped down from the Swedish consumer credit firm, citing personal reasons.
Credito Real SAB, once the biggest payroll lender in Mexico, will try to sign up a majority of unsecured creditors to a deal that would restructure more than $1.9 billion in notes, attorneys told a US bankruptcy judge Monday.
An Uber Technologies Inc. executive was suspended after an attempt to address staff uproar over a company event about race titled “Don’t Call Me Karen” backfired.
A panel overseeing the credit-default swap market has ruled that the government-brokered takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG didn’t constitute a bankruptcy event in which an insurance payout could be triggered.
The hostile takeover of Uponor Oyj heated up on Monday after Aliaxis SA increased its offer to €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion), and was again turned down by the Finnish plumbing-equipment maker’s board.
Novo Nordisk A/S’s weight-loss drug semaglutide, sold as the once-weekly Wegovy shot, was effective as a daily pill in a study.
Ford Motor Co. peppered investors with new battery-material sourcing agreements in a show of how it’s solidifying the supply chain it will need for a massive expansion in electric-vehicle production.
One sector is an outlier when it comes to the traditionally-tiny default rates in the $4 trillion municipal bond market.
