Berkshire Hathaway Posts $43.8 Billion Loss as Stock Holdings Tumble August 8, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The slide in U.S. stock prices punished Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s bottom line in the second quarter, as the conglomerate run...
Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in U.S. Settlement July 26, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Uber Technologies Inc. on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and...
T-Mobile to Pay $350 Million in Settlement Over Massive Hacking July 25, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Sara Merken T-Mobile US Inc. agreed Friday to pay $350 million and spend an additional $150 million to upgrade data security to...
Jury Finds Tesla 1% Negligent in Fatal Model S Crash July 20, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A Florida jury found electric car maker Tesla Inc. to be 1% negligent in the death of an 18-year-old man...
Apple Sued Over Antitrust Violations Involving Apple Pay July 20, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Apple Inc. was sued on Monday in a proposed class action by payment card issuers accusing the iPhone maker of...
New York Accuses Drug Firm Teva of Lying About Opioid Role July 18, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel New York’s attorney general says Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis,...
Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims July 15, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain...
New York Accuses Drug Firm Teva of Lying About Opioid Role July 11, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel New York’s attorney general on Monday said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. lied to evade accountability for helping fuel the state’s...
Grocery Chain Wegmans Settles with New York Over Data Breach July 1, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The supermarket chain Wegmans agreed to pay $400,000 and upgrade its security practices over a data breach that exposed personal...
Whole Foods Workers Lose Appeal Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Masks June 30, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court said Whole Foods employees cannot sue the upscale grocery chain or its parent Amazon.com Inc. after...