Month: February 2021

Goodyear has agreed to buy rival Cooper for $2.8 billion. The deal will give America’s largest tire producer a much bigger footprint around the world, including in China, the world’s top car market. Goodyear was already the world’s third largest tire manufacturer after Japan’s Bridgestone and France’s Michelin. It will retain that spot after the

Hillary Clinton is working on a book with Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny, set in the aftermath of US political chaos. The book, titled “State of Terror,” focuses on a Secretary of State who is trying to solve a wave of terrorist attacks. It will be published by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’s Press

HSBC is pushing even harder into Asia as the bank seeks to shore up its business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s also bringing back its dividend, a sign that it’s optimistic about its ability to navigate the year ahead. The bank — which is still headquartered in London even though it makes

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. More than 500,000 Americans dead from Covid. More than 500,000 lives cut short by a pandemic the rest of us will never forget. Journalists are stretching for words and illustrations and imagery to meet the

Federal regulators are looking closely at the Texas energy market after natural gas prices rocketed during last week’s deep freeze. And they’re warning that extreme weather will continue to stress the power grid. “We are monitoring irregularities in the Texas energy markets following last week’s freeze,” Rostin Behnam, acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading

Oatly, the popular oat milk maker backed by Oprah, is making plans to go public. The Swedish company said it filed confidential IPO forms with the SEC, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The move is “the first official step towards pursuing a potential IPO,” said Sara Fletcher, an Oatly spokesperson. The price and