Ferrero buys Blue Bunny ice cream maker Wells Enterprises

Italian confectioner Ferrero is acquiring Wells Enterprises, one of the largest U.S. ice cream makers

Holmes' former partner faces sentencing in Theranos case

A former Theranos executive learns Wednesday whether he will be punished as severely as his former lover and business partner for peddling the company’s bogus blood-testing technology that duped investors and endangered patients

Stocks waver on Wall Street following a 4-day losing streak

Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street, leaving prospects uncertain for the market to break a four-day losing streak

Tesla launches in Thailand, vying to compete with China EVs

Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD

Asia stocks lower as China scales back many COVID curbs

Shares are lower in Asia after benchmarks fell again on Wall Street on fears the Federal Reserve will need to keep the brakes on the economy to get inflation under control, risking a sharp recession

Speedier drug approvals hit slowdown as FDA faces scrutiny

The Food and Drug Administration is slowing its use of a pathway that expedites the approval of promising drugs

Judge reduces award for flight attendant who sued Southwest

A federal judge has ordered Southwest Airlines to rehire a flight attendant who said she was fired for expressing opposition to abortion

Mississippi grain company's ex-CEO indicted on fraud charges

The former CEO of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company has been indicted on federal and state charges more than a year after the company filed for bankruptcy

BuzzFeed cuts 12% of staff citing worsening econ conditions

Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions

Holmes' former partner faces sentencing in Theranos case

A former Theranos executive learns Wednesday whether he will be punished as severely as his former lover and business partner for peddling the company’s bogus blood-testing technology that duped investors and endangered patients

Japan, Belgium to cooperate in chip production, development

A newly founded Japanese semiconductor company aiming to revive Japan’s chip industry has signed an agreement to collaborate with a Belgian research organization in developing next-generation chips for production in Japan

US orders chemicals removed at Virgin Islands oil refinery

The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the removal of thousands of pounds of chemicals from an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Glencore agrees to pay Congo $180 million over bribery case

Commodities company Glencore has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to pay $180 million over bribery allegations spanning from 2007 to 2018

Hertz to pay $168 million in bogus theft settlement

Hertz says it will pay approximately $168 million by the end of the year to settle the majority of the lawsuits brought against the rental car company by some of its customers who were wrongly accused of stealing cars they had rented

Toll Brothers 4Q, consumer borrowing, producer prices

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers reports quarterly results Tuesday

Moldova signs new energy deal that could ease blackout risk

A senior Moldovan official says the country has struck a deal to renew severed electricity supplies from its breakaway, Moscow-backed region of Transnistria to lower the risk of more massive blackouts amid an acute winter energy crisis

Iranian state media: Construction begins on nuclear plant

Iranian state TV said the country has begun construction on a new nuclear power plant

GM venture to invest additional $275M at Tennessee plant

A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution says it will invest an additional $275 million to expand a Tennessee battery cell factory for electric vehicles

Marvell, Veeva fall; Smartsheet, PagerDuty rise

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Marvell, Veeva fall; Smartsheet, PagerDuty rise

Endangered listing for Nevada toad in geothermal power fight

A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal project has officially been declared an endangered species after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely-used emergency basis last spring

Endangered listing for Nevada toad in geothermal power fight

A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal project has officially been declared an endangered species after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely-used emergency basis last spring