Business

Michael Chiarello, a hard-working, TV-ready chef from California’s Central Valley whose culinary prowess and intuitive knack for marketing helped define a chapter of Italian-influenced Northern California cuisine and the rural escapism of...

Exxon Mobil announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5 billion, deepening its reliance on fossil fuel production even as many global policymakers grow increasingly concerned about climate...

The NewsBirkenstock, the German shoemaker known for producing cork-soled sandals worn by California hippies and Steve Jobs before taking the fashion world by storm, raised about $1.48 billion in an initial public...

Charlotte Banks lives in a house that just about anyone would envy. Hempnalls Hall, a pink structure dating to the 16th century, rises above an even older moat, dug to keep marauders...

General Motors and a Canadian union, Unifor, reached a tentative deal on a new contract on Tuesday, ending a short-lived strike by more than 4,000 workers that began earlier in the day.The...

Israel’s entrepreneurs brace for war The Israel-Gaza war is intensifying, with Israeli forces having killed about 1,500 Palestinian fighters in retaliation for the deadly weekend attacks by Hamas. The government is mobilizing...

Metro Bank, an upstart British lender, said on Sunday that it has raised 325 million pounds, or $395 million, in new capital to help ease regulators’ worries about its financial health.The deal,...

The South Korean government said on Monday that the country’s semiconductor manufacturers have secured waivers from U.S. government rules that threatened to limit their businesses in China.At issue is the continuation of...

Charles F. Feeney, a pioneer of duty-free shops and a shrewd investor in technology start-ups who gave away nearly all of his $8 billion fortune to charity, much of it as quietly...

Chevron, which has substantial natural gas investments in the eastern Mediterranean, said on Monday that it had temporarily shut down operations at one of its major natural gas platforms off Israel’s coast.The...