Big Food gets leaner with divestitures and breakups as consumers turn away from packaged snacks
Kraft Heinz announced plans to split into two separately traded companies, reversing its 2015 megamerger, which was orchestrated by billionaire
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Europe
European markets close higher after busy week of corporate earnings
City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg
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Trump gets a boost as Panama Canal ruling ups the ante in U.S.-China power struggle
Panama’s top court has ruled against Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, saying a concession held by a subsidiary of the firm
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Ford to record $600 million pretax pension charge in fourth quarter
A 2025 Ford Lightning electric vehicle (EV) at a Ford dealership in Antioch, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
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Trade balance soared 94% in November and was higher than a year ago, despite tariff efforts
A boat moves past a cargo ship with containers at a terminal of the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province,
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‘Climate of fear’: ICE violence in Minnesota forces CEOs to weigh the risks of speaking out against Trump
The fatal shooting this weekend of a second American citizen by federal immigration agents in Minnesota has forced corporate leaders
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U.S.-India trade talks could get a boost as America sees life going on without it
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, D.C.,
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Starbucks stock rises as coffee chain’s traffic grows for the first time in two years
People walk onto an escalator under a Starbucks coffee sign in Manhattan on Dec. 2, 2025 in New York City.
Read more‘A day of celebration’: What the blockbuster EU-India trade deal means for auto giants
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and
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GM tops earnings expectations, announces dividend increase and stock buyback program
DETROIT – General Motors beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations Tuesday, while guiding for another year of “strong financial performance”
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