Hasbro reportedly offers to buy Mattel
Hasbro Inc. reportedly made an offer to buy beleaguered rival Mattel Inc. Hasbro approached El Segundo, Calif.-based Mattel recently with a takeover offer but terms of the proposal were not...
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Equifax interim CEO apologizes for bad customer service after data breach
Equifax Inc.'s interim chief executive publicly apologized for the credit reporting company's poor response to concerns about a massive data breach, and — facing ongoing public pressure — he offered...
Toys R Us plans to hire thousands of seasonal workers despite bankruptcy
Toys R Us Inc. said Thursday that it plans to again hire thousands of part-time workers nationwide for the holiday shopping season despite the toy chain's bankruptcy filing this week....
Americans still love eating out. So why are restaurants like Chili’s and Cheesecake Factory struggling?
Chili's Grill & Bar is going on a diet to fatten its sales — just one of the strategies casual-dining chains are using to reverse a slowdown in growth. Starting...
Hurricane Harvey’s wake of damaged cars and trucks
Perry Smith tried to race Hurricane Harvey. He lost. Now his white Toyota Corolla sits with a broken axle in the parking lot of a Strips convenience store in Rockport,...
What the DACA phaseout means for workers and employers
Christopher Plascencia won a promotion last month to personal banker at Wells Fargo & Co.; now he's worried the career advancement might become a hollow gain. The Compton, Calif., resident...
Amazon slashes Whole Foods prices by up to 43 percent on first day
Lee Adams carefully reviewed her receipt after shopping at a Whole Foods Market in Venice on Monday and was a little disappointed to find that prices were unchanged for her...
Theranos settles lawsuit brought by Walgreens over blood tests
Theranos, the once highflying blood-testing firm, said Tuesday it settled a lawsuit filed against the company by the drugstore chain Walgreens and its parent, Walgreens Boots Alliance. Terms of the...
How Best Buy rebounded to avoid becoming another retail casualty
Five years ago Best Buy Co. looked like a retail dinosaur, another victim of e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com and other online sellers. The big-box electronics chain was suffering dwindling sales and...
Billionaire cancer doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong battles turbulence surrounding business interests
Said to be America's richest doctor, Los Angeles multibillionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong also is a medical entrepreneur, anti-cancer crusader, scientist, inventor, philanthropist, visionary, negotiator and a basketball nut. With his fortune...