U.S. Tech Firms to Join Forces on Takedown of Terror Content

Alphabet's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft announced they would form a shared database of identifiers of online terror images and videos in a bid to speed up the takedown of content that has helped terror cells recruit followers and spread radical ideas on the Web.

 
Amazon Is Working On at Least Three Grocery-Store Formats

Amazon.com unveiled Monday its first small-format grocery store, Amazon Go, one of at least three brick-and-mortar formats the online retail giant is exploring as it makes a play for an area of shopping that remains stubbornly in-store.

 
Aetna and Humana Argue a Merger's Benefits as Antitrust Trial Begins

The Justice Department and proposed merger partners Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. presented a judge Monday with starkly different visions of how the transaction would affect the marketplace.

 
Kinder Morgan Sees $3.2 Billion Capital Budget

Kinder Morgan unveiled a preliminary capital-spending budget of $3.2 billion for expansion programs next year and said it would raise its dividend in 2018.

 
Ford Taps Debt Markets

Ford Motor raised $2.8 billion in new long-term financing for the automotive business, as the company tapped debt markets for the first time in nearly four years to fund a core auto-making operation looking to invest in new technologies.

 
Brazil's JBS Plans U.S. IPO for Foods International Unit

Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA said late Monday it is planning a U.S. initial public offering of its JBS Foods International BV unit in the first half of next year.

 
BHP Billiton Wins Trion Oil Field Bid

Australia's BHP Billiton won the bidding to join with Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos in the Trion oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, in the first award of several auctions of deep-water oil blocks Monday.

 
Brazil's Petrobras to Raise Gas and Diesel Prices

Petróleo Brasileiro will raise domestic fuel prices after production cuts announced last week by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries triggered a rally in global oil markets.

 
Hudson's Bay Reports Third-Straight Quarterly Loss

Saks Fifth Avenue and Galeria Kaufhof owner Hudson's Bay reported disappointing sales ahead of the holiday shopping season, with Saks and outlet stores accounting for the largest sales declines.

 
Bob Evans's Results Take Hit From Sluggish Sales, Note Impairment

Bob Evans Farms lowered most financial projections for the year, as sales remain sluggish, and the company wrote down $16 million it had expected to collect from the sale of Mimi's Café.

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