South Korea Indicts Pension Chief Involved in Samsung Merger 
 

South Korean prosecutors indicted the head of the country's National Pension Service, as investigators tightened their focus on a 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates that has pulled the Samsung conglomerate's heir apparent into a wide-ranging political corruption scandal.

 
To Win Back Customers, Fashion House Fendi Thinks Small 
 

The Rome-based house has regained its buzz with new products such as straps, pompoms and bag charms geared toward shoppers tired of cookie-cutter accessories.

 
Donald Trump Tells Auto Makers They 'Have to Start Making Things Here Again' 
 

President-elect Trump told companies they will have to shift manufacturing to the U.S. in order to do business here, in a series of comments indicating a tough posture toward U.S. trade partners.

 
Wanda Group, Owned by China's Richest Man, Suffers Rare Off Year 
 

Billionaire Wang Jianlin's property-to-entertainment conglomerate reported its first revenue decline in at least six years, citing a softening commercial-property market.

 
Trial Reveals Pitfalls of Whistleblower Claims From In-House Lawyers 
 

Sanford Wadler, the former general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories, will be using sensitive material from the life sciences research company to support his case in a wrongful-termination lawsuit.

 
SpaceX Launches Rocket With 10 Iridium Satellites 
 

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket, rebounding from a catastrophic accident in September.

 
NASA's Advisers Heighten Warnings About Manned SpaceX Flights 
 

Fueling rockets with astronauts already strapped into capsules on top entails major explosion risks and other uncertainties that need to be assessed, the aerospace safety advisory committee said in its annual report.

 
Moody's Agrees to Settle Financial Crisis-Era Claims for $864 Million 
 

The ratings firm will pay about half to the Justice Department as a civil penalty and the rest to 21 states in connection with bond grades it issued before the 2008 housing-market collapse.

 
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton Stepping Down 
 

Sony Corp.'s entertainment chief, Michael Lynton, is stepping down to devote his time to the chairmanship of the board of Snap Inc. ahead of its public stock offering planned for later this year.

 
Foundation Building Materials Files for IPO 
 

Foundation Building Materials, a distributor of items including wallboard, metal framing and ceiling systems, has filed for an initial public offering.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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