Pandemic Won't Be a Serious Detour for Auto-Parts Retail

Auto-parts retailers' sales should fare well as consumers choose to repair their cars rather than replace them. Their steady sales last quarter should be taken as an encouraging sign as they gear up for the rest of this year.

 
Warner Music Sets IPO Plan

Warner Music said it would proceed with plans to sell shares to the public despite market setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 
Boeing, Airbus Study Coronavirus on Flights

The airplane makers are researching the coronavirus's behavior inside jetliners, part of the industry's effort to curb risks that have brought air traffic to a near standstill.

 
Aston Martin Replaces CEO With Daimler Executive in Bid for Survival

The British sports-car company made famous by James Bond ousted its chief executive in a fresh bid to resuscitate a storied brand that has been on life support.

 
AdaptHealth to Buy Solara Medical, ActivStyle for $487 Million

AdaptHealth on Tuesday said it agreed to buy Solara Medical Supplies and ActivStyle for $487 million in cash and stock in a pair of deals that expand its in-home medical-supplies platform into the diabetes and incontinence segments.

 
American Diners Have More Takeout in Their Future

The shutdown of dining rooms across the U.S. devastated the sit-down restaurant industry, where many operators had to invent new business models on the fly suited for takeout and delivery.

 
Tupperware Tries to Contain Financial Woes With Debt Deal

Tupperware Brands is looking to ease its debt burden, entering a new phase in its effort to turn around a business struggling with coronavirus lockdowns and shifts in shopping habits.

 
Blood Banks, Pharma Join Microsoft to Sign Up Plasma Donors

Research institutions, blood banks, companies and recovered Covid-19 patients are working to overcome a shortage of plasma donors, a major obstacle to plasma-based therapies.

 
Merck Does Deals to Develop Coronavirus Vaccines, Drug

Drugmaker Merck said it is buying a privately held Austrian company to obtain one vaccine while joining with other groups on a second vaccine and an antiviral.

 
Kimmeridge Energy Raises $109 Million for New Stock Fund

Kimmeridge Energy Management has raised more than $109 million so far for a new fund focused on investing in public energy securities, a filing shows.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 26, 2020 15:00 ET (19:00 GMT)

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