Hewlett Packard Enterprise Raises Shareholder Return Target to $7 Billion

Rising sales of storage and networking devices powered Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s core business during the holiday quarter, helping the company raise its annual profit targets while boosting planned returns to shareholders.

 
Dina Powell, ex-Trump Adviser, Weighs Return to Goldman

Dina Powell, who until recently served as a top national-security adviser in the White House, is talking to Goldman Sachs about returning to the firm.

 
Airbnb Adds Hotels and Luxury Listings to Bolster Growth

Airbnb Inc., looking to solidify sales ahead of an expected IPO, is adding more hotels to its site, along with a loyalty program and new tiers of listings that include luxury and more budget-friendly offerings.

 
Takata Settles Joint Probe by U.S. States Into Faulty Air Bags

Takata Corp. agreed to pay a $650 million civil penalty to end an investigation by the attorneys general of 44 U.S. states into whether the parts supplier concealed problems with rupture-prone air bags.

 
Tesla Begins Taking Model 3 Orders

Tesla for the first time is notifying some reservation holders new to the electric-car brand that they can begin configuring and ordering their Model 3 sedan.

 
Ford Names New North America President in Leadership Shuffle

Ford Motor named a new leader for its key North American operations among several executive changes, a day after a top executive was fired after a company investigation into allegations of misconduct.

 
SpaceX Lifts Two of Its Own Prototype Satellites Into Orbit

SpaceX launched into orbit a commercial payload with two prototype communications satellites intended to pave the way for an eventual constellation of thousands of similar internet-via-space satellites.

 
The Big Loophole That Helped Russia Exploit Facebook: Doctored Photos

This use of doctored images was a crucial and deceptively simple technique to spread fabricated information during the 2016 election. Tech companies, which are increasingly under fire, struggle to screen for indications photos might have been distorted or taken out of context.

 
J.C. Flowers, Cerberus Agree to Buy HSH Nordbank

U.S. private-equity firms J.C. Flowers and Cerberus Capital Management have agreed to buy German lender HSH Nordbank for up to $1.2 billion in a deal to be announced as early as next week.

 
Goldman Sachs Raises $2.5 Billion to Buy Stakes in Private-Equity Firms

Goldman Sachs raised $2.5 billion to buy minority stakes in private-equity firms, betting on an industry that is commanding increasing influence as more businesses choose to stay private longer.

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