Cereal maker Kellogg Co's chief executive officer is planning to meet with cookies and snacks maker United Biscuits Ltd to discuss a possible 2 billion pound ($3.23 billion) offer for the British company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was raising the minimum wage for workers at city-subsidized projects, women leaders rallied on Long Island on Tuesday to call for lawmakers to increase the state's minimum wage.
Robert A. Iger will continue to serve as chief executive and chairman of the Walt Disney Company until June 2018, according to an extension of two years beyond his already pushed back retirement date
Comcast's attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable has been delayed as New York regulators announced Monday that they would delay their verdict on the acquisition by over one month.
Economists say the labor market is likely strengthening The number of new jobless claims in the U. S. fell again last week, likely suggesting that employers are slowing layoffs and that the economy is improving.
Los Angeles city leaders gave final approval on Wednesday to a measure that would increase the wages of workers at large hotels to $15.37 an hour, prompting a warning from hotel industry officials they might sue over the "living wage ordinance."
PayPal's biggest threat as it prepares to split from eBay next year may come from former employees who back a crop of new businesses serving shoppers who increasingly prefer to pay with mobile phones rather than personal computers.
Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Holdings Inc will appeal a California federal judge's decision finding it liable of copyright infringement for airing pre-1972 songs by the band, The Turtles, and failing to pay royalties.
Argentina's central bank chief resigned on Wednesday after a long tussle with the economy minister and was replaced with a regulator seen as sympathetic to the interventionist stance of a government fighting one of the world's highest inflation rates.
Global news sends stocks falling The first Ebola case was reported in the U. S. and that sent shares of major airlines down Wednesday. That is just one major industry that fell on the first day of the fourth quarter which saw the Dow Jones falling by over 230 points.
eBay and PayPal end 12-year partnership PayPal is shedding eBay and the two companies will no longer be connected after eBay's board decided to execute the split, which will occur sometime in late 2015.
President and CEO of marketing firm Pinta, Mike Valdes-Fauli, believes that brand loyalty can be won within the Hispanic millennial market, just as soon as advertisers and marketers understand that "brand value matters."
Venezuela fights Clorox over abandoning two facilities The Clorox Company announced it will abandon two of its factories in Venezuela because price controls in the country are too strict, but the country's president wants to take over the abandoned buildings.
Marissa Fernandez is one of the many people helping the National Football League (NFL) expand the sport's fanbase as more Hispanics continue to be drawn to "futbal Americano."
Fast food workers have been campaigning vigorously throughout the U.S. for wage increases. And it seems that lawmakers are listening, as legislation is being considered in several cities and states while Congressional action on the federal minimum wage remains stuck in debate.
Earnings conference calls that inspire little more than silence are not a great sign for the company's shares in the days that follow, according to a study released on Wednesday.
A federal judge on Tuesday said JPMorgan Chase & Co must face a class action lawsuit by investors who claimed the largest U.S. bank misled them about the safety of $10 billion of mortgage-backed securities it sold before the financial crisis.
American Apparel Inc's board is increasingly open to letting its ousted founder, Dov Charney, stay at the company, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Influential pension consultant Mercer Investment Management has downgraded its ratings on five Pimco funds, possibly triggering another wave of institutional investor outflows from the Newport Beach, California, bond fund manager.
