Skydance Media, which co-produced Mission: Impossible films and “Top Gun: Maverick,” has agreed to a preliminary deal, a person familiar with the matter said.
The $4 billion merger, announced in May 2023, would combine the mattress manufacturer, which owns brands Stearns & Foster and Tempur-Pedic, with the nation’s largest mattress retailer.
The proposal comes as workers face risks from rising temperatures fueled by climate change. Biden has issued an order to prevent workplace heat deaths.
The deal is part of an effort to exercise more oversight over the supplier of 737 Max fuselages, including the one involved in the Alaska Airlines blowout.
The Justice Department says if Boeing refused to plead guilty in connection with two fatal crashes that killed 346 people, they will take the case to trail.
Powerful opponents of federal regulation — in climate, finance, health, labor and technology — are already planning how to use the ruling for their advantage.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that the fortunes of Sackler family members could not be shielded in the bankruptcy of their opioid company Purdue Pharma shuts the door on an increasingly common strategy in corporate boardrooms.
Curtis Joachim says an SBA program for minority-owned businesses changed his life, but the court-ordered application process made him see how race intersected with his struggles.
Economic data shows that Black workers are faring exceptionally well: The Black unemployment rate remains near historic lows and wage gains are at all-time highs.
This week, we mine the U.S. Religious Census, a decennial count of America’s faithful, for insights into the geography of religious devotion. We also compare people’s claims on church attendance to their actual behavior.
Soaring U.S. debt poses risks to the global economy, the IMF warns. Government red ink is the only blemish on a strong economic track record for the U.S.
The court said the Securities and Exchange Commission wrongly relies on internal tribunals, not federal courts, to bring enforcement actions in fraud cases.
The presidential election is months away, and economic issues are top of mind for voters around the country. Here’s how the economy fared under President Biden and President Trump.
Plans would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis while protecting the family that owns Purdue Pharma from future lawsuits.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing faces sanctions for sharing “non-public” information about the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout with the media.
A year after the Supreme Court struck down race-based college admissions, a campaign by conservative legal groups is forcing public and private institutions to abandon diversity programs.
In separate recalls, Volkswagen and Toyota advised owners of the affected vehicles to avoid certain actions or uses until the air-bag issues are remedied.