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Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating three men with an unrealized profit of ~$60 million on the options trade, betting on Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI), the Wall Street Journal reports. The Justice Department investigated for possible violation of insider-trading law by the options trades violated insider-trading laws. The SEC…

Food and beverage company Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has suspended all new investments in Russia and also all imports and exports of products. Kraft Heinz said it continues to closely assess the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Consumer goods giant Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) has halted all imports and exports of its products in Russia in addition to…

Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) shares were trading higher Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report indicating the company is launching a campaign to head off Democratic efforts to classify its workers as employees, which would allow them to form unions.

LanzaTech NZ Inc looks to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) AMCI Acquisition Corp II (NASDAQ:AMCIW), the Wall Street Journal reports. The SPAC deal values the carbon-capture and transformation company at ~$2.2 billion. LanzaTech traps carbon emitted during industrial processes and uses bacteria to convert the waste gas into sustainable…

A string of companies using independent contractors as drivers launched a campaign to head off Democratic efforts to classify their workers as employees, allowing them to form unions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies include Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER), Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT), DoorDash Inc (NYSE:DASH), GrubHub Inc (NASDAQ:GRUB), and others. The companies aim to spend over $1 million…

Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) is suspending all its commercial activities in Russia following the Ukraine crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company will close all stores it owns in Russia and stop shipping products to retailers in the country. Estee Lauder gets roughly 2.7% of its revenue from Russia, and…

Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) has suspended buying titanium from Russia since the country invaded Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a spoke

Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to US officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Moscow, which launched an invasion into its Eastern European neighbor on February 24, has in recent days recruited fighters from Syria…

The Justice Department in the U.S. has launched an investigation into whether poultry companies have engaged in anticompetitive sharing about employment practices, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move adds to the scrutiny that U.S. meat processors face from the government and their workers for holding down wages. The report noted…

Private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC acquired a 7.5% stake in Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK) worth about $1.4 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that Hellman & Friedman started buying the stake in mid-late December after Splunk shares plunged when the company's former CEO resigned following several quarters of disappointing results.  The stake would make Hellman & Friedman…

Multiple leading online publishers look to ditch Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages program to optimize readers' mobile-browsing experience, the Wall Street Journal reports. Media executives admitted that dropping AMP would give them more control over their page designs and ad formats, and make it easier to sell ad space in…