LONDON—U.S. spice and herb company McCormick & Co. Inc. on Wednesday raised its offer for the U.K.'s Premier Foods PLC to around £537 million ($773 million).
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Donald Trump stood by his campaign manager after he was charged with misdemeanor battery Tuesday, following an incident in which a reporter alleged that the aide grabbed her arm as she tried to interview the Republican presidential ...
Flows into emerging-market stocks and bonds surged in March, reaching their highest monthly level in nearly two years, according to the Institute of International Finance.
Tata Steel Ltd. of India, one of the world's largest steelmakers, said Tuesday that it would explore a sale of its struggling U.K. holdings, including its Port Talbot plant in Wales, a move that could threaten thousands of local jobs.
Knicks fans were hopeful that first-round draft pick Jerian Grant would emerge this season as a starting-caliber point guard—something the team needs desperately. Instead, he's barely gotten on the court for a team that has already been ...
ALBANY—Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he remained concerned Tuesday about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for Medicaid spending, a sticking point as negotiations over New York's $154 billion budget inched toward a Friday deadline.
A new study of New York City's controversial practice of serving free breakfast inside classrooms found no evidence that it boosted student achievement, despite advocates' hopes for gains.
Opinion is divided on the covered walkways that hug many of the skyscrapers along the Water Street corridor. For some, they are a handy route to school or the office in lower Manhattan, a place to get out of the weather. For others, they ...
BEIJING—High on the Chinese government's priority list is building leaner, more competitive state companies.But the dismal earnings reported by national oil giants in recent days underscore the difficulties in meeting that goal. These ...
Computer scientist David Cheriton has been a quiet force behind the scenes in Silicon Valley for decades, using his brains and bank account to fund vendors of equipment that transmits data between computers and over the Internet. Now he ...
People who enrolled in insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act generated higher medical spending in the law's second year than in the first, according to a new analysis of health-insurer data released by an industry group.
Whole Foods Markets Inc. last fall started selling a new brand of laundry detergent called Nature's Power, whose green bottle claims the product is made “with plant-derived soaps."
The sudden halt in the legal battle over a dead terrorist's phone may only intensify the broader fight about privacy and encryption, as tech companies race to better secure their hardware and software, while law-enforcement authorities ...
UNITED NATIONS—A report released Tuesday painted a dire picture of the inner workings of the office of the president of the U.N. General Assembly and recommended its organization and management be overhauled.
Unions hailed Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling preserving compulsory union dues for public employees, while adversaries promised to find other ways to eliminate that power.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, a major boost for Mr. Cruz ahead of next week's Wisconsin Republican primary.
Donald Trump's election as president would bring about a “drastic change" in U.S. policy in the Middle East and exacerbate Muslims' antipathy toward America, according to an article in a publication linked to an al Qaeda affiliate.
On the weekend of the Louisiana primary earlier this month, Donald Trump Jr. fished on Lake Pontchartrain, judged a charity dance-a-thon in disco attire and told a New Orleans TV station that he is the only son of a billionaire who drives ...
Foreign adoptions by Americans fell 12% last year to the lowest level in more than three decades, according to new figures from the State Department.
WASHINGTON—House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday that would allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt and potentially impose losses on creditors, fast-tracking a debate weeks before the island could begin defaulting on a series of ...
The monitor overseeing HSBC's compliance with a landmark anti-money-laundering settlement has uncovered a range of potential lapses including loans to companies that exported miniskirts to Iran and candy to Syria, and the opening of an ...
Federal prosecutors say that after a charity grew suspicious about Andrew W.W. Casperson's requests for an additional investment, Mr. Casperson emailed an investor for the charity and a person at a Coller Capital address to set up a ...
WASHINGTON—The post-Scalia era burst forth Tuesday at the Supreme Court in a pair of developments that reveal the new dynamic of an eight-member panel equally divided between conservatives and liberals.
In case it wasn't obvious that things are going really badly for renewable-energy giant SunEdison, one of its affiliates is shouting it from the rooftops. The source of that disclosure is both interesting and problematic.
MUMBAI—India's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the country's capital markets regulator to sell Indian properties owned by conglomerate Sahara Group, to recover around 400 billion rupees ($6 billion) owed to bondholders.
A retail real-estate company has sold four lower-quality malls for $92.3 million, completing its effort to unload the 13 worst-performing assets in its portfolio.
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Boeing Co. on Tuesday said it planned to cut more than 4,500 jobs by June, as the company accelerates cost-cutting efforts in an effort to keep pace with customers demanding less expensive jetliners.
Air New Zealand said it may sell part or all of its near-26% stake in Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. just as Australia's second-largest carrier by revenue searches for funding options to shore up its balance sheet.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The United States got back on track for a berth in the 2018 World Cup, ending four nervous days with a 4-0 win over Guatemala on Tuesday night behind goals from Clint Dempsey, Geoff Cameron, Graham Zusi and Jozy Altidore.
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BEIJING—China's growth will be at the bottom of Beijing's target range this year and decline further in 2017 amid slower growth in the Asia-Pacific region, according to an annual economic outlook published by the Asian Development Bank.
Entergy Corp. said it would replace some liner bolts at its Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y.The company said the issues, which included missing bolts and degradation, didn't affect public health or safety.
Black Seed Bagels chef Dianna Daoheung tests a bagel creation by Bobby Hellen, GG's executive chef and owner.Mr. Hellen tests a bagel-sandwich collaboration that plays off of his 1986 pizza, named for a year in which the New York Mets won ...
