Here’s how Google can sell ads next to offensive content and not know about it

To better understand how these ads wind up next to offensive content, it helps to understand how companies buy ads online. A brand has a product they want to advertise. Its internal research has identified the demographic most likely to buy the product — for...

Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort offers to speak to House committee amid Russia probe

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort — whose ties to Russia have drawn scrutiny — has offered to speak to the House Intelligence Committee, the panel’s chair, Rep. Devin Nunes, said Friday. Manafort’s lawyer contacted the committee and...

Fed’s Dudley: We want to make monetary policy ‘less accommodative’

The president of the New York Federal Reserve thinks the economy is in a “pretty good place” right now, and moving forward monetary policy should be “a little bit less accommodative,” as the U.S. inches closer to full employment. New York Fed...

Bill George: The battle for the soul of capitalism explained in one hostile takeover bid

Last month’s quickly aborted bid by Kraft Heinz (KHC) to take over Unilever brought into sharp relief the ongoing war between two different philosophies of capitalism. On one side Unilever CEO Paul Polman champions sustainable growth in earnings to raise...

Campbell Soup is a cautionary tale for food companies hopping on the fresh-food bandwagon

Bolthouse Farms and Garden Fresh Gourmet were expected to be bright spots in Campbell Soup’s portfolio when they were acquired, with the hope the brands would offset slowing growth in the soup category. Instead, the two businesses — part of the...