Amazon says Whole Foods deal will close Monday, with discounts to begin then

Amazon announced on Thursday that its acquisition of Whole Foods will close on Monday. As the two companies work to integrate their business, customers will immediately see “lower prices on a selection of best-selling staples across [Whole Foods] stores.”...

US steel executives appeal directly to Trump for import restrictions

American steel industry executives have appealed directly to President Donald Trump for immediate import restrictions in a letter seen by Reuters, as a U.S. Commerce Department steel national security probe languishes and steel imports surge back to 2015 levels....

Fed Chair Yellen set to deliver what could be historic speech in Jackson Hole

Chair Janet Yellen will be giving what could be her last speech Friday at the annual Federal Reserve confab in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, closing out a remarkable decade in central banking history. Whether Yellen gets reappointed in February is an open question. President...

White Collar Watch: In a Boon to Prosecutors, Insider Trading Ruling Is Reshaped

August 24, 2017 White Collar Watch By PETER J. HENNING The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan in United States v. Newman, which roiled the world of insider trading when it was announced in December 2014, seems to be...