Nordstrom family nears deal with PE firm in bid to take department store private

Nordstrom family members are close to choosing private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners to help fund a buyout of the eponymous department store, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.Leonard Green would provide the Nordstrom family members with roughly...

Disney delays the release of ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ after naming J.J. Abrams director

Disney is delaying the release of “Star Wars: Episode IX” by seven months to December 2019. The change was announced Tuesday hours after the studio said it had tapped J.J. Abrams to direct and co-write the ninth film in its core “Star Wars”...