Chipotle Is Fined $1.4 Million in Vast Child Labor Case

Massachusetts said Chipotle let teenagers work too many hours per week and too late on school nights. The chain settled without admitting to the estimated 13,000 violations. Press Release Distribution Service

Pop-Up Dinners That Share a Culture, Course by Course

A new wave of cooks are hosting meals that explore their personal memories and culinary traditions. Press Release Distribution Service

Fort Worth Embraces Its Cowboy Culture

The Texas city hopes to become a center of sports and entertainment with the opening of Dickies Arena and plans to modernize its Stockyards district. Press Release Distribution Service

Renault Chooses Volkswagen Executive as New C.E.O.

Luca de Meo, a marketing specialist, will need to repair the French carmaker’s troubled alliance with Nissan. Press Release Distribution Service

China Will Admit International Experts to Help Contain Coronavirus Outbreak

As W.H.O. coordinates scientific teams, federal officials plan to expand screening of travelers from China to 20 ports of entry in the U.S. Press Release Distribution Service

Delta Fined for Discriminating Against Muslim Passengers

The Transportation Department also ordered the airline to make flight crews and customer service representatives attend civil rights training. Press Release Distribution Service

G.M. Making Detroit Plant a Hub of Electric and A.V. Efforts

A factory whose survival was a central issue in last year’s 40-day strike will get a $2.2 billion infusion for next-generation vehicles. Press Release Distribution Service

Germany has proof that Huawei worked with Chinese intelligence: Handelsblatt

The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei [HWT.UL], the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday. Press Release Distribution Service

Huawei denies German report it colluded with Chinese intelligence

Huawei, the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, denied a newspaper report on Wednesday which said the German government was in possession of evidence that it had cooperated with Chinese intelligence. Press Release Distribution Service

L Brands CEO in talks to step aside and sell Victoria’s Secret: WSJ

Victoria’s Secret-owner L Brands Chief Executive Officer Leslie Wexner is in talks to step aside from the role and is exploring strategic alternatives for the lingerie brand, the Wall street Journal reported on Wednesday. Press Release Distribution Service

Oil rises as markets wait on virus impact and U.S. stockpiles fall

Oil prices rose for a second day on Wednesday, recouping some losses after a five-day rout, on talk that OPEC could extend oil output cuts if a new coronavirus hurts demand and data showing a decline in U.S. stockpiles. Press Release Distribution Service

McDonald’s quarterly comparable sales rise above Wall Street estimates

McDonald’s Corp on Wednesday reported quarterly comparable sales growth above Wall Street expectations, as the world’s largest burger chain benefited from its revamped stores, new delivery partnerships and higher menu prices. Press Release Distribution Service

Where the Purdue Pharma-Sackler legal saga stands

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its controlling Sackler family have been negotiating with cities, counties and states on a proposed settlement worth an estimated $10 billion to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging they helped fuel the U.S. opioid crisis. Press Release Distribution Service

GE profit, cash flow beat estimates on strong aviation business

General Electric Co on Wednesday reported a 30% jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates, boosted by its aviation business, but forecast 2020 profit below estimates. Press Release Distribution Service

Investors find some Unilever foods hard to swallow

Six months after Unilever’s Alan Jope suggested he may get rid of brands without “purpose”, investors are wondering when he will deliver. Press Release Distribution Service

Dow profit beats on Asia demand and cost cuts, sees recovery in 2020

Chemicals maker Dow Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday, helped by higher volumes in Asia as well as cost cuts, and pointed to a recovery in demand this year on the back of easing trade tensions. Press Release Distribution Service

Exclusive: Do or die – Nissan takes the axe to the house Ghosn built

Nissan is planning aggressive cost cuts to deal with an unexpected slump in sales as the expansionist strategy it inherited from fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn flounders, four people familiar with the plans said. Press Release Distribution Service

World may have hit peak car output, says auto-parts supplier Bosch

Global automotive production may have peaked, auto supplier Robert Bosch said on Wednesday, announcing job cuts and a review of its business to cope with a 44% drop in full-year operating profit and a downturn in demand for cars. Press Release Distribution Service

China flexes oil refining muscle, upping pain for Asian rivals

China is set to further expand its massive oil refining capacity this year, offering support to global oil prices, and U.S. producers in particular, but its plans spell more gloom for Asia’s hard-hit refining industry. Press Release Distribution Service

Factbox: Apple, Starbucks warn of hit from virus; firms restrict travel, airlines cancel flights

Apple said it had baked into its outlook uncertainty related to a virus outbreak in China that has killed 132 and infected nearly 6,000. Starbucks warned results would be hit after it shut over half its cafes in the country. Press Release Distribution Service

Buoyed by company earnings, world markets look past virus death toll

Global markets showed further signs of stabilization on Wednesday as investors looked past a rising death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak to tiptoe back into shares and out of safe-haven assets such as the yen and German bonds. Press Release Distribution Service

Bosch CEO warns coronavirus could hit global auto supply chains

The chief executive of Robert Bosch, the world’s biggest auto components supplier, warned that coronavirus could impact its global supply chain, which is heavily dependent on China. Press Release Distribution Service

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