Bloomberg AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. promised lawmakers who criticized their planned merger that the combined company wouldn’t withhold programming from rivals to gain a market advantage. “Restricting distribution of Time Warner content would not only sacrifice revenues, but also damage Time Warner’s reputation and relationships in the entertainment industry,” the companies told the lawmakers, according to a …

  Bloomberg Deere & Co., the world’s biggest maker of farm machinery, raised its 2017 profit outlook and pointed to signs that the worst may be over in a years-long industry slump. Sales of the company’s signature green-and-yellow agriculture and turf equipment will rise about 3 percent in the fiscal year through October, while construction and forestry sales will climb …

  Bloomberg A US regulator is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally harassing subprime borrowers that have fallen behind on their payments. The Federal Trade Commission, a consumer protection agency, has asked for information from at least two lenders, according to securities offering documents from both companies this month obtained …