It is awesome to be Jeff Bezos. The Amazon.com Inc. CEO is the world’s richest person. He has a meme-worthy physique. And investors love him when he shows them the tiniest bit of profit love. Amazon recently reported a dinky 3.8 percent operating profit margin on more than $51 billion in sales. It was the highest operating profit margin since ...

The state of the auto industry in 2018 reads like a series of paradoxes. In order to sell cars now so they can invest in the next-generation electric and environmentally friendly vehicles, auto producers are moving away from the production of smaller, more environmentally friendly sedans. And at a time when oil prices and interest rates are rising, creating affordability ...

Bloomberg Brexit is helping to drive big year for UK mergers. Dealmaking by UK companies such as J Sainsbury Plc, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Sky Plc is poised to hit a record this year amid a surge in foreign takeover interest and domestic consolidation as local businesses brace for Brexit. Acquisitions involving British firms have soared to more than $275 billion ...