Bloomberg Apple Inc. said its next major new hardware product, the HomePod speaker, is being delayed until early next year, missing the key holiday shopping season. “We can’t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it’s ready for our customers,” Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said. “We’ll …

Bloomberg Stitch Fix Inc. initially soared before sinking back near its offer price in a downsized $120 million initial public offering that fell about a third short of its target. The online personal-styling service backed by Benchmark jumped almost 24 percent in its trading debut. After then dropping as much as 1.3 percent below the $15 offer price, the shares …

Bloomberg Nearly two-thirds of the US vehicles containing defective air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. remain unrepaired as automakers have made varying degrees of progress addressing the largest auto recall in US history. As of mid-September, 20 million vehicles containing defective Takata air bag inflators still haven’t been fixed, 64 percent of the 31.5 million vehicles containing the defective …