Bloomberg Regions around Osaka, Japan’s second biggest population centre, struggled to recover from damage left by Typhoon Jebi, which left 10 people dead, hundreds of thousands of buildings without power and the area’s main airport closed. Kansai International Airport, a key transport and cargo hub that lies on an artificial island in Osaka Bay almost directly in the typhoon’s path, ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. has stopped running national ads for the Fusion and Focus sedans it’s killing and put more marketing muscle behind the Mustang, a decision that paid off with a 35 percent sales jump for the pony car last month. “Those are the kind of things you’re able to do when you narrow the focus of your lineup,” ...

Bloomberg Bayer AG’s $63 billion Monsanto purchase has suffered regulatory delays, mounting legal claims and now will yield lower earnings for the year than earlier forecast. Still, the company’s CEO says he has “no regrets.” The German company lost out on revenue from Monsanto’s busy spring season, when farmers in the Northern Hemisphere plant the bulk of their crops, because ...