Bloomberg Panasonic Corp is gearing up to become a major manufacturer of a new, more powerful battery championed by Tesla Inc. that the Japanese electronics maker says meets the demands of its high-flying customer. Over the past year and a half, Panasonic has been working to develop a bigger “4680” battery it intends to sell to the American electric carmaker. …

  Bloomberg AT&T Inc, which is returning to its roots as a pure telecom company, showed investors how it plans to balance expanding broadband services while paying for network upgrades and a $8 billion dividend. AT&T Chief Executive Officer John Stankey says the spinoff of WarnerMedia in the coming weeks will mark the “starting line of a new era” for …

  Bloomberg Ford Motor Co projects a 12% drop in US sales this year as production bottlenecks worsen, Automotive News reported. Executives told dealers they now see US deliveries of 1.66 million vehicles this year, down from 1.9 million in 2021, the publication said, citing two people present at the meeting. The US automaker has already lost 100,000 units of …