Bloomberg Renault SA’s board named CEO Luca de Meo as a director and reappointed Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard for another four-year term, a sign of support for their plan to reshape the partnership with Nissan Motor. De Meo, 55, will replace Frederic Mazzella on the French company’s 16-member board, the maker of Austral and Megane E-Tech cars said, confirming a previous ...

  Bloomberg Starbucks Corp baristas at 50 locations throughout the US are starting a three-day strike, saying the company isn’t bargaining fairly with recently unionised stores. Organisers say the planned strike will involve more than 1,000 workers, making it the biggest multiday work stoppage ever by Starbucks Workers United, the labour group that’s prevailed in elections at about 270 of ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test of a new solid-fuel rocket engine that could enhance the state’s ability to fire off quick-strike, longer-range missiles for delivering nuclear warheads. State media said Kim “guided the important test” of a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor,” noting it was the first of its kind for the country. “This important test has provided ...