Bloomberg Veolia Environnement SA agreed to acquire Suez SA, ending a long and bitter takeover battle with a sweetened offer. After months of fierce resistance from Suez’s management, Veolia unlocked a deal, pledging to sell back a bigger part of its French water rival to maintain competition. It also offered “social commitments” for employees of the utility. The deal gives ...

The US is once again facing a border crisis — a wave of asylum seekers from Central America. President Joe Biden knows that the only long-term way to make the issue go away is to improve the economies of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. But doing that will require more than foreign aid, it will require US companies to actually ...

Some good news for the luxury industry: There’s no sign of all that revenge spending running out of steam. Despite pandemic restrictions still gripping many parts of the world, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE reported remarkable performance. The world’s biggest luxury goods group said sales rose 32% in the three months to March 31, compared with 2020. It’s a ...