SYDNEY/ AP US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as promised, is prompting other member countries to seek ways to salvage the trade pact. Leaders of some of the 11 other nations involved in the initiative said they hope to push ahead with the agreement in some form, with or without the US. Australian …

  Bloomberg Royal Philips NV’s health-equipment business in the US has come under scrutiny after the Dutch company disclosed a conflict with authorities over its heart defibrillators more than three years after the Food and Drug Administration warned about their reliability following a recall. Philips is in talks with the Department of Justice, representing the FDA, on a civil matter …

  Bloomberg DuPont Co. said it may need an additional three months to close its merger with Dow Chemical Co. as regulators around the world scrutinize a deal that would combine the two biggest US chemical makers. The updated timetable represents a change from the previous expectation that the transaction would be finalized in the first quarter of 2017. “We …