Bloomberg The stunning arrest, indictments and long incarceration of former Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn have given pause to foreign executives considering taking on senior jobs at Japanese companies. As Ghosn enters his fourth month in jail and awaits a trial still several months away, the imprisonment of the Japanese business world’s most high-profile foreigner may stymie ...

Bloomberg Roche Holding AG will buy Spark Therapeutics Inc. for $4.8 billion, a deal that will transform the Swiss drugmaker from a laggard to a leader in the emerging field of gene therapy. Along with French biopharmaceutical company Ipsen SA’s agreement on Monday to acquire Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. for as much as $1.3 billion, the Roche deal shows how drug ...

Bloomberg Barrick Gold Corp, the Canadian mining giant, has amassed a small stake in US rival Newmont Mining Corp. and warned the company that it plans to propose changes to its bylaws, as it continues to weigh a hostile takeover attempt, according to people familiar with the matter. A letter was delivered to Newmont’s Greenwood Village, Colorado, headquarters informing the ...