Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. has stopped running national ads for the Fusion and Focus sedans it’s killing and put more marketing muscle behind the Mustang, a decision that paid off with a 35 percent sales jump for the pony car last month. “Those are the kind of things you’re able to do when you narrow the focus of your lineup,” ...

Bloomberg Bayer AG’s $63 billion Monsanto purchase has suffered regulatory delays, mounting legal claims and now will yield lower earnings for the year than earlier forecast. Still, the company’s CEO says he has “no regrets.” The German company lost out on revenue from Monsanto’s busy spring season, when farmers in the Northern Hemisphere plant the bulk of their crops, because ...

Bloomberg JM Holding GmbH, a German family-owned investment vehicle, is exploring options including a partial sale of the business that controls two plastics companies, according to people with knowledge of the matter. A sale of about half of the firm, which is under consideration by some of the owners, would give buyers an equal proportion of two closely held German ...