Bloomberg ByteDance Ltd. is offering to buy back shares from its employees, ramping up efforts to boost staff morale after plans for an initial public offering stalled. The Beijing-based company, parent of the hit TikTok video app, informed employees on Wednesday that it will repurchase shares at a price of $155 per restricted stock unit to help those who …

Bloomberg Oil slumped as concerns over a global slowdown and weaker demand vied with a tightening supply outlook after Opec+ cut output. West Texas Intermediate traded near $90 a barrel, after earlier falling as much as 2.9%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the US and global economies are likely to sink into recession next year, …

  Bloomberg When Mike Newman started to hear warnings earlier this year about delays at ports on the US West Coast because of labour negotiations, the threat of more supply-chain chaos “became the last straw for us.” So the chief executive officer of New York-based Returnity Innovations moved about two-thirds of his production of reusable shipping bags and boxes to …