Bloomberg Walmart named PayPal Holdings Chief Financial Officer as its new finance chief, turning to a company outsider as it seeks to build a financial-technology venture and a membership program. Rainey will start his new job June 6, Walmart said in a statement. A veteran of United Airlines who jumped to PayPal in 2015, Rainey will replace Brett Biggs, ...

Bloomberg Online prices in the US rose 3.6% last month from a year earlier, matching February’s record high, according to data compiled by Adobe Inc. From groceries to clothes and pet products, 14 of the 18 categories tracked by Adobe recorded price increases since March 2021. Online inflation, first observed in June 2020 after years of declines, has now persisted ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden for the first time accused Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine, significantly escalating his condemnation of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. Speaking at an event in Iowa laying out steps to lower fuel costs that have surged during the war, Biden described Russia’s actions in the conflict as a “genocide.” He later stood by his comments, but ...