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General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. plan to jointly develop a line of affordable electric vehicles, deepening strategic ties as they work to bring costly plug-in technology to the mass market.

Pay increases for U.S. chief executives have gained steam, putting compensation on pace to set a record amid a tight labor market that is also driving pay higher for many of their workers.

Taco Bell, Sweetgreen Inc and Alaska Air Group Inc have introduced or tested subscription programs in recent months, betting that customers will be intrigued by the chance to pay upfront for a taco a day, discounted salads and frequent flights, respectively.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is further driving up the price of renewable-energy projects, which were already facing supply-chain strains and raw-materials increases before the war.

Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Brazil's agriculture minister was on a plane to Canada to head off a potential crop crisis.

Musician Carlos Santana has sold a vacation home on the Hawaiian island of Kauai for $11.9 million, several months after upgrading to a larger property nearby.

A security partnership forged to counter China's expansion is helping to boost trade ties between India, Australia, Japan and the United States, despite recent tensions over India's relationship with Russia.

Over the past 120 years, a Beirut bakery has survived civil war, Lebanon's financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fighting in Ukraine, disrupting food and energy supplies world-wide, may soon put it out of business.

Howard Schultz is returning to lead Starbucks Corp. for a third time, saying the company he helped become the world's largest coffee chain needs to reinvent itself once more.

After years of turning a blind eye to password sharing, Netflix Inc has had enough.