Software Maker SAP's Profit and Sales Declined 
 

As a result of the weaker business in the third quarter and uncertainty from the pandemic, SAP cut its outlook on earnings and revenue for the full year.


 
Coca-Cola Amatil Gets Bid from European Peer 
 

Coca-Cola Amatil has received a takeover proposal worth $6.62 billion from , the company that bottles the drink brand's products in Western Europe.


 
To Find a Coronavirus Vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline Is Bonding With Its Biggest Competitors 
 

The hunt for a solution to Covid-19 is producing an unlikely team of rivals in the cutthroat world of pharmaceuticals.


 
Apple's Services Business Could Be Hit in Google Antitrust Battle 
 

A multibillion-dollar deal in which Google pays to be the default search engine on Apple devices is at the heart of the case the U.S. government filed against Google. That deal is also at the heart of Apple's services unit.


 
Facebook Prepares Measures in Case of Election Unrest 
 

The emergency measures, originally designed for countries facing mass ethnic or political bloodshed, include slowing the spread of viral content and lowering the bar for suppressing potentially inflammatory posts.


 
Blackstone to Buy Simply Self Storage for About $1.2 Billion 
 

Blackstone Group has struck a deal to buy Simply Self Storage from Brookfield Asset Management, making a bet on a sector that has remained strong throughout the coronavirus pandemic.


 
Cenovus and Husky to Merge in $2.89 Billion Deal 
 

The deal, unveiled early Sunday, would create the third-largest oil and natural-gas producer in Canada and the second-largest Canadian refiner.


 
Samsung Heir Takes Reins of Tech Giant Stuck in Father's Past 
 

With Lee Kun-hee's son preparing to formally take the reins, Samsung must confront a major challenge: the company still looks like the father's Samsung, not a business poised for the future.


 
PG&E Cuts Power to Hundreds of Thousands 
 

PG&E said it was pre-emptively cutting power to about 361,000 customers in northern and central California in an effort to prevent wildfires, marking the largest such shut-off it has reported this year.


 
Investors Battle Fidelity in Court Over Tax-Break Deal 
 

Malcolm and Emily Fairbairn prepared a large charitable donation through Fidelity Charitable in 2017 to cushion an income-tax hit. It didn't go as they had hoped. Now, the Fairbairns and Fidelity's charitable arm are facing off in a contentious federal-court trial.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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