Barnes & Noble Is Urged to Sell Itself 
 

Barnes & Nobel is being pushed to sell itself by Sandell Asset Management, which says the beleaguered bookseller could benefit from fresh investment.

 
Sony Restructures Television Unit 
 

Sony Pictures Entertainment has restructured its television production unit in the wake of two top executives departing last month to oversee's push into creating original content.

 
J.C. Penney Picks Former Darden, Wal-Mart Executive for CFO Role 
 

J.C. Penney Co. named Jeffrey Davis its new finance chief Monday, an external hire with experience in the retail and restaurant industries.

 
Daimler Gets a Foothold in China's Self-Driving Car Market 
 

Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG is investing in a Chinese self-driving startup, in another instance of a Western auto maker seeking out a Chinese partner to get a foothold in a challenging market.

 
AbbVie Ordered to Pay $150 Million in AndroGel Lawsuit 
 

A federal-court jury in Chicago ordered drugmaker AbbVie to pay $150 million in punitive damages to an Oregon man after finding the company liable for fraudulent misrepresentations about the safety of the testosterone-replacement therapy AndroGel, according to court records.

 
Visual-Effects Company Sues Another Two Movie Studios 
 

Rearden LLC on Monday sued Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and videogame publisher Square Enix Inc. in federal district court in San Francisco.

 
Google Parent Posts Strong Ad Growth, But Earns Less for Each Click 
 

Google parent Alphabet said its advertising business continued to hum, but its fastest-growing segments-mobile and YouTube advertising-are less lucrative than desktop ads.

 
Wells Fargo Discloses Accidental Client-Data Release 
 

Wells Fargo accidentally released confidential information on tens of thousands of the bank's wealth-advisory clients, the latest misstep as it works to recover from last year's cross-selling scandal.

 
U.K. Opens Corruption Probe in Rio Tinto in Guinea 
 

The U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office said Monday it opened an investigation into suspected corrupt activities by mining giant Rio Tinto in Guinea.

 
NXP Semiconductors CFO Leaves for Applied Materials 
 

The chief financial officer of NXP Semiconductors is leaving after three years to serve in the same role at a company that provides manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor industry.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 25, 2017 01:15 ET (05:15 GMT)