Business news in brief: Bridgestone offers $835M for Pep Boys
NEW YORK — Tire and auto service company Bridgestone Corp. is buying auto parts and repair company Pep Boys for $835 million in a deal that will help Bridgestone gain a more dominant position. The offer involves $15 per share in cash and marks a 21

FdL area business news: Oct. 27
St. Mary s Springs Academy President Kelly Norton recently announced three new hires to the school s leadership team. Erin Flood has been named system principal. Flood served as assistant principal for the past four years. Jackie Kraemer will serve as

LED business news: Cree and Philips earnings, Georgia Power rebates Krystal
Cree reports improved quarterly financials while Philips updates the status of Philips Lighting and Lumileds divestitures, and Georgia Power rebates Krystal for SSL installations. On to our first LED business news story: While Cree has not returned to the

India s World Bank ranking on ease of business will improve further: Arun Jaitley
Our ranking really has to move up substantially, he told ET Now business news channel. Jaitley said that in recent days the government has taken a number of steps to further improve the ranking. I am trying to make the Income Tax Act much simple