Business news briefs Feb. 25
Financially strapped Chesapeake Energy Corp. is halting new drilling in Ohio s Utica Shale. Cavaliers 114, Hornets 103: LeBron James returns to form with 23 points, Channing Frye scores 15 to end Hornets’ five-game winning streak CLEVELAND: While
Late rally lifts stocks; Target enjoys online sales surge; Xiaomi plans to enter U.S. in 2017: Business News Links
Big-box behemoth Target saw a strong surge in online sales in the most recent quarter, the company reported today, a sign it is perhaps gaining some momentum in its ambitious attempt to establish itself as a more serious player in the e-commerce category.
Business News Roundup, Feb. 26
Movies make more money when exactly half their casts are non-white, according to an annual analysis released Thursday that shows an increasing demand for diversity in film. In previous years, movies did better at the box office if two or three of the top