Akzo Nobel NV offered to buy Finland’s Tikkurila Oyj for 1.4 billion euros ($1.7 billion) as a bidding war over the Nordic region’s top household-paint company heats up.

Two private equity firms waded into the bitter takeover battle between Suez SA and Veolia Environnement SA, but there was little indication that their involvement would break the stalemate.

U.S economist Nouriel Roubini fears Joe Biden’s presidency will be marked by unrest and cyber attacks, according to an interview he gave to Der Spiegel.

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp has begun alerting its 2 billion users to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it. The new terms, delivered in early 2021, have caused an outcry among technology experts, privacy advocates, billionaire entrepreneurs and government organizations and triggered a wave of defections to rival services.

The U.S. Justice Department will leave in place decades-old agreements that determine how songwriters are paid by radio stations, restaurants and streaming services after an antitrust review.

Fintechs, consider yourselves on notice.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s top executives are in Paris seeking to salvage a $20 billion bid for Carrefour SA as officials from Canada press the French government to relax its objections to the deal.