Amazon Is Working On at Least Three Grocery-Store Formats 
 

Amazon.com unveiled its first small-format grocery store, Amazon Go, one of at least three brick-and-mortar formats the online retail giant is exploring as it makes a play for an area of shopping that remains stubbornly in-store.

 
Aetna and Humana Defend Merger, as Antitrust Trial Begins 
 

The Justice Department and proposed merger partners Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. presented a judge Monday with starkly different visions of how the transaction would affect the marketplace.

 
U.S. Tech Firms to Join Forces on Takedown of Terror Content 
 

Alphabet's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft announced they would form a shared database of identifiers of online terror images and videos in a bid to speed up the takedown of content that has helped terror cells recruit followers and spread radical ideas on the Web.

 
Theranos Predicted Huge Growth in Revenue and Profits 
 

Investor materials show the blood-testing company projected revenue of nearly $2 billion and net income of about $505 million this year.

 
Samsung Heir Rejects Claims Company Paid Kickbacks 
 

Vice chairman Lee Jae-yong told a South Korean parliamentary committee that he wasn't initially made aware of donations by affiliates of his company to two foundations allegedly controlled by a confidante of President Park Geun-hye.

 
Origin to Sell Oil-and-Gas Operations Through IPO 
 

The Australian energy company said it would bundle its upstream operations into a new company and sell them next year in an effort to slash debt.

 
China Bars Baoneng Unit From Selling Universal Life Policies 
 

China's insurance regulator has suspended a unit of conglomerate Baoneng Group from issuing universal life insurance products, as authorities intensify their clampdown on risky practices in the industry.

 
Goldman Sachs Reshuffles Its 'Bankers to Banks' 
 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has reshuffled the leadership of the banking unit that counts other banks as clients.

 
Japan Moves Closer to Legalizing Casinos 
 

Japan's parliament on Tuesday took a major step toward legalizing casino gambling, a goal shared by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. casino companies.

 
IKEA Broadens U.S. Parental Leave Coverage 
 

IKEA International will offer U.S. employees up to four months of paid parental leave, becoming one of the few chain retailers to bring benefits usually reserved for salaried workers to an hourly workforce.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 06, 2016 05:00 ET (10:00 GMT)