Sony’s Shopping Spree Is ‘Wrong Direction’ in Apple Battle: Tech

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer has announced acquisitions worth $8.4 billion this year to bolster phones and content. That may not be enough to turn around a company heading for a fourth consecutive loss. Japan’s largest consumer-electronics exporter will pay cash to control its mobile-phone venture with Ericsson AB, [...]

At Huawei, Matt Bross Tries to Ease U.S. Security Fears

(Corrects reference to possible deal with Motorola for Huawei’s network infrastructure business in fourth paragraph.) Matt Bross lives in Flint Hill, Mo., a town of 460 people about an hour’s drive northwest of St. Louis. A long driveway leads over a babbling brook to his six-bedroom, seven-bathroom mansion situated on dozens of picturesque wooded acres. [...]

From Legal Eagle to Frozen Yogurt Mini-Mogul

After law and real estate, Chloe Epstein found her calling with a healthy frozen yogurt brand The Soft Serve Fruit Co. has four flavors, which rotate seasonally. Current flavors are banana, mango, pear, and blueberry Andrew Hetherington for Bloomberg Businessweek While working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, Chloe Epstein wanted a more flexible work [...]