Business

DOJ reaches settlement with major egg producers over alleged price manipulation

The Justice Department and attorneys general from 17 states announced proposed settlements Tuesday with three of the nation’s largest egg producers after alleging they coordinated to manipulate a key pricing benchmark that inflated egg prices for consumers nationwide. Federal officials simultaneously filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Hickman’s…

Silicon Valley elite shift record wealth to build Florida’s new ‘tech capital’

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel planted a record-setting flag in Miami’s financial core, signing a historic $250-per-square-foot office lease that experts say marks a transition of the West Coast tech exodus from what began as a residential trend into a broader corporate takeover. As multibillion-dollar liquidity events loom for companies…