QXO Inc. said it sent a letter to GMS Inc. proposing to buy the building products distributor for about $5 billion.

Thomas Black is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist writing about the industrial and transportation sectors. He was previously a Bloomberg News reporter covering logistics, manufacturing and private ...

(Bloomberg) -- Building materials company James Hardie Industries Plc has agreed to buy AZEK, a maker of outdoor living products, in an $8.75 billion deal. Under the terms of the agreement ...

Amid the relentless chaos in Washington — tariffs, trade war, terminally rising deficits — at least one sensible idea has recently emerged: The federal government wants to free up more land to ...