FILED
For Chapter 11 bankruptcy, RadioShack. The retailer has lost $936 million since it was last profitable, in the fourth quarter of 2011.
AGREED
By Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment, to team up on the Spider-Man franchise for the big screen. The character will appear in a future Marvel film, and the two studios will collaborate on the next Sony-owned Spider-Man solo feature.
DIED
Kenji Ekuan, 85, the Japanese designer of the Kikkoman soy-sauce bottle. He also worked on designs for the bullet train and Yamaha motorcycles.
NAMED
Cathy Engelbert, as CEO of Deloitte. The 29-year veteran of the company becomes the first woman to lead a Big Four accounting and consulting firm.
STRIPPED
Chicago team Jackie Robinson West, of its title as U.S. champions of the 2014 Little League World Series. An investigation found the team’s officials had recruited players from outside its geographic area.
DIED
André Brink, 79, South African novelist who wrote in both Afrikaans and English and whose books came under fire from apartheid-era censors.
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