The technology company will show off new software and hardware on Monday, and delegations from over two dozen countries will discuss clean energy investments.
Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week.
TECHNOLOGY
On Monday, Apple will show off its latest software and hardware, including Macs and iPads, at its annual conference for developers. The most anticipated item is a new voice-controlled speaker that would compete with the Amazon Echo and Google Home devices. Vindu Goel
INVESTING
Fans of Warren E. Buffett — at least those with deep pockets — have another chance to buy the billionaire lunch. An auction for a meal with Mr. Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, at Smith & Wollensky in New York City began Sunday evening and runs through Friday, with bids starting at $25,000. (Last year’s winner paid nearly $3.5 million .) The entire bid will support Glide, a nonprofit group that runs antipoverty programs in San Francisco. Michael J. de la Merced
MEDIA
Beginning Monday, ABC will defend itself in a defamation case over its reports on a processed meat product called “ pink slime .” Beef Products Inc., based in Dakota Dunes, S. D., sued the network in 2012, saying its reporting misled consumers about the product’s safety, leading to social media outrage and the removal of the item from grocery stores, fast-food restaurants and school cafeterias. The company said that the product was safe, and that the backlash had caused it to close three of its plants and lay off about 700 workers. ABC stands by its reporting. Daniel Victor
CLIMATE
Less than a week after President Trump announced that he would pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, energy ministers from around the world will gather Tuesday through Thursday in Beijing to discuss clean-energy investments and technologies. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who campaigned unsuccessfully for the presidency on a pledge to eliminate three government departments including the Energy Department, will represent the United States. The gathering will include delegations from two dozen countries and the European Union, which together account for three-quarters of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases and 90 percent of the world’s clean-energy investments. Executives from many companies that see opportunities in renewable energy or energy conservation will also attend the conference. Keith Bradsher
AUTO INDUSTRY
Results of a fight between General Motors and a dissident investor will be announced Tuesday at the automaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Detroit. The firm, Greenlight Capital, which holds a 3.6 percent stake in G. M., has proposed to shareholders that they replace three of the company’s directors as part of a larger effort to lift its sagging stock price. The company’s board and chief executive, Mary T. Barra, have opposed Greenlight’s proposal, which centers on the creation of two classes of stock aimed at unlocking more value for investors. Bill Vlasic
ECONOMY
British voters will go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new government. Though the campaign has concentrated mostly on domestic issues — including the cost of care for older people and the provision of health services — one factor looms large: Britain’s exit from the European Union, known as “Brexit.” How will the next government negotiate the move, and what will the country’s economy look like? Prashant Rao
Unexpectedly strong growth in the eurozone could prompt the European Central Bank, which will meet on Thursday in Tallinn, Estonia, to give a firmer indication of when it will begin withdrawing its economic stimulus. Mario Draghi, the president of the central bank, will hold a news conference after the meeting and is likely to offer a slightly more upbeat assessment of the eurozone economy. But inflation remains low, and some countries like Italy are still struggling, so Mr. Draghi is expected to remain reluctant to signal any major changes in course. Jack Ewing
TECHNOLOGY
Yahoo shareholders will vote Thursday on the sale of the company’s internet businesses to Verizon Communications for about $4.5 billion. The transaction, which will almost certainly be approved, would leave stockholders with shares in a new company that would primarily hold $57 billion in stock of Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan. Vindu Goel
FINANCE
Starting on Friday, financial advisers will be required to put their customers’ interests ahead of their own when providing advice about their retirement money. The so-called fiduciary rule, created under the Obama administration, was called into doubt when President Trump signed an executive order calling for its review, which caused regulators to delay it. But late last month, Alexander Acosta, the Labor Department secretary, said the basic principles of the rule would indeed take effect on Friday, even as his agency continues to examine its finer details. The consumer protection rule isn’ t scheduled to be fully effective until Jan. 1,2018. Tara Siegel Bernard
