Nov 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- After two years of regulatory scrutiny and heated speculation in the publishing world, following a hard-fought court battle and hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses, Penguin Random House's deal to buy Simon & Schuster officially collapsed on Monday.
- Members of SMART Transportation Division, a union that primarily represents freight rail conductors, have narrowly voted down a tentative labor contract in the work, the union said Monday.
- California's last nuclear power plant received a $1.1 billion federal grant on Monday as the state seeks to extend the plant's operations — currently set to end in 2025 — to meet electricity demand at a time of intensifying climate events. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)