Blue Bell Creameries, the ice cream company linked to a listeria outbreak that killed three people, will furlough or fire almost 3,000 workers after it had to shut down most production.
Home Depot said 53 million e-mail addresses were taken by hackers during the data breach between April and September, in addition to the 56 million payment cards that were previously disclosed.
Staples Inc., the worlds largest office-supply chain, is investigating a potential breach of customer credit-card data, becoming the latest retailer to confront a threat from hackers in recent months.
Target Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gregg Steinhafel, dogged by questions over whether the company responded quickly enough to a data breach last year, will step down as chairman, president and CEO.