Aug 16 (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.
- The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, criticized President Trump in front of his 1.5 million U.S. employees, widening a rift between the White House and the business community that has been growing since the weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. http://nyti.ms/2fJ6yVc
- U.S. President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had signed a sweeping executive order to eliminate and streamline some permitting regulations and to speed construction of roads, bridges and pipelines, declaring that the moves would fix a "badly broken" infrastructure system in United States and bring manufacturing jobs back to the country. http://nyti.ms/2fJvbkP
- Charlotte School of Law, an embattled for-profit law school, has shut down, state officials confirmed — making it the second accredited law school in U.S. to close its doors this year. http://nyti.ms/2fIUd3e
- Stephen Sanger will retire as chairman of the scandal-plagued bank Wells Fargo & Co and will be succeeded by Elizabeth Duke, a former Federal Reserve Board governor. http://nyti.ms/2fISs6s
- A federal district court judge has ordered Costco Wholesale Corp to pay Tiffany & Co more than $19 million for selling generic diamond engagement rings that were marketed using Tiffany's name. http://nyti.ms/2fKerK0
- Dozens of solar industry executives, government officials and foreign diplomats gathered in Washington on Tuesday to urge federal trade commissioners to reject a petition from two troubled domestic solar equipment manufacturers to impose steep tariffs and minimum price guarantees on similar imports. http://nyti.ms/2fJ90LA
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)