Aug 15 (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. - Mars, the company behind M&M's and Snickers, has agreed to acquire Kellanova ( K ), the snack food business spun off by Kellogg's ( K ) last year, in...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) took a stake in Ulta Beauty ( ULTA ) in the second quarter, while buying more shares of Chubb and Occidental Petroleum ( OXY...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try to calm fears over fires involving EVs, after a recent blaze in an underground parking lot that took eight hours to put out. Experts say more can be done, however, noting that while identifying...

* PwC loses over 40 Chinese firms as audit clients * EY, KPMG each snare at least 12 companies from PwC * EY offers audit fee discounts to ex-PwC clients, sources say By Julie Zhu and Xie Yu HONG KONG, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG have snapped up over half of PwC's corporate clients in...