Wall Street’s three major indexes ended higher on Monday but well below the session’s highs after President Donald Trump said he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports.
U.S. stocks ended up but off the day’s highs on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports and that the two countries were close to a trade deal.
The U.S. Justice Department formally asked a judge on Monday to approve its deal to allow CVS Health Corp to merge with insurer Aetna.
U.S. healthcare stocks could face more turbulence on Tuesday, after a bumpy early 2019, as top executives from some of the largest pharmaceutical companies are expected to get grilled in the U.S. Senate on the high cost of prescription drugs.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell worked hard to strengthen ties with Congress during his first year as head of the U.S. central bank, doubling the pace of meetings with lawmakers over his predecessors and courting Democrats and Republicans alike.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports and that the two countries were “very, very close” to a trade deal.
General Electric said on Monday it would sell its biopharma business to Danaher Corp for $21.4 billion in the biggest strategy reversal since Lawrence Culp took over as the industrial conglomerate’s chief executive in September.
Bayer AG on Monday faced a second U.S. jury over allegations that its popular glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer, six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a $289 million verdict in California state court.
Barrick Gold Corp’s chief executive defended the world’s largest gold producer’s hostile $18 billion bid for Newmont Mining Corp saying on Monday the deal is “logical” for an industry battling high costs and depleting resources.
General Electric Co bonds rallied broadly on Monday after the company struck a deal to sell its biopharma business to Danaher Corp for $21.4 billion and said it would use cash from the deal to ease its massive debt burden.
A federal appeals court said the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm may pursue dozens of lawsuits to recoup funds from Koch Industries Inc, controlled by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, and other defendants, including major banks.
Newmont Mining Corp Chief Executive Gary Goldberg said on Monday that Barrick Gold Corp’s $18 billion hostile bid for his company is perplexing to his shareholders and not in the best interest of both miners.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday, boosted by technology and industrial companies, after President Donald Trump said he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports and that he was “very, very close” on a trade deal.
Bank of America Corp is dropping the “Merrill Lynch” name from most of its businesses, including its investment bank unit, phasing out a name with a long history on Wall Street as part of rebranding and multi-year marketing effort, the lender said on Monday.
Packaged food giant Nestle has hired bankers at Rothschild to sell its Herta packaged meat business, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
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