Hints and tips:
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...We think Airbus would be best-positioned to benefit from a V-shaped recovery in 2021....
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Tuesday’s judgement (case number 15-1189, Impression Products, Inc. v....
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V...
...“People focus on hardware way too much — it’s a content business, not a technology business,” he continues. “You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience....
...(Bloomberg) GM “must turn over documents related to its subprime auto-lending under a subpoena issued by the U.S....
...(Bloomberg) “A Chinese court released a Japanese ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K....
...(Financial Times longread) U.S. inflation is a window into a global growth risk (WSJ, Hilsenrath) Emerging markets can learn from America’s bank stress tests (Financial Times, Tett) France is looking...
...to the United States fromChina next year, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in remarks published on Thursday, in what could be a important test of the nascent comeback in U.S.electronics manufacturing. http...
...seventh day and oil advanced before a monthly U.S. jobs report and data this weekend on Chinese industrial production....
...From Bloomberg: Two girlfriends of former Mizuho International Plc investment banker Thomas Ammann were found not guilty of illegally trading on tips from him about Canon Inc.’s acquisition of OCE NV....
...HTC is partnering with Nvidia for the first time – using its Tegra 3 quad-core processor in its One X smartphone (it also unveiled a slimmer dual-core One S and a cheaper One V)....
...But that damage has been done – the Citi v Fabulis saga has been picked up by a slew of high-profile technology blogs, including GigaOm, Mark Maunder and TechCrunch....
...Emphasis ours: There have been a number of recent reports about an exodus of employees from A.I.G., and the role of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc....
...The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 4.3 per cent lower at 4,600.50, a 21-month closing low....
...Traders hope the economy can make a “V-shaped” recovery. If it does, shares will go far higher. If it is only a “U”, or even the dreaded “L” shape, then watch out. john.authers@ft.com...
...From the interactive TV version of Honda’s “Power of Dreams” campaign, 10,368 people requested a test drive, ordered a DVD or watched a longer version of the commercial. U is for under as in wraps....
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