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...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?...
...“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....
...Inevitably, research of this kind involves drilling many dry boreholes....
...(Bloomberg) GM “must turn over documents related to its subprime auto-lending under a subpoena issued by the U.S....
...Despite the gains, the S&P 500 technology sector declined 1 per cent on the day as shares in the industry group were dragged lower by a drop in Apple’s price....
...Nabors Industries , the land drilling company, declined 3.6 per cent to $16.25....
...The S&P 500 information technology sector lost 0.4 per cent....
...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)....
...Driller and oilfield services provider Nabors Industries jumped 9.7 per cent to $19.02 for the best performance in the S&P 500 and oil producer Denbury Resources climbed 7.9 per cent to $16.29....
...Diamond Offshore Drilling rallied 4 per cent to $88.81, Rowan gained 3.5 per cent to $29.11 and Nabors Industries climbed 1.5 per cent to $19.63....
...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....
...Rowan, another drilling company, said on Monday it would divest its LeTourneau Technologies unit and possibly buy back up to $400m of its own shares, which climbed 8.7 per cent to $41.18....
...In earnings news, Nabors Industries fell 1.7 per cent to $29.93 after the land-based oil and gas drilling group said its first quarter earnings would miss forecasts because of weak US demand....
...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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