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...JIC declined to comment on whether it was aware of the approach from Merck, saying it began deliberations after JSR proposed a deal on a “privately negotiated basis”....
...The sharp rally in TMTG as well as in Reddit, the social media site that went public last week, has prompted speculation that investors could be poised for a revival of “meme stock mania”....
...“That’s as an industry where I think we should be focused.” Cutting prices is a double-edged sword....
...month admitted: “I owe Toyota an apology.”...
...“Norad”, as Glass, the bank’s market analytics platform trained to predict volatility is nicknamed internally, was pointing to a sharp rise in short-term interest rates....
...Then judge Linda Chan made a sudden intervention. “I consider that it is appropriate for the court to make a winding up order against the company, and I so order,” she said....
...He is still sharp as a tack.” In his memo to staff, Murdoch indicated that he had no intention of staying away....
...The company had been helped by a rise in eastern European revenues and as price increases and an improved product mix dulled the impact of sharp unit declines in western Europe, Bulgurlu said....
...A playful chocolate Labrador puppy arrived as the first Moules family pet a few weeks ago and I am therefore now in awe of anyone who can train any canine to the standard of Best in Show....
.... £3 for 330ml, counterculturedrinks.com, kombuchawarehouse.com The A-list enterprise Brad Pitt was among the founders of California-based B-Corp Enroot, which supports the James Beard Foundation’s women...
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: GDP: The US economy is expected to have expanded at its fastest pace in almost two years in the third quarter....
...“I do think this is a movie about fairness,” Gillespie says now. “I’d like people to feel outraged.” And yet....
...So went the American author Percival Everett’s delighted response to the movie adaptation of his book Erasure under the title American Fiction — a sharp-edged dramedy about a novelist frustrated by the limits...
...“I think SoftBank will become adventurous again, and its good and bad experiences will make it more astute,” said Kaye....
...As bad loans and trading losses engulfed the banking sector, Sine and Ravitch bet that a traditional merchant banking approach to advice, close relationships with corporate tycoons and a sharp focus on tech...
...BAE aerospace deal | The UK’s largest defence company has agreed to buy the aerospace business of US conglomerate Ball Corp in a $5.6bn deal....
...Hedge funds betting on a decline in US and European stock markets have suffered an estimated $43bn of losses in a sharp rally over recent days....
...Here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Jobs report: The US government releases its November employment report while the University of Michigan publishes a preliminary reading of its...
...The biggest risk, however, is of a sharp slowdown and widespread job losses in the US economy as higher interest rates persist....
...“I don’t think this changes the fact that companies do deals.”...
...The drop extended a downturn that began last year and is a sharp contrast to 2021, when booming stock markets and pandemic stimulus drove mergers and acquisitions to a record....
...And John Thornhill gives one of his typically sharp takes on AI, and how every emerging strength could also be a weakness. Alec Russell responds Rana, greetings from London....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Results: Two large drugmakers, Pfizer and Merck, report second-quarter earnings....
...But success is not guaranteed, say analysts, who note that rising costs, high interest rates and project delays have caused a sharp fall in market support for nuclear start-ups....
...“A horse-drawn particle accelerator? I presume that it somehow involves AI, Sir? A remarkable hat-trick, and it’s barely Tuesday.”...
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