Bayer's CEO and two fellow executive board members purchased a collective 2.9 million euros (US$3.5 million) worth of the German drugmaker's shares after the stock was battered by billions in writedowns, litigation woes and a bleaker profit outlook.
The gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites in the United States narrowed in October for a second straight month, a sign the improving labor market is reaching more Americans even as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise.
REUTERS: British videogame developer Codemasters Group Holdings said on Friday it had received a buyout offer from U.S.-based videogame publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc for 485 pence per share. Codemasters, which is known for its Formula One games for the Playstation 4, added that the ...
As U.S. election results started trickling in late Tuesday evening, hedge fund manager Eric Jackson stress-ate so much of his kids' Halloween candy that he felt compelled to buy a blood sugar monitor the next day.
CVS Health Corp Chief Executive Officer Larry Merlo will retire after a decade-long tenure at the helm of the company during which he led the US$69 billion acquisition of one of the oldest U.S. health insurer, Aetna.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the U.S. unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the effects of the pandemic.
WASHINGTON: US employers hired the fewest workers in five months in October, offering the clearest evidence yet that the end of fiscal stimulus and exploding new COVID-19 infections were sapping momentum from the economic recovery. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 638,000 jobs last month after rising ...
SINGAPORE: There are currently about 26 million pieces of S$1,000 notes still in circulation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Friday (Nov 6). MAS had said on Tuesday that Singapore will stop issuing S$1,000 notes from Jan 1 next year to reduce money laundering and terrorism financing ......
ViacomCBS Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday as higher demand for its streaming services, CBS All Access and Showtime, partially offset a decline in ad sales.
Insurer American International Group Inc , which plans to separate its life and retirement business from the rest of the company, said on Friday it was considering options for the business, including an initial public offering or a stake sale of nearly 20per cent.
