Microsoft and Activision extend their deal deadline
Microsoft and Activision have mutually agreed to extend their merger deadline by three months in the face of ongoing negotiations with the UK government that could allow the $69 billion acquisition to close, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
2023-07-19 21:51
China's vice president says it will work with US on climate as long as political conditions are met
China's vice president says his country is willing to work with Washington on reducing global warming as long as its political demands are met
2023-07-19 21:45
Don’t Say Tory: How Sunak’s Party Targets Key Votes
As he quit Parliament last month, Boris Johnson lashed out at what he called a “protracted political assassination.”
2023-07-19 21:20
Goldman Sachs profits plunge 58% as dealmaking dries up
Goldman Sachs reported a sharp drop in profit on Wednesday as dealmaking and trading, a core part of the mega bank's business, dry up. The Wall Street titan also felt the pain of a nearly $1 billion reduction in the value of its consumer and real estate businesses.
2023-07-19 21:18
Activision, Microsoft extend deadline to close $69 billion deal to Oct. 18
(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it has extended the deadline for the close of its $69 billion takeover by
2023-07-19 20:55
Russia hits critical port facilities in Odesa after Kremlin halts grain deal
Russia unleashed intense overnight drone and missile attacks that officials said damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, including grain and oil terminals, and wounded at least 12 people
2023-07-19 20:54
Revolving Door: DEA’s No.2 quits amid reports of previous consulting work for Big Pharma
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he previously consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma
2023-07-19 20:53
Goldman profit slides to three-year low on consumer losses
(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Group reported a bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit as a retreat from consumer businesses and declining investment
2023-07-19 20:27
Putin to skip BRICS summit in S.Africa under arrest threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a BRICS nations summit in South Africa next month, the country's presidency said on Wednesday, ending months of...
2023-07-19 20:27
Bank CEOs are already complaining about new regulations they haven't even seen yet
Earnings season is officially underway, which means the CEOs of America's largest banks get to update the public about the health of their firms and their economic outlooks.
2023-07-19 20:19
Goldman Sachs reports 62% drop in Q2 profits on low merger activity
Goldman Sachs reported a steep drop in second-quarter profits Wednesday as it continued to struggle with an anemic merger and acquisition...
2023-07-19 20:17
South Africa says Putin will skip a summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant
South Africa says Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS economic summit in Johannesburg next month
2023-07-19 19:55