Takeda Pharmaceutical is not planning a sale of its over-the-counter drug business, despite a pressure to boost the company's finances, as it is nearing a $59B takeover of Shire, firm's CEO stated on Monday.
Starboard Value, the activist investor, has bought a 1.7 stake worth $370M in the discount retailer Dollar Tree, seeking the store operator to sell the Family Dollar business.
Samsung Electronics is expected to post the first drop in operating profit for the quarter in two years due to slowing China's economic growth, the key market for the company, eroding demand for its products.
More than three-quarters of the UK manufacturers anticipated border delays after Brexit to be the risk for the business, a survey revealed.
Growth in the Japanese services sector decreased in December to the weakest in three months amid some reduction of growth momentum in creating new business at the 2018 year, a private
Israeli diamond exports dropped 1.3% in 2018 to $6.73B compared with 2017, according to the state's Ministry of Economy's report.
On Sunday, the President of the United States did not back down in his demand for a new border wall with Mexico in his negotiations about ending the US government shutdown.
The President of the United States on Sunday offered Democrats a compromise, which would end the US government shutdown. Namely, the border wall can be funded by building it of subsidized US steel instead of the previously planned concrete.
The President of the US Donald Trump on Sunday expressed his opinion that the weakness of the Chinese economy experienced in the last couple of months will motivate China to negotiate a new trade deal.
The shipping line Hapag Lloyd on Sunday evacuated a burning ship near the eastern coast of Canada. The event is bound to cause an investigation and a drop of the company's stock price on Monday.
A recent survey in Southeast Asia revealed that almost seventy percent of respondents are sceptical of the Chinese Belt and Road project, as many of its members have fallen into crippling debt traps.
The US President Donald Trump announced that he is no hurry to replace the quarter of his Cabinet members, who are in acting capacity, as it gives the President more flexibility.
Recent research published on Sunday revealed that palm oil cultivation has been taking over subsistence farming in Guatemala. The shift in farming is being blamed for the recent emigration from the country.
On Sunday, the Finance Minister of Israel announced that the country has met its 2.9% GDP growth target of 2018.
On Sunday, one of the many Nigerian militants groups announced that it has carried out a warning attack on a local Conoil facility. The company has not confirmed the information.
The Northern Ireland ruling party Democratic Unionist Party on Sunday called upon the British government to drop the possibility of backstopping Brexit.
The head of the Syrian opposition negotiating group on Sunday urged global powers to not rebuild ties with Syria, which has been occurring during the recent past.
Professors of the Khartoum University revealed to Reuters on Sunday that the lecturers of the university have been detained after they joined anti-government protests. The event signals an escalation of the unrest in the oil exporting country.
The junior coalition partners of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, SPD are demanding that the Interior Minister finds out immediately what was known about the recent data breach.
On Sunday, the Chief of Staff of the White House announced that the President's administration is willing to compromise to end the government shutdown.
On Sunday the Royal Palace of Malaysia announced that the king Muhammad the Fifth is stepping down from his throne.
As some reports indicate that the Brexit vote in January might get delayed, Theresa May reassured the nation that the vote will take some place around January 15.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May announced that the UK will be in what she called uncharted territory, if her Brexit deal is rejected by the Parliament.
Polish officials on Sunday announced that all escape rooms that do not meet safety standards will be shut down. The announcement comes after five teenage girls died in a fire in an escape room.