Merck & Co.has struck a deal to buy clinical-stage immunotherapy company Harpoon Therapeutics for about $680 million. Merck on Monday said it will pay $23 a share in cash for Harpoon, more than double Friday’s closing price of $10.55 for the South San Francisco, Calif., company. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights…
Your rights explained as residents and businesses count the cost of flood damage.
The Alaska Airlines incident could have been much worse, but is still a major issue for the US plane-maker.
Half a trillion dollars. That’s how large the creator economy, currently pegged at $250 billion, is predicted to grow in the next four years, according to Goldman Sachs. While people have been making a living off of creating content for online audiences for nearly two decades, what was once a nascent industry is growing up….
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:44 am ET Shell said its fourth-quarter earnings took a hit of between $2.5 billion and $4.5 billion in impairments that were offset by significantly higher gas trading, while its overall production volumes are on track to meet targets. The London-based energy giant said Monday that the impairments were primarily driven…
Regulator Ofgem has given three companies permission to force-fit prepayment meters in homes.
Streaming your favorite shows and movies is fun. Less fun: paying for six different services, remembering multiple passwords, figuring out which service has which program—and toggling to live TV so you can watch news and sports. Guess who says he can help? The cable guy. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved….
Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:07 am ET The bad news keeps coming for China Evergrande and its investors. A top executive of the beleaguered property company’s electric-vehicle business has been detained as part of a criminal investigation, adding to Evergrande’s mounting problems. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The RMT’s general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Following further positive discussions, the negotiations on a pay deal for our London Underground members can now take place on an improved basis and mandate with significant further funding for a settlement being made available.”
Listen to article (2 minutes) After Allstate suffered billions of dollars in losses and failed to get the rate increases it wanted, it resorted to the nuclear option. The insurance giant threatened last fall to stop renewing auto insurance for customers in three states that hadn’t given in to its demands, which would have left…
