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The global M&A engine is roaring, fueled by megadeals and rate-cut bets
Mergers-and-acquisitions activity globally is roaring back to life, with several megadeals in the third quarter building on momentum from earlier this year. When Donald Trump returned to the White House, markets expected a deregulatory wave and tax-friendly environment to spark a dealmaking surge. However, recession fears, geopolitical flashpoints and tariffs concerns kept boardrooms a bit […]
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Healthy Returns: Amgen joins a growing list of drugmakers selling directly to consumers
The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Drugmakers are increasingly using telehealth platforms to sell their medicines directly to patients […]
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Trump suggests not all furloughed workers will get back pay: ‘It depends’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney (not pictured) meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that some federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown will not receive […]
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Republicans face pressure to consider Democrats’ health care demands as shutdown drags on
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), as Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of labor testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters Sen. Susan Collins is reportedly […]
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AG Bondi stonewalls question about Trump mentions in Epstein files at Senate hearing
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a oversight hearing of Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday stonewalled a question at a Senate Judiciary Committee about who ordered FBI agents to flag any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump […]
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Gold prices keep rising, and jewelry companies are sounding the alarm
Gold prices held steady on Thursday, hovering near the record high hit the day before, helped by expectations of further U.S. rate cuts and political uncertainty. David Gray | Afp | Getty Images Amid global economic turbulence, the prices of precious metals have been climbing higher and higher. The price of gold in particular has […]
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Constellation Brands reiterates lower full-year guidance
Modelo beer is displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on Oct. 6, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Modelo owner Constellation Brands beat on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Monday and reiterated its lowered full-year guidance due to macroeconomic headwinds. Shares of […]
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Prosecutor resists Trump pressure to criminally charge New York AG James: MSNBC
U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Brian Snyder | David Dee Delgado | Reuters A top federal prosecutor in Virginia is resisting pressure from President Donald Trump to seek a criminal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime antagonist of Trump, MSNBC reported Monday. The prosecutor, Elizabeth […]
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Groups sue EPA over canceled $7 billion solar program for low-income Americans
Employees work on solar panels at the QCells solar energy manufacturing factory in Dalton, Georgia, March 2, 2023. Megan Varner | Reuters Several groups and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 […]
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Senate to vote again on funding bill as government shutdown stalemate enters sixth day
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol, on the second day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The Senate is set to vote again on Monday on a […]
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