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Trump to sign order to cut some U.S. drug prices to match lower ones abroad
President Donald Trump on Monday will revive a controversial policy that aims to slash drug costs by tying the amount the government pays for some medicines to lower prices abroad, White House officials said. Trump will sign an executive order including several different actions to renew that effort, known as the “most favored nation” policy. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Best Buy, Eli Lilly, Tesla, Amazon and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Big Tech stocks – Shares of megacap technology companies surged after the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily cut tariffs , bringing the U.S. tariff rate on Chinese imports down to 30% and China’s duties on U.S. imports to 10%. Tesla , which has seen declining […]
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Inside the deal: Roche and Zealand Pharma’s $5.3 billion obesity drug gambit
A view of the sign and logo of the Roche Holding AG headquarters on April 11, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. Sedat Suna | Getty Images News | Getty Images COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The ballooning obesity drug market may have a new contender after Roche struck a $5.3 billion deal to develop Danish biotech Zealand Pharma’s “next generation” […]
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Healthy Returns: Here are the drugmakers with new U.S. investments as Trump’s pharma tariffs loom
Jgi/jamie Grill | Tetra Images | 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. Tariff threats — and efforts to get into President Donald Trump’s good graces — are fueling a new wave […]
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Why we’re lowering our Bristol Myers price target despite an earnings beat, guidance raise
Bristol Myers Squibb ‘s earnings beat and rosy outlook Thursday did not resolve lingering issues for the stock. But it was enough, for now. Revenue in the first quarter, which ended March 31, dipped 6% to $11.2 billion but topped estimates of $10.7 billion, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.80 beat expectations […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: PepsiCo, Texas Instruments, ServiceNow, IBM and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Hasbro — The toymaker soared 16.3% after the company’s first-quarter report beat expectations. Hasbro earned $1.04 per share, excluding items, on $887.1 million in revenue. Analysts polled by FactSet forecast 67 cents in earnings per share and $771.1 million in revenue. Hasbro added it is not […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Texas Instruments, IBM, Southwest, ServiceNow, Hasbro & more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Comcast — Shares dropped more than 3% after seeing a decline in customers for the first quarter . On Thursday, the cable giant reported a loss of 199,000 total domestic broadband customers as well as a loss of 427,000 in cable TV customers. The company did […]
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Merck lowers profit outlook, partly due to $200 million expected tariff hit
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Merck on Thursday lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing $200 million in estimated costs for tariffs and a charge tied to a recent deal. The company now expects its 2025 adjusted earnings to come in between $8.82 and $8.97, down slightly from a previous outlook of 8.88 to $9.03 […]
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Corporate America shelled out millions for Trump’s inauguration. Now he’s upending many of their businesses
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting at the Business Roundtable headquarters on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images America’s richest and most powerful companies shelled out millions to fund President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities. Three months later, some may be asking whether the famously […]
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Here are the top 15 companies for career growth in Singapore, according to LinkedIn
DBS Bank tops LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Companies in Singapore list. Lim Weixiang – Zeitgeist Photos | E+ | Getty Images The technology, banking and consulting industries dominated LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Companies in Singapore list published this month, which ranks the best workplaces for career growth in the city-state. The networking giant tracked and assessed companies […]
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