Germany's Merck to Buy Bio-Techne for $11 Billion
Merck KGaA offered $73 a share in cash for Bio-Techne, representing a 24% premium to the U.S. lab-tools supplier's closing price Wednesday.
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Anthropic Claims Alibaba Ran 'Brazen' Campaign to Access Its Claude AI Model
U.S. artificial-intelligence lab Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba of "illicitly" accessing its frontier model Claude to harvest its capabilities.
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Volkswagen to Sell Majority Stake in Everllence For $8.4 Billion
The sale of the 51% stake in the marine engine subsidiary to Bain Capital will streamline the automaker's investment portfolio and boost its coffers.
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Amazon to Invest Additional $13 Billion in India by 2030
Amazon's planned spending to expand and support AI and cloud infrastructure in India builds on the $35 billion investment that was outlined last year.
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H&M Hit by One-Off Costs as Turnaround Efforts Continue
Earnings were dented by $127.2 million in restructuring costs as the retailer made organizational changes.
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Lockheed Martin Lands $35 Billion Missile-Defense Deal
The Pentagon's order of Thaad interceptors follows the company's pledge to expand production over seven years.
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Pizza Has Gone Cold. Domino's Is Still Worth a Look.
The category's sales are stagnant and its chains are faltering, but Domino's can emerge as a winner
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easyJet to Open Books to Castlelake After Rejecting Revised $6.49 Billion Bid
The move marks a shift in easyJet's stance toward Castlelake, which as recently as Monday called out the airline's unwillingness to engage meaningfully.
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Amazon, Microsoft's Cloud Services Should Fall Under DMA, EU Says
Under the Digital Markets Act, the companies would be treated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services and required to take extra steps to ensure they don't stifle competition.
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Micron Shares Jump as Chip Shortage Projected to Last Beyond 2027
Revenue and profit for the chip maker soared on robust memory demand.
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LVMH Fires Back at Hermès Heir Over His Missing Fortune
The luxury group says it was unaware of any misappropriation of Hermès shares when it was building up a covert position in its rival.
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Lots of Companies Are Doin' the CEO Shuffle. Wall Street Doesn't Always Like the Moves.
Domino's Pizza shares fell after it named a new CEO. It wasn't an unusual reaction on Wall Street.
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Big Banks Ace an Easier Annual Stress Test
JPMorgan and Bank of America passed the tests with flying colors after the Federal Reserve last year began releasing details of the tests in advance.
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Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin among the partners in SpaceX's military space-laser project
Government documents show a lineup of defense contractors joining SpaceX to create a satellite network to track airborne threats.
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