Senior executives of listed firms in China have stepped up the pace at which they are selling shares in their own companies, suggesting they may have doubts about whether their stock prices can go much higher.
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CVS Health to buy Target's pharmacy business for $1.9 billion
Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) will buy Target Corp's (TGT.N) pharmacies and clinics in a $1.9 billion deal that should help it bargain with drug makers for lower prices, while freeing Target from a costly business where it struggled to make a profit.
Greek angst weighs on Wall Street; health stocks rise
Stocks fell on Wall Street on Monday as investors fretted over the consequences of a possible debt default by Greece, but talk of multi-billion dollar healthcare deals buoyed shares in the sector, cutting into the market's loss.
Oil falls on dollar, Libya output, Yemen talks
Oil prices fell on Monday as the Greek debt crisis helped boost the dollar, making fuel more expensive to holders of other currencies, and as United Nations talks offered a chance for peace in Yemen where crude exporter Saudi Arabia is involved in a civil war.
With CEO shakeup, Twitter under pressure to please advertisers
Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) next chief executive officer faces a crucial challenge as the company seeks to appease Wall Street after last week's management shakeup - helping disaffected advertisers connect with users.
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Boeing Co (BA.N) is exploring a potential market of over 1,000 aircraft in a niche between its single-aisle 737 and wide-body 787, but has not decided whether to invest in a new jetliner, its sales chief said on Sunday.
Dinosaurs rule the earth again after "Jurassic World" debuted to a dominant $204.6 million at the domestic box office this weekend.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months, hoping to emulate the U.S.'s Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and HBO, the firm's head of digital entertainment said on Sunday.
German retailer Metro AG (MEOG.DE) will not compromise on price for a sale of its department store chain Kaufhof and other factors such as solid financing will also be important in the decision, Finance Chief Mark Frese was quoted as saying.
Every day hundreds of garment traders alight at the newly-built Humen station to ply their wares in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan, arriving on high speed trains that whoosh through the terminal every ten minutes.
Tidjane Thiam starts work as CEO of Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) next month with investors optimistic he can bring about a major change of strategy at the bank, even if he has to raise cash to do it.
Former Qualcomm Greater China president Frank Meng is returning to chair the U.S. chipmaker's moneymaker market while former head Wang Xiang moves to smartphone maker Xiaomi.
In the near future, iPhones as well as iPods and iPads may be manufactured in India. The main manufacturing partner of Apple Inc, Foxconn Technology is said to be in talks with the Indian government in order to build its manufacturing units in western Indian state of Maharashtra, according to a Reuters report.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed a law hiking the city’s minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, an increase that will affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
