Qualtrics International Inc. shares XM, +6.13% were rising more than 6% in premarket trading Monday after the software company said it has agreed to be taken private by Silver Lake, in partnership wit...
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Pfizer to purchase Seagen in $43 billion all-cash deal, cancer biotech’s stock pops 20%
Pfizer Inc. PFE, -0.18% plans to acquire cancer biotechnology company Seagen Inc. SGEN, -0.59% in a deal with a $43 billion enterprise value, the companies announced Monday morning. Pfizer intends to ...
Sanofi to buy Provention Bio in deal worth $2.9 billion
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said Monday that it will buy Provention Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company focused on autoimmune diseases, for $25 per share in cash, in a deal with a...
Occidental Petroleum’s stock rises after Buffett boosts stake, CrowdStrike after earnings beat
These were some of the biggest movers and shakers in premarket trading Wednesday: Stock gainers: Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s stock OXY, -1.35% rose almost 3% premarket after filings disclosed that Wa...
Diversey stock rallies on private equity-backed buyout by Solenis
Diversey Holdings Ltd. DSEY, -3.09% stock is rallying by 37% in premarket action on Wednesday after the Bain Capital-backed chemical company agreed to a $4.6 billion go-private buyout offer from Solen...
Ready Capital and Broadmark Realty Capital to merge and create company with equity capital base of $2.8 billion
Real estate finance company Ready Capital Corp. RC, -14.24% and Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. BRMK, +17.09% said Monday they have agreed to merge in a deal that is expected to create a company with a ...
Occidental Petroleum stock surges after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway discloses boosting stake to 28%
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, +2.44% rallied 1.8% in afternoon trading Tuesday, after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, -0.94% BRK.A, -0.84% disclosed that it increased its s...
Sumo Logic stock surges more than 30% on reported buyout interest
Sumo Logic Inc. SUMO, +28.68% stock soared Monday on a report that the data-analytics software company has been approached by private equity firms expressing interest in a possible buyout. Sumo Logic ...
Albertsons to finally pay out special dividend, which has been delayed by courts
Shares of Albertsons Companies Inc. ACI, -0.24% jumped 2.0% in premarket trading Thursday, to buck the selloff in the broader market, after the grocery chain, which has agreed to be acquired by Kroger...
Carvana stock jumps after ‘poison pill’ adopted, exercisable if an investor acquires at least 4.9% stake
Shares of Carvana Co. CVNA, +5.48% jumped 2.4% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the online used-car retailer said it adopted a shareholder rights plan, in an effort to block investors from buying u...
Algonquin Power to cut dividend by 40%, provides downbeat profit outlook
Shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. AQN, -4.26% AQN, -4.67% turned lower to fall 2.2% in premarket trading Thursday, after the utility company said it was taking “decisive actions” to stre...
GE HealthCare, in first deal after spinoff, set to buy French company
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. GEHC, -1.44% late Monday said it has agreed to buy French tomography company IMACTIS for an undisclosed amount. IMACTIS’s system is designed to increase the procedure’s...
CVS eyes next-generation health clinics after Amazon’s move for One Medical
CVS Health Corp. is investing in a young chain of health clinics, and may be looking to acquire another. CVS CVS, -0.12% invested $100 million in a Carbon Health Inc., a San Francisco-based chain of u...
Fed’s Powell won’t stop rate hikes until he ‘terrifies’ the wealthiest of investors, says this CIO
Investors are waking up to a whiff of positivity where stocks are concerned for Monday, after last week’s first gain in five that was prompted by weak wage growth Alongside a bleak Institute for Suppl...
European drugmakers including AstraZeneca pony up for U.S.-listed biopharmas
European drugmakers on Monday announced a trio of deals around a billion dollars each to buy U.S.-listed biopharmas at hefty premiums. Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca AZN, +1.42% AZN, -1.26% said it’s pay...
Verizon stock has had a tough year. Is a ‘drastic’ shakeup in order?
At a time when AT&T Inc. is winning praise for disentangling itself from recent deals, is it time for rival Verizon Communications Inc. to actually think about a merger of its own? LightShed Partn...
This trader sees a 43% drop for the S&P 500 and says to take shelter in these ETFs instead.
A day after the Dow DJIA, -0.11% climbed out of bear territory on hopeful comments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, stocks look ready to rethink on that optimsim, even after fresh inflation data showed ...
Activision stock falls after report of ‘likely’ FTC antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft acquisition
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, +0.94% shares declined in after-hours trading Wednesday following a report that the Federal Trade Commission was likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block the videoga...
State attorneys general sue to block Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend payout
The attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons in an effort to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dividend to its shareholders. The...
He nailed three big S&P 500 moves this year. Here’s where this strategist sees stocks headed next, with beaten down names to buy.
A Wall Street hat trick may not be on the cards, with stocks in the red for Wednesday. A two-day rally was never a guaranteed exit out of the bear woods anyway, as some say signs of a durable bottom a...
Unity loses less than feared, trims outlook as Applovin makes $20 billion bid for software company
On the same day it received an offer to acquire the company for roughly $20 billion, Unity Software Inc. reported a loss that was less than feared and pulled back on its guidance for the year, and sha...
Opinion: The stock market is telling you loud and clear: Now is not the time to fight the Fed or stand up to the bears.
The S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.85% hit resistance this week when an oversold rally failed near the 4080 level. This continues to support the idea that the index’s rise above 4100 in early February was ...