Category: Market News

AstraZeneca Breast-Cancer Drug Shown to Slow Tumor Progression A new study showed Enhertu cut the risk of tumor progression by half for people with the most advanced form of the disease, offering the prospect of a new treatment for one of the most widely diagnosed cancers. Jun. 6, 2022 at 1:51 p.m. ET by Denise […]

JetBlue Sweetens Bid for Spirit Airlines JetBlue raised a break-up fee it would pay to $350 million and pledged to prepay some of that as a cash dividend as its effort to wrest Spirit Airlines from its planned merger with Frontier enters the final stretch. Jun. 6, 2022 at 11:47 a.m. ET by Alison Sider […]

Elon Musk Threatens to End Deal With Twitter The Tesla CEO accused Twitter of not complying with his request for data on the number of spam and fake accounts on the social-media platform. Jun. 6, 2022 at 9:48 a.m. ET by Will Feuer Stock Indexes Rise After Weekly Loss U.S. stock benchmarks ticked higher, putting […]

JetBlue Sweetens Bid for Spirit Airlines JetBlue raised a break-up fee it would pay to $350 million and pledged to prepay some of that as a cash dividend, as it doubles down on efforts to thwart Spirit’s deal with rival Frontier Group Holdings. Jun. 6, 2022 at 7:34 a.m. ET by Colin Kellaher Boris Johnson […]

Rick Caruso’s Millions Upend Los Angeles Mayoral Race The mall developer has smashed the campaign-spending record and is neck-and-neck with U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, previously a heavy favorite to lead America’s second-most-populous city. Jun. 6, 2022 at 5:30 a.m. ET by Christine Mai-Duc Elliott Management Sues LME Over Nickel Crisis Activist hedge-fund manager Elliott Management […]

Stock Futures Rise to Start the Week U.S. stock futures rose, suggesting major indexes will stage partial rebounds from weekly losses that came after Friday’s jobs report. Jun. 6, 2022 at 3:42 a.m. ET Boris Johnson Faces Vote of Confidence in Leadership A ballot was triggered by rebel lawmakers in the Conservative Party following a […]

North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Into Sea North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, a day after a special U.S. envoy departed from Seoul. Jun. 4, 2022 at 10:29 p.m. ET by Dasl Yoon Yellen Says She Never Urged Smaller Rescue Package Over Inflation Concerns Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen […]

North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Into Sea North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, a day after a special U.S. envoy departed from Seoul. Jun. 4, 2022 at 10:29 p.m. ET by Dasl Yoon Yellen Says She Never Urged Smaller Rescue Package Over Inflation Concerns Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen […]

Yellen Says She Never Urged Smaller Rescue Package Over Inflation Concerns Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen denied that she had tried to cut the size of the $1.9 trillion relief plan Democrats approved in 2021. Jun. 4, 2022 at 8:09 p.m. ET by Andrew Duehren Michigan Governor Described as Target of Gunman Who Killed Judge Suspect […]

Yellen Says She Never Urged Smaller Rescue Package Over Inflation Concerns Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen denied that she had tried to cut the size of the $1.9 trillion relief plan Democrats approved in 2021. Jun. 4, 2022 at 7:50 p.m. ET by Andrew Duehren Gunman Who Killed a Judge Targeted Michigan Governor Suspect had list, […]