Amazon, Berkshire, JPM form healthcare company
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan will form a healthcare company aimed at cutting costs for their U.S. employees, sending shares in the broad healthcare sector sharply lower.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan will form a healthcare company aimed at cutting costs for their U.S. employees, sending shares in the broad healthcare sector sharply lower.
Booming global trade and economic growth have cushioned world markets against the political turbulence of Donald Trump's first year in the White House, but that resilience will be tested if the U.S. president wants protectionism to define 2018.
When Apple Inc announces its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, investors will seek signs of whether the company's $999 iPhone X launched last autumn was a Steve Jobs-style hit or, as more analysts suspect, a letdown.
Mexico and the United States are looking into whether armed U.S. federal air marshals could be deployed on commercial cross-border flights, according to a document seen by Reuters and a Mexican official, as Mexico deepens security ties with its neighbor.
President Donald Trump, battling a probe into his campaign's alleged ties with Russia and struggling to sell Americans on his leadership abilities, will take credit for U.S. economic gains in the past year in an address to Congress on Tuesday night.
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group LP is in advanced talks to buy an approximate 55 percent stake in the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters Corp , a deal that would value the unit at about $20 billion including debt, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
A Syrian peace conference in Russia was marred by discord on Tuesday after the Russian foreign minister was heckled, an opposition delegation refused to leave the airport on arrival, and delegates squabbled over who should preside over the event.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.711
|
+0.012 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.685
|
-0.005 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.093
|
-0.002 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.2414 | 0.0092 |
| EUR | 0.8053 | 1 | 0.0074 |
| JPY | 108.6700 | 134.9000 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,340.90
USD
|
+0.60
Exp: Feb 18
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| Copper |
3.19
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Feb 18
|
| Crude Oil |
64.33
USD
|
-1.23
Exp: Feb 18
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