Today’s main global market news –
- More accurate and transparent business climate rankings are coming from the World Bank.
- Walmart and Energizer are being sued for collaborating to boost the cost of batteries
- Iveric Bio will be purchased by Astellas Pharma for $5.9 billion.
- Activision Blizzard declines in response to the UK’s CMA acquisition-blocking ruling
- Analysts respond to Carrier Global’s acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions.
- Getty Images challenges Trillium Capital’s $4 billion buyout bid.
- The Federal Reserve is the focus of attention when the dollar increases
- India Due to strong demand, April manufacturing activity reached a 4-month high.
- Fears of a US rate increase, dismal China data, and supply cutbacks cause oil prices to decline.
- For $5.9 billion, Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas will purchase Iveric Bio.
- Numerous high-ranking officials in streaming were let go as a result of Disney layoffs, according to reports
- Today’s stock market: Tokyo up, while most Asian markets are closed
- To acquire First Republic’s assets and take over the deposit base, JP Morgan
- Oil prices decline due to forecasts for a rate increase in the United States and a dismal China PMI
- Australia’s housing prices are rising once more, indicating a market bottom.
- In the First Republic auction, the final bidders included PNC, JPM, and Citizens.
- April saw a milder decline in industrial activity in Japan according to the PMI
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