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Uber to Buy Delivery Hero in $14.8 Billion Deal
The takeover of the German company brings together two of the world's biggest food-delivery platforms.
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Merck's First-of-Its-Kind Cholesterol Pill Approved, Ushering in New Wave of Treatment
Lipfendra, to be taken once a day, is designed to help lower cholesterol levels beyond what statins alone can achieve.
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UnitedHealth Results Handily Beat Wall Street Expectations
The healthcare company substantially raised its full-year earnings projection.
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GE Aerospace Earnings Smash Expectations, Raises Guidance, the Stock Falls Anyway
It posted second-quarter earnings per share of $2.02 from sales of $12.6 billion. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $1.86 from sales of $11.9 billion.
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Publicis Raises Guidance on New Business Wins
Publicis Groupe raised its annual guidance, saying new business wins give the company confidence in its ability to keep up momentum after top-line growth accelerated in the second quarter.
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Cyber M&A Heads for Record Year
Dealmaking in cybersecurity soared in the first half, turbocharged by a thirst for the AI security startups that are remaking the sector.
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Nvidia, Noetra to Build AI Factory to Power Japan's AI Ambitions
The AI factory will provide the computing foundation to develop multimodal foundation models for physical AI.
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TSMC to Invest a Further $100 Billion in U.S. After AI Fuels Surge in Earnings
The world's largest contract chip maker posted its fifth straight quarter of record earnings amid voracious global appetite for artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
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TotalEnergies Expects Earnings Boost From War-Fueled Price Rally
TotalEnergies expects second-quarter results to receive a boost from the extended rally in energy prices prompted by the Middle East conflict, and for income from liquefied natural gas to fall sharply.
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ABB to Buy U.K.'s Rotork for $5.6 Billion
ABB is riding a wave of demand for products used in data centers and has turned to dealmaking to expand its electrification and automation portfolios.
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U.K. Probes TikTok Over Child Safety Measures
The U.K.'s media watchdog is investigating TikTok over how the company conducts age checks on its users to prevent children from seeing harmful content such as pornography.
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Telenor Cuts Guidance Following Challenging Quarter
Telenor's second-quarter performance was hit by tough year-on-year comparables, the timing of commercial initiatives, transformation costs and a challenging macro situation in Bangladesh.
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The New York Times Files Motion to Quash Trump Administration Subpoenas
Several reporters were subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury following reporting on security concerns with the Qatari-gifted jet used as Air Force One.
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BHP Annual Copper Production Falls; Iron Ore Output Notches Record High
BHP Group said it produced a record amount of iron ore but less copper over the past year, and forecast a further drop in copper output in the year ahead as grades fall at a giant mine in northern Chile.
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QVC Defeats Shareholder Challenge to $5 Billion Debt-Cutting Plan
A Houston bankruptcy judge approved a disputed intercompany settlement that clears the retail network to exit chapter 11.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 16, 2026 07:15 ET (11:15 GMT)
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