Diamond Sports reaches key milestone toward exiting bankruptcy
Jose Siri, #26 of Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros, steals second base as Dansby Swanson, #7 of the Atlanta Braves, is unable to handle the throw from Travis d’Arnaud, #16, in the eighth inning during Game 3 of the 2021 World Series at Truist Park in Atlanta on Oct. 29, 2021. Daniel Shirey | Major […]
Biogen’s stock rises after E.U. regulator reverses negative view of Alzheimer’s drug
Biogen’s stock rose 1% Thursday, after Europe’s pharmaceutical regulator issued a positive opinion on the Alzheimer’s disease drug that the company developed with Japanese partner Eisai — reversing an earlier decision not to approve the drug.
Capri and Tapestry abandon plans to merge
Pedestrians walk past a Michael Kors store on August 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Capri and Tapestry called off their merger on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission successfully sued to block the megadeal. The two U.S.-based luxury houses “mutually agreed” that terminating the merger was in their best interests […]
Surging diabetes rate underscores vast opportunity in weight-loss drugs
The number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than quadrupled since 1990 and now stands above 800 million, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day.
Planet Fitness loses 11th hour bid to acquire bankrupt Blink
In an aerial view, customers leave a Planet Fitness gym in Richmond, California, on May 9, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Planet Fitness lost its bid in bankruptcy court to acquire budget fitness chain Blink Holdings, according to court filings viewed by CNBC. Planet Fitness placed its competing eleventh hour bids early this month […]
Disney (DIS) earnings Q4 2024
A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Disney will report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, and Wall […]
Republicans clinch control of House, setting stage for quicker action on extending tax cuts
Republicans are poised to keep their hold on the House in the new year, as the AP just called enough House races in their favor. Having scored a sweep in this month’s election, the party is expected to focus on the upcoming expiration of their 2017 tax cuts, along with other tax-policy priorities.
Homebuilder deal activity is surging, fueled by major Japanese buyers
Exceptionally strong housing demand in the U.S. has large homebuilders in the driver’s seat and smaller builders ripe for takeover. The buyers are both domestic and Japanese. M&A activity in the single-family homebuilder space is having a record year in terms of dollar volume, and close to a record in the number of deals, according […]
Dow shrugs off new inflation data. Bond yields suggest it’s ‘top of mind’ for 2025.
The U.S. election has sharpened investors’ focus on inflation as they weighed the latest CPI data.
Amazon Prime Video to stream Diamond regional sports networks
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Diamond Sports reached a deal with Amazon’s Prime Video that will allow its 16 regional sports networks to be made available on the streaming platform. As part of the deal, Diamond’s networks will be made available as an add-on subscription to Prime customers living within each team’s designated […]
