 | | | | Tesla Inc's shares slipped more than 5 percent to a two-day low on Thursday, wiping out all the gains fueled by Chief Executive Elon Musk's recent tweet announcing a plan to take the company private. | | |
| | | Drug store chain Rite Aid Corp and U.S. grocer Albertsons Companies Inc agreed to terminate their merger agreement, the companies said on Wednesday, a little over 10 days after a shareholder advisory firm opposed the deal. | | |
| | | Donerail Group, an investment firm led by former activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP executive Will Wyatt, is in talks to acquire Tronc Inc , the publisher of Chicago Tribune, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | | |
| | | The S&P 500 was up slightly on Thursday afternoon and again close to a record high on the back of gains in Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. | | |
| | | Germany's embattled industrial group Thyssenkrupp expects job cuts as part of an overhaul of its operations, daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported, citing an interview with the top executive. | | |
| | | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched the Galaxy Note 9 "phablet" in New York on Thursday, promising better battery life and quick cooling to attract gamers and revive flagging sales. | | |
| | | Hedge fund Glenview Capital Management on Thursday backed health insurer Cigna Corp's deal to buy pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts in the face of stiff opposition from activist investor Carl Icahn ahead of a shareholder vote. | | |
| | | Tribune Media Co terminated its $3.9 billion sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group on Thursday and sued Sinclair for breach of contract, claiming the rival TV-station owner mishandled efforts to get the transaction approved by taking too long and being too aggressive in its dealings with regulators. | | |
| | | New U.S. sanctions drove down Russia's ruble, while worries that Turkey was sliding into a full-blown economic crisis battered the lira on Thursday, but global equity markets largely shrugged off these events to edge higher. | | |
| | | Daniel Loeb's activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is in talks to partner with Campbell Soup Co shareholder George Strawbridge to call for a sale of the U.S. consumer company, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | | |
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