By David French, Anirban Sen and Sabrina Valle (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil is in advanced talks to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources in a deal that could value the Permian shale basin producer at about $60 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The acquisition would be Exxon’s biggest since its $81 billion deal for…
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Snapchat may have failed to properly assess privacy risks to children from its artificial intelligence chatbot, Britain’s data watchdog said on Friday, adding it would consider the company’s response before making any final enforcement decision. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said if the U.S. company fails to adequately address the…
(Reuters) – Amgen said on Friday it had completed the $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics after it received the go-ahead from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month on certain conditions. Under the settlement terms with the FTC following its lawsuit to block the deal, Amgen is prevented from using anti-competitive tactics to…
(Reuters) -Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is trying to compel him to testify as part of a probe into his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, a Thursday court filing showed. The investigation, which escalates a long-running feud between the SEC…
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Disney has held talks with Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Sun TV Network owner Kalanithi Maran as well private equity firms to sell its streaming and television business in the country, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Disney is exploring various possibilities, including selling some of its Indian operations or a mix of assets…
Spot gold eased 0.1% to $1,819.98 per ounce by 2:04 p.m. EDT (1804 GMT). U.S. gold futures settled 0.2% lower at $1,831.80 per ounce. “The whole narrative of holding rates higher for longer is the big reason why people are removing positions from gold as the opportunity cost of holding it has risen,” Bart Melek,…
(Reuters) -Canadian technology company BlackBerry said on Wednesday it would separate its Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity business units and target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. BlackBerry joins a number of companies that have split their units in recent years, favoring a leaner corporate structure to help…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Workers will receive a 19% pay hike over five years under an agreement with Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers, according to a summary of the tentative agreement seen by Reuters. Workers must still ratify the agreement covering 4,000 hourly workers that includes a $3,500 ratification bonus, improved…
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday big increases in oil, gas and fuel prices would deliver a third-quarter operating profit between $8.3 billion and $11.4 billion, below the year ago’s record earnings but up from its second quarter. Exxon’s snapshot of operating profits, delivered in a securities filing after the…
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even as some people have found it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the vaccines at no cost. “The Biden-Harris Administration, through HHS, has been…
