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Agrium and Potash merger to create mega global fertilizer company

Implied market volatility on Wall Street jumped to its highest level since late June on Monday, indicating investors are as nervous about future stock moves as they were right after the U.K.'s Brexit vote. The CBOE Volatility Index jumped 16% to 20.31, trading above the closely watched 20 handle for the first time since June 27. The index on Friday soared 40%, according to FactSet, after hawkish comments from Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren sparked fears interest rates could go up as soon as next week. Читать дальше...

Horizon Pharma PLC announced Monday a deal to buy Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. in cash deal valued at about $800 million. Under terms of the agreement, Horizon will pay $9 in cash for each Raptor share outstanding, representing a 21% premium to Friday's closing price of $7.45. "The proposed acquisition of Raptor furthers our commitment to helping people with rare diseases and is a significant step in advancing our strategy to expand our rare disease business," said Horizon Chief Executive Timothy Walbert. Читать дальше...

Dow futures drop more than 100 points on rate-hike worries

Perrigo's stock gains premarket after Starboard discloses stake

Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC surged 2.9% in premarket trade, after activist investor Starboard Value LP disclosed a 4.6% stake in the drug maker. Starboard said in a press release Monday that it believes Perrigo's stock trades at a "significant discount to fair value," and that "substantial opportunities exist" to boost shareholder value. The stock had plunged 39% year to date through Friday, while the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF had lost 0.7% and the S&P 500 had gained 4.1%. Perrigo's... Читать дальше...

Oil prices are lower Monday on receding hopes for a production-freeze deal and a broad perception that last week’s drop in U.S. crude inventories was unlikely to be sustained.

China spent much of the last decade building a strategic alliance with Venezuela, a country that sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves and was led by a socialist president, the late Hugo Chávez, who admired Mao Zedong and wanted to counter U.S. influence in Latin America.

China spent much of the last decade building a strategic alliance with Venezuela, a country that sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves and was led by a socialist president, the late Hugo Chávez, who admired Mao Zedong and wanted to counter U.S. influence in Latin America.

The European Union’s executive arm is expected to reveal proposals to subject online services, such as Skype and WhatsApp, to same the rules governing telecom companies.

The European Union’s executive arm is expected to reveal proposals to subject online services, such as Skype and WhatsApp, to same the rules governing telecom companies.

The European Union’s executive arm is expected to reveal proposals to subject online services, such as Skype and WhatsApp, to same the rules governing telecom companies.

The major indexes each fall about 2%, with investors fleeing risky assets as investors wait to hear from the Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard, as they grapple with the chances of a U.S. rate hike this month.

The major indexes each fall about 2%, with investors fleeing risky assets as investors wait to hear from the Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard, as they grapple with the chances of a U.S. rate hike this month.

How bad has it gotten in recent years? Cost-estimating website HowMuch.net uses a Voronoi diagram to capture the declining income of the bottom 90% since 1980:

Morningstar’s new research methods put ETFs on a par with traditional mutual funds, writes Chuck Jaffe.

A 35-year bull run for U.S. Treasury bonds looks near its end writes Brett Arends.

U.K. stocks are being driven sharply lower Monday, as investors continue to fret about the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates.

Treasury prices fell further on Monday, pushing yields higher as expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates continued to drive financial markets. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose 1 basis point to 1.688%. The interest rate on the U.S. benchmark note on Friday climbed 5.7 basis points to 1.671%, it's highest level since June 23, the day of the Brexit vote. The rise in yields came after Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren on Friday said a "reasonable case can be made" for raising interest rates... Читать дальше...

The entire point of the Electoral College is to serve as a check on democratic voting. America’s founding fathers didn't trust the people to choose the most powerful person in the country.

Morningstar’s new research methods put ETFs on a par with traditional mutual funds, writes Chuck Jaffe.

Morningstar’s new research methods put ETFs on a par with traditional mutual funds, writes Chuck Jaffe.

A 35-year bull run for U.S. Treasury bonds looks near its end writes Brett Arends.

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