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AstraZeneca follows rival Boehringer in capping out-of-pocket costs for inhalers
Date: March 18, 2024
AstraZeneca follows rival Boehringer in capping out-of-pocket costs for inhalers (Reuters) – Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday it would cap out-of-pocket costs for its inhaled respiratory products at $35 per month in the United States, following a similar move by rival Boehringer Ingelheim earlier in the month. High drug prices in the United States have...
New Banksy mural depicting tree foliage appears in north London
Date: March 18, 2024
New Banksy mural depicting tree foliage appears in north London LONDON (Reuters) – A new artwork by British street artist Banksy has appeared in London, using green paint sprayed across the side of a building to mimic the foliage of a real, heavily pruned tree that stands a few metres in front of it. A...
Dollar dips, yen steady as BOJ policy shift beckons
Date: March 18, 2024
Dollar dips, yen steady as BOJ policy shift beckons By Herbert Lash and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar was little changed on Monday ahead of a slew of central bank meetings this week, with the Bank of Japan widely expected to end negative interest rates and the market waiting for the Federal Reserve’s...
Gold marches higher as US jobs data boosts bets of early rate cut
Date: March 15, 2024
Gold marches higher as US jobs data boosts bets of early rate cut By Anjana Anil (Reuters) – Gold prices surged to a fresh record high on Friday as data showing a rise in the U.S. unemployment rate boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve could begin cutting interest rates soon. Spot gold rose 0.7% to...
French shipping company CMA CGM commits to buy BFM-owner Altice Media
Date: March 15, 2024
French shipping company CMA CGM commits to buy BFM-owner Altice Media PARIS (Reuters) -French shipping company CMA CGM and telecom group Altice France said on Friday they had entered exclusive talks for CMA CGM to buy Altice Media, which owns leading news channel BFM TV, for an enterprise value of 1.55 billion euros ($1.69 billion)....
Stock rally pauses as US inflation douses rate cut hopes
Date: March 15, 2024
Stock rally pauses as US inflation douses rate cut hopes By Naomi Rovnick and Kevin Buckland LONDON TOKYO, LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks were set to end the week on a tepid note, following seven weeks of gains, after hotter-than-forecast U.S. inflation knocked back bets for how soon and often the Federal Reserve will cut...