Shire Plc has agreed to buy U.S. rare disease specialist Dyax Corp for about $5.9 billion – and potentially up to $6.5 billion – while still pursuing a five times larger unsolicited bid for Baxalta Inc. It comes amid a record wave of deal-making in the broader healthcare sector so far this year, which amounted to $477 billion as of last week, according to Thomson Reuters data. Shares in the
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC (HSBA.L) profit jumped by a third in the latest quarter as a drop in fines for past misconduct more than offset the impact of a slowdown in Asia and increased spending on regulatory compliance. Europe’s biggest bank also said on Monday that it will step up its push into investment banking activity on the Chinese mainland by establishing a majority-owned securities venture in the country.
Visa Inc., the world’s largest payments network, agreed to acquire Visa Europe Ltd. in a deal valued at as much as 21.2 billion euros ($23.4 billion) to unify the brand globally after eight years as separate …
Allison Williams has shown some skin on her hit series Girls, and now she’s taking her top off for Harper by Harper’s Bazaar. Brian Williams’ gorgeous daughter poses in Coach…
Things are getting pretty heated in the season two premiere of Christina Milian Turned Up! When the hit E! show returns on Tuesday, Christina Milian and her mom Carmen are not seeing eye…
There’s no selfie like one with Snoopy. Hollywood’s brightest stars hit the red carpet on both coasts to celebrate the premiere of The Peanuts Movie Sunday. While…
Prepare to return to the final frontier on the small screen: A new Star Trek series is in the works for CBS by CBS Television Studios, E! News has confirmed. The show will debut on CBS before…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sat down in a rare interview on the Today Show, opening up about how they’ve maintained an incredibly strong marriage despite the obstacles they’ve…
It’s almost that time! The season 2 premiere of Christina Milian Turned Up is tomorrow night, which means things are seriously about to heat up! Christina Milian is back…
Solange Knowles shared an awesome pic of her 11-year-old son dressed as a young LL Cool J for Halloween, and while most followers couldn’t help but gush over Julez’s costume choice, one…
