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Banco BPM Pulls Out of Merger Talks With Monte Paschi

The move could clear the way for a rival $35 billion takeover offer from Intesa Sanpaolo.

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Atkore Agrees to Be Bought by Prysmian for $3.8 Billion, Including Debt

Atkore shareholders will receive $95 a share in cash.

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TotalEnergies Sells Stake in European Renewable Assets to KKR

TotalEnergies said it agreed to sell a 50% stake in European onshore solar and wind assets to private-equity firm KKR.

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AstraZeneca Shares Drop After Reports of Bristol Myers Squibb Merger Talks

If maintained until close, the decline would be the stock's biggest one-day percentage fall since the day of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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easyJet Extends Castlelake's Deadline to Top Apollo's $7.6 Billion Bid

The low-cost airline said Castlelake has until Friday to align its bid with that of rival Apollo.

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Sandoz to Pay Around $480 Million to Settle U.S. Antitrust Pricing Litigations

The agreements mean the remaining claims against the Swiss maker of generic drugs in the U.S. generic antitrust litigation are those from individual plaintiffs.

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German Robotics Startup Agile Robots Set to Double Revenue This Year

The German robotics startup is betting that its manufacturing expertise, not just advances in artificial intelligence, will lead to a surge in revenue and produce profits.

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WestJet Strike Grounds Hundreds of Flights in Canada

The job action at Canada's second-largest airline stranded passengers on busy holiday weekend.

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Aperol Can Tap Into Beer Market at Sports and Music Events, Campari CEO Says

EXCLUSIVE: Aperitif maker Davide Campari-Milano believes Aperol Spritz, a cocktail that mixes the crimson bitters with sparkling wine and soda, can replace beer as the go-to drink for some concertgoers and sports fans.

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How Chinese AI Models Could Upend Anthropic, OpenAI, and Nvidia

Restricting Chinese open models could protect U.S. developers but increase costs for U.S. users and slow AI adoption, analysts say.

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Palantir Earnings Will Show If the Software Rocket Is Running Out of Fuel

Palantir saw sales growth of 85% last quarter. The Wall Street consensus is that both sales growth and margin will begin to fall off when it reports earnings Monday.

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SpaceX's Blockbuster Earnings Report Is Coming. What to Watch.

SpaceX reports second-quarter results on Aug. 4. It will be a big day for the company and the stock market.

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Wall Street Thinks It Knows How Tech Giants Will Make AI Pay

Investors are coming around to the idea that Big Tech spending on AI can make sense-as long as there is a cloud-computing business involved.

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How OpenAI Lost Its AI Crown-and the Fight to Win It Back

Bets on consumer chatbots and flashy side projects overshadowed AI coding opportunity, which rival Anthropic used to capture the lead.

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David Ellison's Risky Courtroom Strategy to Save His $81 Billion Warner Deal

After opting to go straight to trial, Ellison's team adds legal muscle, games out options such as getting states to drop out of the suit to get the Paramount-Warner merger done

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August 03, 2026 05:00 ET (09:00 GMT)