Kimberly-Clark agrees to buy Tylenol owner Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal, creating consumer staples giant

The combined company would bring together brands like Huggies and Kleenex with the likes of Band-Aid and Tylenol.
Buy this streaming platform after strong earnings, Piper Sandler says

The investment firm upgraded the streaming platform to overweight from neutral.
Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal

Kenvue’s shareholders will receive $3.50 per share and 0.15 Kimberly-Clark shares for each Kenvue share held.
Auto giants rally as China says it will consider exemptions for Nexperia chip exports

A standoff between the Netherlands and China over chipmaker Nexperia had prompted auto giants to warn of production outages.
Standard Chartered CEO expects blockchain to ‘eventually’ power nearly all global transactions

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters foresees a future in which nearly all global transactions are conducted on a digital blockchain ledger.
‘Useless’ and ‘hopeless’: Ryanair CEO slams U.K. government over travel tax

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on Monday lambasted the U.K. government over its push to raise travel taxes.
India now incurs higher U.S. tariffs than China. What does it say about Trump’s foreign policy?

The recent softening of ties between China and US indicate that US foreign policy may not prioritize its strategic relationship with India anymore.
Stocks are defying gravity — but investors say these triggers could spark a ‘sizeable’ correction

Fund managers outline what to watch amid concerns equities could soon return to earth with a bump.
The global critical minerals race is heating up — and rare earths stocks are skyrocketing

U.S.-listed rare earths miners have been on a tear this year, with some companies rallying more than 400% as the global critical minerals race heats up.
China’s Baidu says weekly robotaxi rides hit 250,000 — same as Alphabet’s Waymo this spring

In the race to prove to regulators and investors that robotaxis have a viable track record, Baidu’s Apollo Go is claiming orders on par with Waymo.