Top-line results show some hope for treatment even though a research goal was missed.
The ECB is considering yield band targets for a new bond-buying program. Orders for US durable goods jump, but the core number slides. Fed stimulus hopes fade. Autodesk plunges on disappointing results. Eli Lilly rallies on an Alzheimer's study.
Will the biotech need to find a suitor after the halting of a once-promising development program?
JP Morgan, PetSmart and Eli Lilly are downgraded.
Stocks are mixed as Apple earnings weigh on the Nasdaq but improved outlooks from Boeing and Caterpillar support the Dow.
When mindless losers dump stocks in Europe-inspired sell-offs, you can pick up bargains.
The transaction also includes a $3.4 billion payment from AstraZeneca as the big drug companies try to replace lost sales from products with generic competition.
The diabetes drugmaker is being acquired, and the chairman of the financial firm is resigning.
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