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Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Symbol: VRTX), where a total of 17,634 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.8 million underlying shares. That amounts

(RTTNews) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) announced positive results from its Phase 2 dose-ranging study of the selective NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 in people with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy or DPN.

(RTTNews) - Medical technology firm Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (IART) announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acclarent, Inc. from Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson MedTech company, for $275 million in cash at closing. This is subj

Seniors are often advised to wait until full retirement age (FRA) to sign up for Social Security. That age is based on your year of birth, and it's 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later.

(RTTNews) - Shattuck Labs, Inc. (STTK) reported initial topline dose-expansion data from ongoing Phase 1A/B clinical trial of SL-172154 in combination with azacitidine in frontline Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes and TP53 mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients. The company

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been one of the best performing stocks of 2023. Despite the overall financial sector dramatically underperforming the S&P 500 index, SoFi's stock is up by 72% for the year as of Dec. 12.

After a rocky couple of years, the stock market has been surging in recent weeks. The S&P 500 is up by more than 12% since late October alone, and it's soared by just over 20% since the beginning of the year.

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(RTTNews) - UK's Payment Systems Regulator or PSR provisionally proposed to introduce a price cap on cross-border interchange fees on credit and debit cards, mainly of U.S. payment tech majors Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. With this, the regulator aims to protect UK businesses fr

Shares of technology giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) have bounced back from their pandemic-era lows, but the stock remains down about 21% from its all-time high reached more than a decade ago. The company has long been transforming itself for the age of cloud co

Private equity firm Apollo Global is weighing a bid for UK's Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) in a deal that could value the company at about 5 billion pounds ($6.26 billion), Sky News reported on Wednesday.

The stock market has been rather strong in 2023 after a weak 2022. Through Dec. 12, the S&P 500 benchmark index had risen by 21% for the year and is hovering at a new 52-week high.

The auditor hired by Volkswagen to audit its jointly-owned site in Xinjiang posted a statement on LinkedIn flagging that just two employees supervised the project, in a sign of the reputational challenges posed by undertaking such work in the region.

Vacation rental platform Airbnb said on Wednesday it will pay 576 million euros ($620.58 million) to the Italian Revenue Agency to settle outstanding host income tax obligations for the 2017-2021 tax years.

The Japan Rugby Football Union on Wednesday named Eddie Jones as its new head coach, ending weeks of speculation over the Australian's re-appointment to the job he held from 2012 and 2015.

(RTTNews) - Dutch biopharmaceutical company Pharming Group N.V. (PHAR) announced Wednesday its plans to develop leniolisib for additional primary immunodeficiencies or PIDs beyond activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome or APDS.

Japanese government bond (JGB) yields fell for the third-straight day on Wednesday, tracking their U.S. peers down ahead of an auction for 20-year JGBs.

Australian shares ended higher on Wednesday, with financials and mining stocks leading gains, while investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision for clues on the interest rate trajectory.

The dollar ticked up slightly versus major rivals on Wednesday, as traders braced for the conclusion of a Federal Reserve policy meeting that could provide clues on when the U.S. central bank will begin lowering interest rates.