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Northrop Grumman Enters Contracts to Increase Missile Defense Production

Northrop Grumman signed two agreements totaling $3 billion to speed up production of missile interceptors.

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Visa to Buy Fraud Defense Platform BioCatch in $2.4 Billion Deal

Visa is acquiring BioCatch, a fraud-reduction platform that uses artificial intelligence , for $2.4 billion in cash.

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Lantheus Holdings to Be Acquired for Initial $6.7 Billion

Curium said it would pay $102.50 a share in cash for Lantheus, a 2.9% premium to Friday's closing price of $99.64 and 8.5% above Lantheus's closing price of $94.47 on May 21, before Bloomberg reported that Curium was circling the company.

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KKR to Buy Integer Holdings for $4.3 Billion

Investment firm KKR has struck a deal to acquire medical-device outsourcing company Integer Holdings for $127 a share.

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Rising Beef Costs Pressure Tyson's Bottom Line

The meatpacking company lowered its profit outlook for the year as a cattle shortage in the U.S. drives up expenses.

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Trump Blasts Big Oil Companies for 'Making Too Much Money'

The president called out ExxonMobil and Chevron for record profits amid high oil prices.

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EchoStar's Hughes Network Files for Bankruptcy as $1.5 Billion Debt Comes Due

Hughes Network Systems, owned by Charlie Ergen's EchoStar, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday.

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Kalshi Expands 15-Minute Markets Beyond Crypto With Gold and Silver

Kalshi is expanding its fast-growing 15-minute prediction markets to gold and silver as it works toward eventually offering similar contracts tied to individual stocks.

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JPMorgan Chase to Invest $750 Billion to Boost U.S. Housing Supply, Homeownership

The bank aims to finance one million affordable housing units and provide loans to 200,000 first-time home buyers through 2035.

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Marriott Says Middle East Conflict Weighed on Sales

The hotel company's second-quarter revenue rose 5% but fell short of analysts' estimates, as sales were weighed down by a drop in revenue per available room in the Middle East.

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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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AstraZeneca Shares Drop, Bristol Myers Squibb's Climb After Merger Talks Reports

A potential deal between AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb would create a pharma giant with a combined market value of roughly $400 billion.

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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 and Prysmian intends to combine its products with Atkore's to increase its exposure to North American data centers.

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BYD Sets Export Record. Nio, XPeng, and Li Auto Stocks Suffer

BYD exported over 180,000 vehicles in July, more than 40% of its total sales volume.

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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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August 03, 2026 17:00 ET (21:00 GMT)