Text size Paul Ratje / Getty Images Bond Investors Should Not Be Overly Surprised With Chesapeake Energy‘s bankruptcy. The oil and gas producer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a South Texas court on Sunday, after the company and its creditors agreed to the guidelines of a restructuring plan …
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Text size Dirk Waem / Getty Images NASH was once the next big thing for big drug companies; a newly defined disorder that requires chronic treatment that affects millions of people in developed countries. Dozens of companies are developing drugs for the disease, which can cause life-threatening conditions like decompensated …
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Shares in Wirecard AG WDI, + 154.48% More than 150% soared on Monday, with some speculation that French group Worldline may try to buy parts of the German scandal payments company that filed for bankruptcy last week. Others said it was a so-called dead cat bounce: speaking on the market …
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Facebook shares fell in pre-market trading on Monday, after Diageo and Starbucks became the latest companies to stop advertising on social media platforms for ineffective surveillance of hate speech. Shares of the social networking company FB, -2.48%, which operates Instagram and WhatsApp, in addition to its eponymous platform, fell more …
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European stocks struggled for direction when a new week began on Monday, and investor focus remained on rising US coronavirus infection rates. Yielding past gains, the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP Index, -0.01% it held steady at 358.09, after a 1.9% drop last week. The German DAX + 0.40% rose 0.2%, …
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