Celgene Corp will sell its psoriasis drug Otezla for $13.4 billion in cash to Amgen Inc, taking Celgene a step closer to a $74-billion takeover by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
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Trump on trade war: China wants to negotiate and we will be ‘getting back to the table’
Speaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz in France, President Donald Trump said on Monday that China is ready to come back to the negotiating table and the two countries will start talking very seriously.
Read More »South Whitehall sees costs for municipal campus renovations jump by millions
Plans for South Whitehall’s new municipal complex are moving ahead, but the estimated price tag for the work has ballooned by about $3 million, officials say.
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Dow drops 450 points after Trump orders U.S. companies to look for ‘alternative to China’
Stocks fell to their lows of the day on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered in a series of tweets that U.S. companies find alternatives to their operations in China. Trump’s tweets come after China unveiled new tariffs on Chinese goods.
Read More »David Koch, billionaire businessman and influential GOP donor, dies
Conservative billionaire David Koch, who became a household name through the policy and political empire he created with his older brother, Charles, has died. He was 79.
Read More »Glen-Gery’s parent company acquires Iowa-based brick-maker
The company that owns Berks County-based Glen-Gery Corporation is building on its portfolio of brands.
Read More »How Amazon is fighting back against workers’ increasing efforts to unionize
With record-breaking sales numbers and newly doubled shipping speeds, momentum to unionize has picked up among some of Amazon’s more than 650,000 worldwide employees.
Read More »YouTube channels suspended for ‘coordinated’ influence campaign against Hong Kong
Google has suspended 210 YouTube channels it says were being used as part of a "coordinated" campaign to influence public opinion about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Read More »East Allen Township gives OK to turn industrial park into warehouse
The transformation of an existing industrial park into a single warehouse in East Allen Township has been approved by the board of supervisors.
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