Stocks And Shares

The two pharmaceutical companies have received requests from U.S. antitrust regulators for more information on their proposed merger. In addition, Merck launched a $4.25 billion four-part debt sale, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Shares of ...

NEW YORK -- A surprisingly bleak forecast for the world economy sent stocks tumbling. Major stock indexes dropped more than 2 percent Monday after the World Bank estimated the global economy will shrink 2.9 percent in 2009. It previously predicted a ...