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Analog Devices in Talks to Buy Maxim Integrated for More Than $17 BillionBy Cara Lombardo Semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc. is in talks to buy rival Maxim Integrated Products Inc. for more than $17 billion in what would be one of the largest merger deals of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. Analog... |
Analog Devices in Talks to Buy Maxim Integrated for More Than $17 BillionBy Cara Lombardo Analog Devices in Talks to Buy Maxim Integrated for More Than $17 Billion, Sources Say All-Stock Sale of Maxim Could Be Announced as Soon as Monday, Sources Say Maxim Has a Market Value of Roughly $17 Billion (END) Dow Jones Newswires July... |
ESPN Suspends Adrian Wojnarowski After Profane Email to U.S. SenatorBy Benjamin Mullin Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN has suspended Adrian Wojnarowski, its top scoopmonger on the inner workings of the National Basketball Association, after it was revealed he used profane language in an email to a U.S. senator, according to a... |
Disney World Reopens With Masks and Without Lines -- UpdateBy R.T. Watson Fans willing to brave what is usually one of the most heavily trafficked public spaces on earth are descending on Walt Disney Co.'s Orlando theme park in hopes of escaping the dreary realities of the coronavirus pandemic. But reality... |
Iran and China Angle for Broad Partnership to Offset U.S. PressureBy Sune Engel Rasmussen and Aresu Eqbali Iran and China are seeking to cement a wide-ranging partnership that would deflect U.S. economic pressure and ease Tehran's global isolation. An initial draft of the Iran-China deal, which still requires... |
U.S. Weighs Limited Options to Punish China Over Hong KongBy William Mauldin WASHINGTON -- As U.S. officials weigh sanctioning China over its recent moves in Hong Kong, the city's status as a global financial center limits the menu of effective levers available to Washington. Major actions against Hong... |
Target, MTV Blocked Ads From News Mentioning 'George Floyd' and 'Protests'By Patience Haggin Last month Target Corp. told a leading online news publisher not to run its ads in stories related to the Black Lives Matter movement. Articles mentioning police-brutality victims such as "Breonna Taylor" and " George... |
Are Banks Afraid of Covid-19? Watch How Much They Set Aside for Loan Losses This..By David Benoit Second-quarter results for the biggest U.S. banks won't be pretty. The novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the economy -- and the banks' operations. Lending money has become a much riskier proposal, forcing banks to put aside... |
Coronavirus Tests Role of Higher Education as Recession BufferBy Josh Mitchell In past recessions, the U.S. higher education system has served as a buffer of sorts by absorbing unemployed workers. The peculiarities of the coronavirus-induced recession present obstacles to colleges playing a similar role this time... |
Connecticut Bet Big on the Suburbs. That Might Finally Pay Off.By Joseph De Avila and Jon Kamp | Photographs by Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal WESTON, Conn. -- It took a global pandemic and a severe economic downturn to do what once seemed impossible: make the Connecticut suburbs cool again. Connecticut... |
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