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Epipen Maker Mylan Hires Banks For Debut Euro Bond

Mylan has hired banks for a euro-denominated multi-tranche debut euro bond, a day after the under-fire drugmaker announced it would launch a generic version of its EpiPen allergy injection at half the price. The company has mandated Deutsche Bank, Citigroup,...

Oil Prices Rise On U.S. Weather Fears, OPEC Speculation

Oil futures rose on Tuesday supported by production suspensions in the U.S. Gulf due to an expected tropical storm and speculation that producers meeting in Algeria next month will act to prop up prices. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading...

Apple Should Repay Ireland 13bn Euros, European Commission Rules

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Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year investigation, it has concluded that the US firm's Irish tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said Ireland enabled the company to...

External Reserves Rise by $595m As $309m Flows Into Nigeria’s Forex Market in One Day

BEVERLY HILLS, AUGUST 30, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s external reserves have risen by $595 million in the past five days to stand at $26.196bn on Monday. The marginal accrual represented an increase of 2.26 per cent, compared with $25.601bn as...

Monday Trading Ends In Loss As Investors Lose N28bn

BEVERLY HILLS, August 29, (THEWILL) - Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange which resumed for the week on Monday ended at the end of the day’s trading on a negative note as the market capitalisation depreciated by N28bn...

Yellen Inspires Dollar Bulls

Sentiment towards the US economy was elevated on Friday following the hawkish comments from Janet Yellen which bolstered expectations over the Federal Reserve raising US rates in 2016. Investors were gifted the clarity long sought when Yellen suggested that...

Cyber Threat Grows For Bitcoin Exchanges

When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft -- the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly...

Stock Futures Flat As Investors Fathom Fed Comments On Rates

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday as investors tried to decipher comments from top Federal Reserve officials on the timing of the next interest rate hike. * Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday the case for...

Oil Falls Towards $49 On High Output, Strong Dollar

Oil fell towards $49 a barrel on Monday, pressured by high output from Middle East OPEC members and as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on commodities. Iraq, which has exported more crude from its southern ports in August, will continue...

Oil Falls As Saudi Arabia Douses Expectations For Output Freeze

Oil eased on Friday, on course for its largest weekly decline in a month after the Saudi energy minister watered down expectations that the world's largest producers might agree next month to limit their output. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were...