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(Bloomberg) — Stock markets in the Middle East, the first to trade after Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. election, are signaling bets the new president will reduce international conflict and push for peace in the region.That optimism outweighed concern …

The votes have been counted, and a decision has been rendered — no, not on the winner of the U.S. Presidential election (unfortunately), but on Biogen's (BIIB) aducanumab Alzheimer’s drug.By a vote of one for, eight against, and two abstaining, …

(Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for …

(Bloomberg) — Skyrocketing bullion prices helped Barrick Gold Corp. generate record amounts of cash — and shareholders are getting rewarded with another dividend hike.The world’s second-largest gold producer spun out $1.3 billion of free cash flow in the third quarter, …

(Bloomberg Opinion) — When's the last time you actually thought about your office's air conditioner? Pre-pandemic, assuming it worked, probably never. Today? Probably a lot. And even once the coronavirus outbreaks have subsided and a vaccine is finally in hand, …