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The company
Which company agreed on Tuesday to buy Consolidated Precision Products for US$11.75 billion?
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GE Aerospace agreed to buy Consolidated Precision Products, a Cleveland castings maker that has supplied GE for more than 15 years. Read the story →
The why
Why did CooperCompanies fall about 14% on Thursday despite beating profit forecasts?
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Investors had priced in a sale of CooperSurgical, its fertility arm. When the board chose to keep it, that premium came out of the share price in one go. Read the story →
The figure
What did Oracle's remaining performance obligations, its contracted order book, reach in its latest results?
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Oracle's order book reached US$664 billion against the US$639.89 billion analysts expected, yet the shares closed down 1.1% at US$151.34. Read the story →
The term
In Thursday's bond story, what does a Treasury buyback actually involve?
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The Treasury buys back its own older, less-traded bonds with cash it already holds. It is a plumbing exercise to improve trading, not a cut in what the government owes. Read the story →
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