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Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) and Kioxia Holdings are advancing in discussions about a potential merger with a rough structure including a dual-listing in Japan being possible parts of the deal. Western Digital (WDC) would spin off its flash business and merge it with Kioxia, creating a new publicly traded company in the U.S, under the current terms being discussed, according to a Bloomberg report late Friday, which cited people familiar. The company would also have a second stock listing in Japan. Western Digital (WDC) management would likely run the combined company, according to the report.…

Bet_Noire/iStock via Getty Images Analysts say the price of silver could hit $30/oz this year, the highest since February 2013, driven by supply shortages of the metal as well as the tendency for silver to outgain gold in periods of high inflation. Silver is in a shortage, according to Nicky Shiels, head of metals strategy at precious metals company MKS PAMP said, noting significant drawdowns in available physical stocks held in New York and London’s physical hubs, “more so than seen in gold.” Shiels expects silver will post deficits of more than 100M oz during the next five years, with…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he hosts mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting and other officials in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo By Nandita Bose and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new search of President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday by the U.S. Justice Department found six more items, including documents with classification markings, a lawyer for the president said in a statement Saturday night.  Some of the classified documents and “surrounding materials” dated from Biden’s tenure in…

© Reuters. (BTC) is in for a new “big rally” as market strength copies conditions from after the 2018 bear market. According to the latest analysis, will continue to head higher “after some consolidation” thanks to key signals from its relative strength index (RSI).BTC/USD 1-week candle chart (Bitstamp) with RSI. Source: TradingViewBTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Trader Tardigrade/ TwitterBTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp) with RSI. Source: TradingViewContinue Reading on Coin Telegraph Source link

Oleg Elkov/iStock via Getty Images Looking at recently approved drugs and the pipelines of major pharmaceutical companies, there is no lack of therapies that could potentially be significant revenue drivers. Analytics company Clarivate, in its annual Drugs to Watch report, identified 15 drugs that have the potential to become blockbusters. The drugs are projected to hit blockbuster status — sales of $1B or greater — by 2027. Drugmakers on this list include AstraZeneca (AZN), AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), Eli Lilly (LLY), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and Pfizer (PFE). The report provides a dose of confidence to…

Khanchit Khirisutchalual Starting coverage on 24 insurance companies, BMO Capital Markets analyst Michael Zaremski named Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE:AJG), Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), Travelers (NYSE:TRV), and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) as his top picks. At the bottom of the heap, he rates insuretech stock Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) and Kinsale Capital (NYSE:KNSL) as Underperform. Overall, “investor crowding into safety stocks has pushed multiples higher by 12% for insurance carriers and 24% for insurance brokers over the last eight months, leading our stock selection process to yield more Market Perform ratings,” he said. That means investors need to be more selective in their choices, he…

© Reuters. (Reuters) – Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion). The settlement builds on the 2021 Gottfriedson Day Scholars settlement, that provided individual compensation to day scholars who attended a residential school but did not reside at the institution. Canada will provide the settlement amount to a non-profit trust, independent of the government, as part of the class settlement. The organization charged with administering the trust will be governed by a permanent board consisting of nine…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson looks on, as he visits soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are taking part in the UK-led basic training programme, on a military training camp, in an unspecified location in the North East of Engla 2/2 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions with Turkey at a time when the Nordic country needs Ankara’s backing to gain entry to the military alliance. “We condemn in the strongest…

Kwarkot/iStock via Getty Images Equity REITs saw a slight decline in weekly returns, having finished ~0.5% lower during the week ended Jan. 20, but outperformed the broader Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF index, which finished 0.78% lower, and S&P 500 index, which ended the week 0.66% lower. Hotel REITs saw the biggest gain in value, having finished 3.18% higher this week. Healthcare REITs followed, having gained 1.61% higher than last week. Infrastructure REITs were major laggards, having lost 3.61% of value on a weekly basis. Office REITs followed, having finished 0.78% down from last week. Meanwhile, mortgage REITs gained…

Shahid Jamil/iStock Editorial via Getty Images With big-name tech hardware companies lining up to deliver a slate of quarterly results starting this coming week, sentiment regarding the sector remains on the cautious side for the first half of the year. But, with what might be called a wait-and-see approach toward the market in the near term, feelings are growing that the hardware industry could be on the brink of a gradual turnaound. That’s the impression coming from Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring, who lifted his overall view of the IT hardware sector to in line, which is basically a way…