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In the biggest-ever healthcare merger, Pfizer will move its headquarters to Ireland, freeing up billions of dollars in deferred U.S. tax liabilities.

Global stocks are rising as investor uncertainty about a December Federal Reserve rate increase recedes.

The Luxembourg government tweeted the Eurogroup and a meeting of sports, culture and youth ministers would go ahead but that other meetings in the Council of the EU had been canceled.

With the so-called natural interest rate in the United States now near zero, and equilibrium rates in other countries around the world also lower than in the past, central banks have "significantly less room to maneuver."

"The fee per barrel that is paid as profit to the company‎ is flexible based on the risk which is considered,” an Iranian official says.

Markets shrugged off unsettling attacks in Paris and Mali, as comments from the Federal Reserve and strong earnings buoyed investor sentiment.

The budget outlined spending cuts of about 5.7 billion euros in 2016, and predicted that the economy would shrink about 0.7 percent in the coming year.

The new contract takes effect Monday. It calls for raises for all workers and the end of a two-tiered pay system.

Pfizer CEO Ian Read will lead the combined company, while Allergan CEO Brent Saunders will have another very senior role, sources said.

Wage and benefits theft continue with impunity among companies that make products for the likes of Mattel and Disney, says a report released Friday.

The U.S. Treasury Department aims to prevent companies from moving abroad to avoid taxes. But big corporations in the midst of inversions aren't blinking.

The smartphone's success made Apple the world's most valuable company, but the device's slowing rate of sales growth will force its maker to reinvent itself.

Congressional Republicans, with some Democrats, also passed a bill to limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi's comments buffeted investor sentiment in Europe while Asian markets locked in marginal gains during the week.

The former “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star has reportedly been on her latest weight loss journey since March.

The bank's Friday listing is the largest European bank IPO since the 2008 financial crisis.

Chinese authorities have come down hard on underground financial networks used by people to circumvent the country's strict overseas money transfer rules.

California has set a Friday deadline for Volkswagen to come up with a plan to fix the diesel cars affected by its rigging of emissions tests.

Japan's Nikkei retreated from three-month highs hit on Thursday, falling 0.5 percent as the dollar dipped versus the yen.

The state's attorney general proposes that the paid games be prohibited to those under age 21. A public comment period would precede enactment.

Data on Thursday appeared to support the Federal Reserve's view of a strengthening labor market ahead of its meeting next month.

The Palo Alto electric carmaker’s efforts to send over-the-air semiautonomous driving features abroad challenged by local auto safety officials.

The payments company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was the latest Silicon Valley unicorn to hit public markets Thursday.

Bitcoin is the most popular form of digital cryptocurrency, with users able to transact in relative anonymity.

As jitters from the attacks in Paris dissipated, global markets rose Thursday on encouraging comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Meanwhile, the head of Audi of America said that the emissions scandal had not diminished sales of its vehicles in the United States.

Inversions typically involve a U.S. multinational buying a smaller foreign competitor and relocating to its home country, if only on paper, to escape U.S. taxes.

Japan's Nikkei rose 1 percent, brushing aside a disappointing report on exports and imports.

U.S. stocks closed with gains of more than 1 percent on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve October meeting showed a solid core of officials rallied behind a possible December rate hike.