Sycamore Partners is known to be negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots, an American drugstore chain. According to informed sources, Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm, is negotiating to acquire Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, a troubled American drugstore chain. According to sources, Sycamore Partners has been discussing the privatization of Walgreens. The details are not made public, and the negotiations may end without results. Walgreens jumped 28%, the biggest one-day increase since at least 1980. Walgreens' share price fell by two-thirds in the year ending Monday, ranking the bottom of the S&P 500.Argentina's MERVAL index closed down 1.34% to 2.199 million points.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that Tecovrimat is safe, but it is not an effective solution to improve the symptoms of monkeypox patients.
US Treasury Secretary Yellen: I also expressed my concern about fiscal responsibility. We need to cut the deficit. I hope that Congress can try to pay for any extension of Trump's personal tax cuts passed in 2017.LI: On December 11th, 2024, the 1200th ideal overcharging station was put into operation, with 650 high-speed ideal overcharging stations and 550 ideal urban overcharging stations.WTI January crude oil futures closed up 0.22 USD, or 0.32%, at 68.59 USD/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed down about 0.60% to $3.1630 per million british thermal unit. Nymex January gasoline futures closed at $1.9568 per gallon, and Nymex January heating oil futures closed at $2.1861 per gallon.
After the publication of the OPEC monthly report, the short-term fluctuations of the US and Burundi oil were not significant, and they were reported at US$ 69.08/barrel and US$ 72.78/barrel respectively.Market information: US federal judge blocked Kroger's $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons.Market information: US President Biden plans to formally prevent Nippon Steel (Nippon Steel) from acquiring American steel companies. US Steel (X) triggered an intraday fuse and fell 8.8% before trading was suspended.