Business
Pharmaceuticals: Its new corporate structure affects drug development partnerships with more than 50 firms.
Aug. 5, 2002
World & Nation
WASHINGTON -- In a victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a New Mexico photographer who claimed a free-speech right to refuse to shoot a wedding album for a same-sex couple.
April 7, 2014
Once embraced by liberals, 1st Amendment arguments are now being applied to contest campaign contribution limits, union dues and no-protest zones at abortion clinics.
March 20, 2014
A group led by U.S. corporate financiers Wasserstein Perella & Co. said today it has made a friendly $3.48-billion cash offer for Gateway Corp.
July 10, 1989
In an unusual lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles, three Allergan shareholders are seeking on behalf of the company to force 11 officers and directors to return their salaries for alleged acts to inflate the company’s stock price.
Sept. 1, 1990
A flurry of takeover bids, with cheap stock prices attracting cash-rich corporations, has hit the London stock market.
Dec. 18, 1987
A leading British investment bank, Morgan Grenfell, said its chief executive, Christopher Reeves, and its corporate finance head, Graham Walsh, resigned following an internal investigation into the firm’s role in the stock trading scandal surrounding Guinness PLC.
Jan. 21, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
Reuters Holdings PLC said it had bought a 48.8% interest in Australian Associated Press for $59.4 million.
May 30, 1988
Roy Jacuzzi has been named president and chief executive of Jacuzzi Inc., a unit of Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC.
Jan. 16, 1988
Grand Metropolitan PLC said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to sell its interests in the William Hill and Mecca betting shops to Brent Walker PLC for about $1.06 billion.
Sept. 6, 1989