• Danaher will spin off its Environmental & Applied Solutions business.
  • Microsoft's Activision acquisition deal will be subject to an extensive antitrust investigation in the UK.
  • Tesla is changing its battery strategy to get tax breaks in the U.S., according to the WSJ.
  • California files an antitrust complaint against Amazon, accused of keeping prices artificially high.
  • Shell appoints Wael Sawan as CEO to replace Ben van Beurden.
  • United Airlines and Emirates announce a code-share agreement.
  • In response to Walt Disney, Comcast reports that Hulu will not be cheap.
  • Novartis is the subject of a competition investigation in Switzerland.
  • Compagnie Financière Richemont and Gübelin join forces in watch distribution.
  • Tencent Music opts for an IPO listing in Hong Kong, and will debut next week.
  • Adobe is close to a deal to buy Figma, a specialist in collaborative tools for design and engineering, and the talks are for a valuation of more than $15 billion, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. 
  • Union Pacific, BNSF - Major U.S. railroads and unions representing 115,000 railroad employees have reached a tentative agreement on wage increases and improved working conditions, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. In pre-market trading, Union Pacific gained 4.1%, CSX 2.4%.
  • Block, PayPal Holdings, Affirm Holdings - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. federal consumer protection agency, said Thursday it is considering imposing rules on deferred payment companies, saying their products and services could harm consumers.
  • AIG - AIG's life and health insurance division, Corebridge FinAancial, which begins trading Thursday, raised $1.68 billion Wednesday in its initial public offering (IPO).
  • KKR announced Thursday the success of its friendly takeover bid for all of Albioma's shares, which allows the American investment fund to hold 92.19% of the capital of the French renewable energy group.