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Hasbro Inc on Monday added two directors to its board and said it will keep its Wizards of the Coast unit, rejecting calls from an activist investor to spin off the profitable unit and refresh the toy maker's board with its director nominees.

Activist investment firm Macellum Advisors GP LLC on Monday urged Kohl's Inc to be more open about its sales process, urging the retailer to give bidders and shareholders a fuller financial picture of itself.

Activist investment firm Macellum Advisors GP LLC on Monday urged Kohl's Inc to be more open about its sales process, urging the retailer to give bidders and shareholders a fuller financial picture of itself.

Grammy winner Jon Batiste has a net worth of $4 million.

Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday said its first-quarter results could top a seven-year quarterly record, with operating profits from pumping oil and gas alone of up to $9.3 billion.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Monday, boosted by megacap tech and growth stocks and a surge in Twitter after Elon Musk revealed a stake in the company, despite cautionary signals in the bond market and talk of more sanctions against Russia over Ukraine.

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Monday as a jump in the shares of Twitter and U.S.-listed Chinese firms offset concerns about more sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Twitter’s shares were trading at about $49 per share on Monday in premarket trading.

Ferrero, the company that manufactures the surprise eggs, urgently recalled all the eggs after 10 cases of the same strain of salmonella responsible for an outbreak in the U.K. were reported in Ireland.

J-Hope is the richest member of BTS, with a net worth of $26 million.

Kyrgyzstan will take full control of the Kumtor gold mine (KGC), its biggest industrial enterprise, under an out-of-court settlement with Canada-based Centerra Gold after a series of legal disputes over the past year.

When buyout firm Thoma Bravo LLC was seeking lenders to finance its acquisition of business software company Anaplan Inc last month, it skipped banks and went directly to private equity lenders including Blackstone Inc and Apollo Global Management Inc.

When buyout firm Thoma Bravo LLC was seeking lenders to finance its acquisition of business software company Anaplan Inc last month, it skipped banks and went directly to private equity lenders including Blackstone Inc and Apollo Global Management Inc.

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Monday disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc, worth nearly $3 billion, making him the micro-blogging site's largest shareholder and triggering a rise of more than 27% in the company's shares.

The chances of the U.S. fund KKR pushing ahead with a firm bid for Telecom Italia (TIM) faded, with the two sides deadlocked on Tuesday over access to the company's books.

The chances of U.S. fund KKR pushing ahead with a firm bid for Telecom Italia (TIM) appeared to fade further on Tuesday, with the two sides deadlocked over access to the company's books.

Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as European leaders urged further sanctions against Moscow amid allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.

Turkish inflation hits fresh record at 61.1 percent

Ted Baker is open to selling itself at the right price after seeing a flurry of takeover interest, the British fashion retailer said on Monday in the wake of a robust rebound from the pandemic.

Australian venture capital firm Square Peg is raising $550 million to expand its commitment to back startups in its key markets of Australia and Israel, with a growing focus on Southeast Asia's booming tech markets.

Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive kids from parents

Starbucks Corp will pause billions of dollars of stock buybacks to invest more in employees and stores, longtime former chief executive Howard Schultz said on Monday on his return to lead the global coffee chain for a third time.

Ireland's Ryanair narrowed the range for its forecast annual loss on Monday as passenger numbers topped pre-pandemic levels for the first time ahead of the key Easter holiday period.

British financial regulators launched a sweeping probe on Monday into how the London Metal Exchange (LME) suspended chaotic nickel trading last month, a move that prompted angry protests from market participants and damaged the exchange's reputation.

Grammys night: Tributes, digs and a Ukraine moment, but no slaps

An electric car is a clean car, right? If only it were so simple.

Almost half of all cryptocurrency owners in the United States, Latin America and Asia Pacific purchased the digital assets for the first time in 2021, according to a new survey from U.S.

India's largest private lender HDFC Bank is buying its biggest shareholder in a $40 billion deal, the country's biggest ever, creating a financial services titan to better tap rising demand for credit.

India's largest private lender HDFC Bank will merge with its biggest shareholder, creating a financial services conglomerate with a $237 billion balance sheet to better tap demand for credit in an economy rebounding from the pandemic.