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Sony earlier this week called of the transaction with Zee Entertainment, which is reported to be worth $10 billion.

Economists are divided, with some seeing a policy pivot starting in April and rate cuts of 150 basis points this year.

China pledged to reduce the amount of liquidity that its banks are required to hold as reserves early next month in its bid to boost its struggling economy.

Banks should be setting aside this year's bumper profits to provision for clients defaulting on loans, says BaFin President Mark Branson.

Plural, a venture firm set up by the founders of Wise, Skype and Songkick, raised 400 million euros ($436.4 million) for a new fund.

"Iran's three strikes were a three for one," Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, told CNBC.

EBay said Tuesday that it plans to lay off 9% of the company's workforce, equating to 1,000 full-time employees

The latest batch of corporate earnings turned out to be mixed bag for Wall Street.

SAP announced a restructuring plan on Tuesday that will affect over 7% of its workforce, but overall headcount should be about the same by year end.

Martin Shkreli served a criminal sentence for securities fraud related to a pharmaceuticals company he founded.

The settlement does not resolve the tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that J&J's talc-based products caused cancer.

U.S. Treasury yields were slightly higher on Tuesday, as market participants await the release of key economic data points later in the week.

High-end skin-care brand SK-II saw its sales tumble 34% in greater China, owner Procter & Gamble said.

Jack Ma and Joe Tsai have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire Alibaba shares on the open market, signaling confidence in the company's prospects.

US oil production is at a record, and as more crude tankers avoid the Red Sea and Suez Canal, Europe is buying more of it for the diesel market.

Alphabet has ended its contractual work with Appen, the artificial intelligence data firm that helped train Google's chatbot Bard and Google Search results.

The tag-team of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" represented 88% of the box office generated by best-picture nominees prior to their nomination.

Netflix adds WWE Raw after making only a few forays into live programming in its history.

The Dow's thousand-point milestones serve as a short-hand history of Wall Street.

Bitcoin extended its recent declines on Tuesday, falling below $39,000 to its lowest level since the beginning of December.