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A $1.3 Trillion Debt-Fueled Boom in Deals Faces a Grim New Reality

(Bloomberg) — When a Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. affiliate bought Summit Health-CityMD around a year ago, the pharmacy group’s management hailed the deal as transformational for its push into primary health care. Most Read from Bloomberg Twelve months later, the $8.9 billion takeover has struggled to deliver cost synergies and Walgreens’s creditworthiness has just been […]

A $6 trillion cash hoard could fuel more stock gains as Fed pivots

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Investors wondering whether markets can continue their torrid rally are eyeing one important factor that could boost assets: a nearly $6 trillion pile of cash on the sidelines. Soaring yields have pulled cash into money markets and other short-term instruments, as many investors chose to collect income in the ultra-safe vehicles […]