Dahaner, a U.S.-based, $150-billion life sciences conglomerate, is finalizing its acquisition of Masimo, which makes devices that monitor patients’ vital signs, for about $10 billion in cash.
Category: 24 February 2026
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TOP TREND 2024: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
After years of trying to rehabilitate late-paying commercial real estate loans, lenders are now calling in the loans at an increasing rate.
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THE PRICE OF PERFECT NIHILISM
When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the Constitution perceived it as truly criminal and utterly scandalous.
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TRUMP ADVISOR BERATES FED BANK FOR “WORST” REPORT “IN HISTORY”
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released an analysis showing that Americans – not foreign companies or governments – are paying 90 percent of the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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“BUY AMERICA” BECOMES “’BYE, AMERICA”
American investors are taking their money out of U.S. equity markets at the fastest rate since at least 2010, according to data from LSEG/Lipper analyzed by Reuters, and pouring the proceeds into equity markets abroad.
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PRIVATE LENDER DUMPS $1.4 BILLION IN ASSETS, RATTLING INVESTORS
The private credit industry, a magnet for wealthy investors not long ago, has been slammed by a loss of confidence after two companies deep in private debt went spectacularly bankrupt last year.
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U.S. IMMIGRATION IS DOWN 80 PERCENT, RECONFIGURING LABOR MARKET
The Trump administration’s sweeping deportation of immigrants and draconian shift on U.S. immigration policy has cut net immigration into the U.S. by 80 percent, according to a Goldman Sachs study released this month.
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THE “GREAT RESIGNATION” BECOMES THE GREAT JOB CONTRACTION
At the end of the COVID War, workers owned the labor market. Companies were desperate for help as they scrambled to restore their sales and supply lines; new employees could command four- and even five-figure hiring bonuses.
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U.S. BUSINESS ACTIVITY HAS SLOWED IN FEBRUARY, S&P GLOBAL SAYS
U.S. business activity this month is the slowest since April 2025, S&P Global reported.
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HOUSING STARTS SURGED AT THE END OF 2025 BUT BUILDERS REMAIN GLUM
In December, construction began on 4.1 percent more single-family homes than in December 2024, the census bureau said. The 981,000 new units represent an increase from November’s 942,000 and October’s 894,000.