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CVS Health Corp., the biggest U.S. retailer of prescription drugs, is in advanced talks to acquire nursing-home pharmacy Omnicare Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said. Omnicare, with a market value of about $9.2 billion, hired advisers to explore a sale earlier this year. Representatives for Omnicare and CVS didn’t immediately reply to e-mail and phone calls seeking comment.

EOG Resources is the ideal purchase to take advantage of an eventual oil rebound.

It’s been quite a year for Mallinckrodt (MNK). In March 2014, it acquired Cadence Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the pain medication Ofirmev, for $1.4 billion. Then, in August, came the $5.6 billion acquisition of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, maker of the market-leading immune system treatment Acthar. In November, the Food and Drug Administration threw a regulatory roadblock in front of Mallinckrodt’s ADHD treatment, gConcerta.

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Airlines dragged the Dow transports down nearly 2 percent on Wednesday and could be the latest victims of sluggish consumer spending.

Find out what the Chicago Bulls’ star has in the bank.

A baseball or basketball team will have a tough time without a good defense. Likewise, making money in stocks is challenging without a sound selling strategy. Half the battle is buying the right stock at the right time, but it’s equally important to know when to sell — on the upside and the downside.

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Jim Cramer was alarmed at what he saw when he looked at transports, especially one group.