CNBC Daily Open: Probably not the type of M&A activity investors are hoping for from Trump

It's starting to consciousness similar we're successful a crippled of Pac-Man, successful which the U.S. authorities is the eponymous bare yellowish blob furiously chomping connected everything successful sight.

The White House's 10% involvement successful Intel and revenue-sharing agreement with Nvidia and AMD look similar they're conscionable the start successful a bid of deals, arsenic President Trump promised. On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC that the Pentagon is having "a monstrous discussion" implicit whether to get equity stakes successful firms specified arsenic Lockheed Martin.

Likewise, Trump's early assaults connected Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell turned retired to beryllium conscionable his opening salvo connected the cardinal bank. On Monday nighttime stateside, the U.S. person terminated Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, implicit allegations of owe fraud. The adjacent day, astatine a Cabinet meeting, Trump said helium volition "have a majority" of his nominees astatine the Fed, "so that'll beryllium great."

Prior to Trump's inauguration, analysts were upbeat astir a looser regulatory situation that could facilitate much mergers and acquisitions. They astir apt weren't reasoning astir the White House being the main deal-maker.

A satellite connected value nonaccomplishment drugs: How GLP-1s are reshaping the economy

Miracle drugs, obesity treatments and skinny jabs. Call them what you will, fewer drugs person had a much transformative effect connected Wall Street and waistlines implicit caller decades than GLP-1s.

Experts accidental the wide-ranging swathe of applications could unfastened up perchance sweeping implications for some wellness outcomes and the economy, ranging from expanding productivity, shifting nutrient habits arsenic good arsenic readjustments successful the covering industry.

— Karen Gilchrist