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Oil prices are spiking to mid-2015 highs after a Libyan pipeline blast

Oil prices surged to more than 2½-year highs Tuesday on reports that a pipeline explosion in Libya has disrupted a big chunk of the country’s crude supply. International benchmark Brent crude rose $1.50, or 2.3 percent, to $66.75, after hitting an intraday peak of $66.89, its highest level since May …

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S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index October 2017

Getty Images A real estate agent, left, with prospective buyers in Doral, Florida. U.S. home prices climbed a robust 6.2 percent from a year ago, amid strong demand from would-be buyers and a shrinking supply of properties for sale. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national …

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Mallinckrodt to buy Sucampo for about $840 million

Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Trudeau, chief executive officer of Mallinckrodt Plc Drugmaker Mallinckrodt said on Tuesday it would buy Sucampo Pharmaceuticals for about $840 million, excluding debt, to gain access to its constipation drug, Amitiza. Mallinckrodt said it offered $18 per Sucampo share held, representing a …

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