Bloomberg Varian Medical Systems Inc. agreed to buy Australia’s Sirtex Medical Ltd. for about $1.3 billion in a bid by the US company to add radiation medicine to its portfolio for cancer treatments. Sirtex investors will receive A$28 in cash for each share, Palo-Alto, California-based Varian said in a statement. That’s 49 percent higher than the stock’s latest closing price ...

Bloomberg Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group Co. has put its last two overseas property developments up for sale, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest unwinding of a decade-long overseas buying spree that put it in the cross-hairs of Chinese regulators. Wanda is seeking buyers for a hotel, office and apartment complex in Chicago and ...

Bloomberg Some borrowers with interest-only mortgages may lose their homes as a result of shortfalls in repayment plans, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority warned. The FCA has identified three peaks in interest-only mortgage repayments, the first of which is currently underway. Defaults are less likely in the present wave of maturities because the homeowners are approaching retirement and have higher ...