Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. is buying speech-recognition pioneer Nuance Communications Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at $19.6 billion, gaining artificial-intelligence technology aimed at helping doctors predict patients’ needs and upgrading hospitals’ digital record-keeping. The software giant is offering to purchase Nuance at $56 a share, ccording to a statement, which confirmed an earlier Bloomberg report. The deal marks Microsoft’s largest …

Bloomberg Oil advanced for a third day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) lifted its forecasts for demand and an industry report pointed to another decline in US crude stockpiles. Futures rise 1.6% in New York and are heading for the longest run of gains in over a month. The International Energy Agency lifted its forecasts for oil consumption this …

Bloomberg Boeing Co topped Airbus SE in quarterly jet sales for the first time since early 2019, when the US planemaker spiraled into crisis because of a global grounding of its 737 Max after two fatal crashes. Gross orders in the first quarter totalled 282 aircraft, according to sales data posted to Boeing’s website. Including cancellations and an accounting adjustment …