Whoa, what’s in the water lately? Walt Disney Co. is said to have held talks to buy the majority of 21st Century Fox Inc. The negotiations are currently dead, but to give a sense of how big this partial acquisition could have been, Fox in its entirety has a market value of $50 billion. The size is probably less jarring ...

Bloomberg Stocks fell with the dollar and Treasuries climbed as investors questioned the likelihood of Congress passing President Donald Trump’s fiscal agenda soon, particularly in light of a repudiation in Tuesday’s US elections. Oil slid for a second day. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average were lower, dragged down by financial firms. European shares slipped following disappointing ...

Bloomberg After outshining some of Wall Street’s biggest and best this year, trading results at France’s largest banks are crashing back to earth. Leading the declines were Credit Agricole SA and Societe Generale SA, which both posted a revenue slump of about 25 percent, while BNP Paribas SA’s earnings from all trading activities—including bonds, equities and currencies—fell 15 percent. Only ...