Business News

• Brazil's Marfrig shares up after reports of $2.5 billion deal with Tyson August 17, 2018
  Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods SA's shares rose as much as 8 percent on Friday on reports that Tyson Foods had finalized the acquisition of Marfrig's U.S. chicken processor Keystone Foods.
• Nasdaq dragged lower by chip stocks, energy stock bolster S&P August 17, 2018
  The Nasdaq Composite opened lower on Friday as weak forecasts from Applied Materials and Nvidia weighed on chip stocks, while gains in energy stocks due to rising crude prices helped the S&P and the Dow Industrials cut their losses.