China's Hansoh Pharma strikes drug deal with Roche worth over $15 billion

The national office vacancy rate declined for the second quarter in a row in 2026, as demand reached its highest level in six years on a four-quarter rolling basis, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield. The national office vacancy rate declined 10 basis points year over year to 20.1% in the second…

A $15.5 million settlement has been reached between Newrez, one of the largest mortgage lender-servicers in the U.S., and financial regulators from 47 states. Newrez, headquartered in Fort Washington, Penn., was accused of improperly imposing force-placed insurance costs on more than 4,200 borrowers who already had active homeowners insurance policies. Force-placed insurance is coverage a…

8:57 AM, 24th September 2026, 7 hours ago 3 An industry body has slammed selective licensing schemes as “ineffective” and a “poor use of public money”. Propertymark’s policy paper on the effectiveness of landlord licensing schemes claims selective and additional licensing schemes can “risk duplicating existing regulatory functions rather than enhancing them”. The industry body…

12:00 AM, 2nd October 2026, 1 day ago 4 Tenant referencing is getting tougher under the Renters’ Rights Act, and I can understand why. One of the biggest things I hear from landlords now is fairly simple: if a tenancy goes wrong, getting the property back is no longer as straightforward as it once was….

That gap is documented in Randstad’s 2026 Work Monitor, which surveyed more than 27,000 workers and 1,225 employers across 35 markets including Canada, and found that 98 per cent of Canadian employers are confident of growing in the next year, yet only 49 per cent of Canadian workers share that optimism. Nearly half of Canadian…

It’s the final countdown to the September non-farm payrolls report. Take a look at: Preview: September non-farm payrolls by the numbers That report highlights the seasonals around this number, which could make it a volatile one. Fed pricing is down to 7.1 bps for this month, which maps to 28%. That could swing on today’s…