GENEVA, December 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC), the global leader in eye care dedicated to helping people see brilliantly, today announced that it has entered into an amended merger ...

Alcon (ALC) received its lone sell-equivalent rating on Wall Street as Bank of America downgraded the Swiss eye care company to Underperform from Buy on Thursday, arguing that consensus estimates are ...

Alcon has raised its offer to acquire STAA by 10% to $30.75 per share. STAA's major shareholder, with a 30% stake, intends to vote against the acquisition, stating that the price still significantly ...

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Swiss eyecare giant Alcon (ALCC.S), opens new tab has made a new offer for Staar Surgical (STAA.O), opens new tab worth $1.6 billion, it said on Tuesday, as it seeks to clinch a deal ...

Novartis and eyecare spinout Alcon have agreed to settle bribery charges brought by the US federal authorities, focused on activities in Greece and other countries, for $347 million. Novartis’ Greek ...

If you have been wondering whether Alcon is quietly becoming a bargain or still priced for perfection, you are in the right place to unpack what the current share price really implies. Over the last ...

Broadwood Partners said it is continuing to oppose Alcon's proposed acquisition of Staar Surgical, despite the prospective buyer increasing its offer. The activist investor Broadwood, which owns 30.2% ...

Broadwood Partners is attempting to call a special meeting of Staar Surgical shareholders to try to remove three Staar board directors, including the chair and chief executive. The private equity firm ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Paige had a distinguished career in public ...

The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide. By Robert D. McFadden Rod Paige, ...

Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education, university football coach and architect of the "Houston Miracle" as Houston ISD superintendent, has died at 92. As HISD's superintendent from 1994 to ...

According to a statement from his family, Paige died Tuesday morning at his home with his wife Stephanie at his side. Paige, who made history in 2001 as the nation’s first Black education secretary, ...