health ministry in manila demanding the government be held accountable for its role in the scandal sanofi shares were big losers on the paris stock exchange today european blacklist of tax havens that's what the u. ministers of finance adopted today tax havens have been again in the center of discussion since the paradise papers were leaked now the e.u. is taking the first steps naming and shaming seventeen countries on a blacklist but to the dismay of transparency campaigners e.u. members like luxembourg or ireland are not among them and british overseas territories are also being spared. a tropical tech saving in the middle of grey brussels today the e.u. finance minister singled out seventeen tax savings on the blacklist countries like barbados namibia or to news or have refused to help the blog crackdown on tech starters but you state stopped short of imposing national sanctions on them for that but i still. hopefully this will help to increase the transparency of the global tax environment i want to emphasize that this is not a punitive measure but our wish is that those countries wi

.$2n rights issue >>> in the philippines, the government ordered french drugmaker sanofi to stop theale of a dengue fever vaccine last week they said the drug in question could worsen the disease. authorities in manila launched a investigation into a government immunization program which saw 750,000 children vaccinated with that drug. sanofi said there had been no reported deaths related to the vaccine yet. >>> yesterday in the states, it was announced that cvs was buying aetna for $69 billion the deal will combine one of the biggest healthcare chains with one of the biggest insurers. cnbc spoke to both ceos who said the combined entity could bring sweeping changes to the u.s. healthcare industry. bertha coombs has more details >> reporter: cvs and aetna's ceos say they tried to offer consumers better deals on prescriptions through their business partnership but now together they'll be able to offer even more value >> it's really the perfect time to bring these two companies together to create a new healthcare platform that can be easier to use and less expensive for consumers and cr

sanofi expected the vaccine to bring in nearly a billion dollars a year in sales, but those forecasts look ambitious after this program was halted in the fill peep philippines and rd in brazil. >>> discovery communications will become majority owner of own, the oprah winfrey network decemb oprah will remain ceo with an exclusivity commitment through 2025 and her production company, harp po harpo ink wic will remain a miny investor >>> amazon officially launched in australia first orders were taken today. retail stocks rose in australian trading as many analysts took noted of uncompetitive prices for amazon across their platform >> the senate banking committee in the united states will mark up a bill that willease financial regulations on companies. kayla tausche has the details. >> the senate banking committee will take on that markup after voting on jay powell this morning. then they will start talking about what changes they would potentially make to the bill that would ease bank regulations. it's a bipartisan package. it has a ton of cosponsors from each side but already won key su