Shares of Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining are soaring Thursday after they disclosed that they are in merger talks. Jason Feer, VP & Singapore bureau chief at Argus Media reviews this news, with CNBC's Martin Soong & Sri Jegarajah.
Novartis is opening on Tuesday the country's first plant to produce flu vaccines using cell cultures. These vaccines are faster, better and cheaper to make than egg-based methods, reports CNBC's Mike Huckman.
Heinz profit fell 16 percent, but the company beat analyst estimates on emerging-market growth. William Johnson, chairman and CEO of Heinz, talks to CNBC.