AstraZeneca signed a potential $5 billion research deal with Chinese drugmaker CSPC. Eli Lilly is buying Verve Therapeutics for $1 billion upfront plus a CVR potentially worth another $300 million.

The shipments have vaulted Ireland, a country of only five million people, into the second-largest goods-trade imbalance with the U.S., trailing only China.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) stock has declined by about 8% over the past month, as analysts are not particularly impressed ...