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America will continue to be the focus. While Icon’s business is currently split evenly between the US and Europe (with the rest of the world accounting for 20 per cent), around two-thirds of all mandates come from US pharma companies. That reality is reflected in the fact that Cutler, like his predecessor Ciaran Murray is largely based over there. However, the acquisition will double Icon’s resources in the important Japanese market and in China. Where Icon previously had strategic pa...

Provided by Dow Jones By Will Horner and Paul Vigna U.S. stocks turned higher Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his intention to maintain ultralow interest rates and continue the banks asset-purchase policies. After opening in the red, the major indexes climbed higher after Mr. Powells comments on the second day of his Congressional testimony. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4%, the S&P 500 gained 1.1% and the tech-heavy Nas...