Merger Monday! Louis Vuitton owner LVMH gets the little blue box, agreeing a deal to buy Tiffany and Co for $16.3 bn dollars. Meanwhile, Novartis inks a $9.7 bn deal to acquire U.S. biotech firm The Medicines Company in an agreement that will expand the Swiss drugmaker's portfolio of heart treatments. In political news, Hong Kong anti-government candidates claim victory in local elections, as voters turn out in record numbers to show strong support for the city's protest movement. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done, and promises no income tax increases and 50,000 more nurses in the new Conservative Party manifesto.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.