European Union Antitrust regulators decided to warn Halliburton on its acquisition of Baker Hughes. The merger is considered to hurt competition in the industry.

Express Scripts Holding, controller of medical benefits, has refused the claims that it swindled Anthem for prescription drugs. The drug benefits administrator is looking for a court order that Anthem cannot ask for lesser drug prices from Express Scripts.

The US regulators announced that they would allow Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to eliminate debt balances for several borrowers whose loan worth more than their assets. The debt reduction plan would serve as a final chance for earnestly delinquent debtors to save their homes from foreclosure.