Valeant also will spend $4.2 bn to repay Bausch & Lomb's debt, bringing the total value to $8.7 bn
The writedown comes as New York-based News Corp prepares to break off its publishing assets from its entertainment operations
Ask US court to declare card fees are lawful
Net income climbed to $126.9 mn in the three months ended March, from $66.8 mn a year earlier
Earnings excluding some items will be 84 cents to 87 cents a share in the period through July
Shipments might fall to about 1.5 mn tonnes in the year that began on April 1
Gupta has already been handed one victory from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear today's arguments