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Fox defamation trial delayed, network pursues settlement talks

By Helen Coster WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The start of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox has been pushed back by a day, the judge said on Sunday, with a source familiar with the matter saying the media giant was pursuing settlement talks. The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told …

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Teck’s base metals business attracts offers from Freeport, Vale, Anglo – sources

By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -Teck Resources Ltd has been approached by Vale SA, Anglo American Plc and Freeport-McMoRan Inc among others to explore deals for its base metals business if the Canadian copper miner goes ahead with a planned split, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The approaches from more than six …

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Merck to build out immunology presence with $11 billion Prometheus deal

By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Merck & Co said on Sunday it will buy Prometheus Biosciences Inc for about $10.8 billion, picking up a promising experimental treatment for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease and building up its presence in immunology. Merck will pay $200 per share for the California-based biotechnology company that specializes in treatments for …

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Big copper deals to take centerstage in Santiago as demand heats up

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Global copper producers are converging in Chile this week for their largest gathering since 2019, with talks expected to center on the industry’s growing M&A wave amid surging demand and tight supply for the metal anchoring the green energy transition. The buyout trend comes as Indigenous groups, host communities and others increasingly …

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Moderna/Merck cancer vaccine plus Keytruda delays skin cancer return

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman (Reuters) – An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Inc and Merck & Co cut the risk of death or recurrence of the most deadly skin cancer by 44% compared with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda alone, U.S. researchers reported at a medical meeting on Sunday. The findings suggest that …

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Amazon services AWS and Alexa back up after brief outage

(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Alexa was down for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector, while hundreds of users reported issues with accessing AWS. Users also reported issues accessing …

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Yellen says US banks may tighten lending and negate need for more rate hikes

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said banks are likely to become more cautious and may tighten lending further in the wake of recent bank failures, possibly negating the need for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Yellen said in a “Fareed Zakaria GPS” interview that policy actions to stem the …

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Angry Birds maker Rovio confirms talks with Sega over tender offer

(Reuters) – Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the mobile game Angry Birds, confirmed on Saturday that it is in talks with Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc over a possible tender offer. Rovio announced the start of a strategic review and preliminary non-binding discussions regarding a potential tender offer for its shares in February, a statement …

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US bank giants ride rate rises, keep storm clouds at bay

By Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. banking heavyweights reaped windfalls from higher interest payments in the first quarter, brushing off a crisis prompted by the collapse of two regional lenders and setting aside billions of dollars in case loans turn sour as the economic outlook dims. First-quarter 2023 earnings …

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