PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi (SASY.PA) said on Monday it had agreed to buy California-headquartered biotechnology firm Synthorx in a cash deal worth about $2.5 billion (1.95 billion pounds) aimed at beefing up the French drugmaker’s pipeline of drugs for …
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Shares in Osram (OSRn.DE) surged on Monday after Austrian sensor maker AMS (AMS.S) said it had succeeded at its second attempt with a 4.6 billion euro ($5.1 billion) takeover bid for the German lighting group. Osram’s shares overshot …
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By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal. Dec 9 (Reuters) – European stocks slipped on Monday, dragged down by a slump in shares of Tullow Oil Plc after the oil and gas explorer scrapped its dividend, while weak data out of China also weighed on …
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London — There are whisky collectors — and then there was Richard Gooding. For two decades, the Colorado businessman and philanthropist spent countless hours exploring distilleries in Scotland and trolling auctions in his quest for the finest scotch …
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(Reuters) – Gold inched up on Monday as investors awaited cues from the U.S. Federal Reserve on its monetary policy outlook, while trying to size up the chances of a new round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. FILE PHOTO: Liquid gold is poured to form gold …
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