Some 2,000 healthcare and frontline workers in South Sudan are to be offered Ebola vaccines to try to stop any importation of the viral disease from an epidemic in Congo, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Chinese biotech company Shanghai Junshi Biosciences is seeking up to $414 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), making it the latest company to take advantage of new listing rules to attract early-stage drug developers.
KLANG, Malaysia, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - M alaysia said on Monday it would take action against Top Glove Corp. Bhd, the world's top glovemaker, which admitted breaching labour laws after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose found some migrants working illegal overtime to pay off debts.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malaysia said on Monday it would take action against Top Glove Corp. Bhd , the world's largest glovemaker, for breaching labour laws after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose found some migrants working illegal overtime to pay off debts.
Tivity Health Inc said on Monday it would buy diet plan developer Nutrisystem Inc for $1.4 billion in cash and stock, as it looks to expand its presence in the lucrative weight management market.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - M alaysian company Top Glove Corp. Bhd, the world's top glovemaker, said on Monday it would "continue to improve" its labour standards after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose found some migrants working illegal overtime to pay off debts.
South Korea's main stock exchange has decided Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd is qualified to continue trading on the exchange and that the company's shares will resume trading on Tuesday, the bourse said on Monday.
Tivity Health Inc said on Monday it would acquire Nutrisystem Inc in a cash-and-stock deal that values the weight management product developer at $1.4 billion.
A Kenyan court on Monday charged senior officials from the state-run oil pipeline and others from the state health insurance fund for abuse of office and economic crimes that led to the loss of billions of shillings from the two institutions.
The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 1 point off the index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT (pence) Asso
British Prime Minister Theresa May is pulling a parliamentary vote set for Tuesday on her Brexit deal, the BBC reported, after repeated warnings from lawmakers that the scale of the expected defeat could sink her government.