(Reuters) -Imperial Brands ( IMBBF ) announced an additional 1.45 billion pound ($1.95 billion) share buyback plan on Tuesday and said it was on track to meet its annual targets on the back of strong pricing and growing demand for smoking alternatives products. The maker of Winston cigarettes and e-cigarette brand blu had expected low-single-digit growth in tobacco and next...

* Baxdrostat significantly lowers blood pressure in trial * Baxdrostat also being tested for chronic kidney disease, heart failure prevention (Adds background about the drug in paragraphs 3,4,6 and 7) Oct 7 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's ( AZN ) experimental drug baxdrostat significantly lowered blood pressure during a 24-hour window of monitoring in a late-stage trial of patients with treatment-resistant hypertension,...

NEW YORK, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bishop Street Underwriters (“Bishop Street”), a RedBird Capital Partners portfolio company, today announced that it has acquired Avid Insurance (“Avid”), a niche multi-disciplined managing general agent (“MGA”) based in London. This acquisition marks Bishop Street’s second strategic business expansion in the U.K. this year, further developing the capabilities of its platform with...

TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The global nickel market is expected to remain in surplus next year for a third consecutive year due to Indonesia's continued output growth, Japan's top nickel smelter Sumitomo Metal Mining ( STMNF ) said on Tuesday. The surplus is projected at 256,000 metric tons in 2026, slightly below 263,000 tons this year, as Indonesia's production...