April 5 (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy ( CHK ) and Southwestern Energy ( SWN ) said on Friday the closing date of their proposed $7.4 billion merger has been pushed back to the second half of the year after receiving a second request for information from the Federal Trade Commission. Chesapeake had agreed to buy smaller rival Southwestern Energy (...

LUSAKA, April 5 (Reuters) - Zambia's copper output could rise to about 1 million tons by 2026, boosted by investment in expanding production at mines including those owned by First Quantum Minerals ( FQVLF ), Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said on Friday. Production of copper, key to Zambia's economic growth, has been gradually declining in Africa's second-largest producer of the...

06:20 AM EDT, 04/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. ( DMGGF ) overnight Thursday said it mined 49.8 bitcoin with 1.0 EH/s realized hashrate in March. DMG's bitcoin balance as of March 31 was 446 bitcoin, the company said. The company also said management will appear on panel discussions for the first annual Blockchain Law, Regulation and Policy...

April 5 (Reuters) - Boehringer Ingelheim on Thursday said it will lay off some of its U.S. salesforce due to poor sales there of its biosimilar version of AbbVie's ( ABBV ) blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira. The German drugmaker said it planned to reduce its customer-facing teams in favor of a hybrid in-person and virtual sales model by June 30,...