06:45 AM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Sparse though it was, last week brought forward several second-tier data releases in Canada, noted TD. The national balance sheet and financial flow accounts for Q2 showed that Canadian household net worth grew by C$42.4 billion. That was a relatively modest 0.3% quarter-on-quarter increase, but it built on top of a healthy 3.6%...

07:28 AM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Merck ( MRK ) said Sunday that long-term results from a phase 3 trial of Keytruda as treatment for advanced melanoma showed sustained improved survival outcomes. The 10-year overall survival rate for Keytruda was 34%, higher than 23.6% for alternative drug ipilimumab, Merck ( MRK ) said. The median OS for Keytruda-treated patients...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Top energy executives and ministers will meet in Houston this week for the annual Gastech conference, with U.S. markets in focus as booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports help wean Europe off Russian gas and as Asia moves away from coal. The U.S., once an importer of LNG, has surpassed Qatar as the world's top exporter, with...

07:28 AM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Merck ( MRK ) said Saturday that results from a phase 3 trial showed that Keytruda with chemoradiotherapy reduced the risk of death in patients newly diagnosed with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer compared with chemoradiotherapy alone. Merck ( MRK ) said Keytruda combined with chemoradiotherapy decreased the risk of death by 33%...