July 30 (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Mid-America Apartment Communities ( MAA ) raised its annual core adjusted funds from operations forecast on Wednesday, helped by strong rental demand in its key markets. Despite increased macroeconomic uncertainty, we are encouraged by the record demand for rental housing that persists in our markets, leading to second quarter blended lease performance...

July 30 (Reuters) - Drugmaker AbbVie is in talks to acquire privately-held mental health therapeutics company Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. ...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

Align Technology Inc ( ALGN ) shares are tumbling in Wednesday’s after-hours session after the company reported worse-than-expected results for the second quarter and issued soft guidance. Here’s a rundown of the report. Q2 Revenue: 1.01 billion, versus estimates of $1.06 billion Q2 Adjusted EPS: $2.49, versus estimates of $2.57 Track ALGN stock live prices here. Total revenue was down...