FRANKFURT, Aug 7 (Reuters) - German drugmaker Merck KGaA on Thursday joined peers in saying it was considering distribution models that serve U.S. patients directly if the government goes ahead with plans to slash drug prices to align with lower levels in other countries. President Donald Trump has ramped up efforts to cut prescription drug prices through a most-favored-nation (MFN)...

04:36 AM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Extra Space Storage, Inc. ( EXR ) said late Wednesday its operating partnership, Extra Space Storage LP, priced an offering of $800 million of 4.95% senior notes due 2033. The notes were priced at 99.739% of the principal amount, the company said. The partnership intends to use the proceeds from the offering, which...

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,...

04:32 AM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Corebridge Financial ( CRBG ) said late Wednesday that a secondary offering 30 million common shares of the company by American International Group ( AIG ) priced at $33.65 each, corresponding to gross proceeds of about $1 billion. AIG granted a 30-day overallotment option to the underwriter to buy up to 4.5 million...