March 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday sent a West Virginia city and county's bid to revive their $2.5 billion lawsuit against top drug distributors over the opioid crisis to the state's highest court. Huntington and Cabell County, the county the city is located in, had urged a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of...

02:31 PM EDT, 03/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Bluebird bio (BLUE) said Monday it has entered into a $175 million five-year, term loan facility with Hercules Capital. The first tranche of $75 million was drawn upon agreement and two additional tranches of $25 million each will be drawn upon the achievement of commercial milestones. The facility is expected to extend bluebird's...

02:30 PM EDT, 03/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Nokia ( NOK ) said Monday it has launched the first phase of its share buyback program to optimize its capital structure through the reduction of capital. The company said the buyback will not exceed 300 million euros ($326.1 million), with repurchases to start March 20 at the earliest and end by Dec....

March 18 (Reuters) - Genius Group Ltd ( GNS ): * GENIUS GROUP AND OPENEXO SIGN MERGER AGREEMENT, ACCELERATING PLANS TO BUILD GLOBAL AI EDUCATION GROUP * GENIUS GROUP LTD ( GNS ) - SIGNED A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO MERGE COMPANIES IN AN ALL-SHARE TRANSACTION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ...