STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish automaker Volvo Cars reported a rise in first-quarter adjusted operating earnings on Wednesday, helped by lower material costs and higher volumes. Volvo Cars said its operating income excluding joint ventures, associates and one-offs rose 8% to 6.8 billion Swedish crowns ($629.27 million) in the quarter from a year-ago 6.3 billion. We remain firmly focused on achieving profitable...

FRANKFURT, April 24 (Reuters) - Roche said on Wednesday its first-quarter sales slipped 6% as the loss on COVID-19 related revenue was partly offset by further gains in eye drug Vabysmo. First-quarter sales slipped to 14.4 billion Swiss francs ($15.80 billion), in line with analysts expectations, also due to a strong Swiss franc weighing on the overseas sales. Roche said...

April 24 (Reuters) - Salcef Group SpA: * ACQUISITION WILL VALUE SALCEF GROUP S.P.A. (INCLUSIVE OF DIVIDEND) WITH AN EQUITY VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY EUR 1,62 BILLION * SALCEF GROUP- SHAREHOLDERS OF FINHOLD S.R.L. AND FUNDS ADVISED BY MORGAN STANLEY INFRASTRUCTURE SIGNED AGREEMENT FOR AN INVESTMENT IN SALCEF GROUP * UPON CLOSING OF DEAL, MANDATORY TENDER OFFER AIMED AT DELISTING SALCEF...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON April 24 (Reuters) - Families of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 will press U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday to criminally prosecute the planemaker after a January in-flight blowout exposed continuing safety and quality issues. Relatives and their lawyers are expected to argue that Boeing ( BA ) violated a 2021...