LONDON (Reuters) - International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms' environmental, social and governance claims - and how - as part of efforts to increase rigour and consistency, the chair of the industry's global ethics watchdog told Reuters. The move by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics...

ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Monte dei Paschi (MPS) fell again on Monday, extending Friday's losses, signalling lingering investor doubts over the bailed out Tuscan bank's bid for bigger rival Mediobanca. On Friday, the state-backed lender launched a surprise 13.3-billion-euro all-share ($13.9 billion) bid for Mediobanca, whose board meets on Tuesday to start reviewing the offer. Based on Italian takeover...

04:10 AM EST, 01/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Innate Pharma SA ( IPHA ) said Monday it has dosed its first patient in a phase 1 study to investigate the safety and tolerability of IPH4502, an antibody-drug conjugate for the potential treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors known to express Nectin-4. IPH4502 is designed to target Nectin-4, a cell adhesion...

04:15 AM EST, 01/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- TH International ( THCH ) , the exclusive operator of Tim Hortons coffee shops in China, said Monday that it is opening its first store in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. The new store joins Tim Horton China's nationwide network of 1,022 stores across 82 cities, the company said. ...