ROME, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Italy will focus its domestic web tax on big tech companies while shunning small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and publishing groups, policymakers said on Wednesday. The move comes despite recent renewed calls from the United States for the Italian government to scrap the scheme. In 2019, Rome introduced a 3% levy on revenue from internet...

09:02 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Parex Resources ( PARXF ) said Wednesday that the company and its partner Ecopetrol signed agreements allowing Parex to earn a 50% working interest in blocks located in Colombia. Under the terms, Parex will acquire stakes in four blocks located in the Putumayo Basin to establish a new core area for the company,...

09:02 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- T. Rowe Price Group ( TROW ) reported preliminary assets under management Wednesday of $1.667 trillion as of Nov. 30, up from $1.607 trillion in the previous month. Equity assets rose to $859 billion last month from $817 billion at the end of October, while multi-assets were $568 billion, up from $551 billion,...

09:02 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alpha Cognition ( ACOG ) on Wednesday said interim preclinical data support the development of its lead candidate ALPH-1062 for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) resulting from repetitive blast trauma, a signature injury affecting soldiers. Key findings showed that high dose ALPHA-1062 reduced the levels of myeloid cell activation across...