May 7 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: ** Japanese drugmaker Shionogi ( SGIOF ) said that it will acquire Torii Pharmaceutical ( TRXPF ), a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco ( JAPAF ), for more than 150 billion yen ($1.05 billion). ** French group Veolia said it will buy the...

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,...

05:41 AM EDT, 05/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Vodafone Group ( VOD ) said Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Luka Mucic will step down by early 2026 to take over the chief executive post at Vonovia. Vodafone said it's looking for a new CFO and will provide an update in due course. The company's shares were down 2.2% in recent premarket...

LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk's CFO said on Wednesday he was sceptical that U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to reduce the time it takes to approve pharmaceutical plants in the country will significantly change timelines for the pharma industry. Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to reduce the time it takes to approve pharma plants...