* Northvolt's financial woes cast shadow over green industry boom * Local authorities call on government to share risk * $100 billion of investment at stake, Sweden's regional growth agency says By Simon Johnson LULEA, Sweden, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Sweden's local authorities, rattled by battery-maker Northvolt's fight for survival and the potential fallout for taxpayers, are seeking increased financial...

09:36 AM EST, 12/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Arthur J. Gallagher ( AJG ) said Wednesday it has acquired M.J. Schuetz Insurance Services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Price: 283.02, Change: +0.10, Percent Change: +0.04 ...

Merck & Company Inc ( MRK ) on Wednesday announced a GLP-1 agreement with Chinese biopharmaceutical company Hansoh Pharma. What Happened: Merck ( MRK ) and Hansoh entered into an exclusive global license agreement for HS-10535, an investigational preclinical oral small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist. Hansoh Pharma granted Merck ( MRK ) an exclusive global license to develop, manufacture and...

WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Poland decided to add several media and telecommunication firms to its list of strategic companies, which means their takeover will not be possible without government consent, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday. Tusk had earlier said that private broadcasters TVN, owned by U.S. company Warner Discovery, and Polsat would be added to the list,...