May 29 (Reuters) - Merck ( MRK ) and Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo ( DSKYF ) have withdrawn their U.S. application for an experimental lung cancer treatment after it failed to prolong patients' lives in a late-stage study, the companies said on Thursday. The drug, patritumab deruxtecan, belongs to a lucrative class of targeted cancer therapies that work like guided missiles...

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,...

07:29 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Galantas Gold ( GALKF ) , which owns a gold mine in Northern Ireland, on Thursday said its first-quarter net loss almost doubled. The net loss jumped to $1.2 million, from $653,000 in the prior year period. Galantas Gold ( GALKF ) did not generate any revenue in the quarter, unchanged from the...

07:28 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- VinFast Auto ( VFS ) is in discussions to get a loan of up to $200 million from Indian state-owned banks ahead of its debut in that market, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the plan. The Vietnamese electric vehicle maker is in talks with Central Bank of India and Union...