July 16 (Reuters) - Sarepta Therapeutics ( SRPT ) said on Wednesday it would lay off 36% of its workforce, or about 500 employees. The workforce reduction comes shortly after the company reported two deaths due to acute liver failure in non-ambulatory Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients who had received its gene therapy, Elevidys. ...

Overview * Monarch Q2 revenue rises 6.8% yr/yr, beating analyst expectations, per LSEG data * Adjusted EBITDA for Q2 beats analyst estimates, per LSEG data, reflecting operational efficiencies * Company repurchased 240,395 shares, totaling $19.8 mln, funded by cash flow Outlook * Monarch expects continued strong balance sheet and free cash flow. * Monarch evaluates potential M&A opportunities for long-term...

July 16 (Reuters) - U.S. pipeline and terminal operator Kinder Morgan ( KMI ) posted a rise in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by higher volumes of natural gas transported through its pipelines. The Houston, Texas-based company said its net income came in at $715 million for the three months ended June 30, compared with $575 million a year earlier....

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,...