Aug 31 (Reuters) - * BLACKROCK BECOMES THE SECOND-LARGEST SHAREHOLDER OF FREEDOM HOLDING CORP. * FREEDOM HOLDING CORP - BLACKROCK, INC. ( BLK ), HAS INCREASED ITS STAKE IN COMPANY TO 0.85%, INVESTING ABOUT $89 MILLION. Source text: Further company coverage: ...

OSLO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The Norwegian navy plans to order a fleet of British-made frigates to boost the country's maritime defences, Norway's government said on Sunday. Germany, France, Britain and the United States had offered rival frigate designs in competition for what is expected to be NATO-member Norway's largest military procurement to date. The government's decision means that Norway...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is continuing its talks with trading partners despite a U.S. appeals court ruling that most of President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday. Our trading partners, they continue to work very closely with us on negotiations, he said in an interview on Fox News' Fox & Friends program....

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk said on Sunday its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy cut the risk of heart attack, stroke or death by 57% versus Eli Lilly's ( LLY ) rival medicines Mounjaro and Zepbound in a real-world comparison of overweight and obese patients with cardiovascular disease but not diabetes. While this was not a randomized controlled trial, Novo...