March 28 (Reuters) - Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms ( META ) and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harmed students. The products are negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave and learn, a joint statement...

02:10 PM EDT, 03/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Avalo Therapeutics ( AVTX ) shares skyrocketed amid heavy trading Thursday after the company completed the acquisition of privately held AlmataBio and said late Wednesday it entered into a private placement of preferred stock and warrants for up to $185 million. Shares catapulted 385% as intraday trading volume jumped to over 22 million...

Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards Merck & Co ( MRK ) , and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in MRK usually suggests something big is about to happen. We gleaned this...

02:07 PM EDT, 03/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Quantum eMotion Corp. ( QNCCF ) said Thursday that it has received a research grant of $1.2 million, by the Alliance Quantum grants program, overseen by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This grant supports the project Quantum random number generation for highly secure cryptography applications, a collaborative initiative...