(Reuters) -Merck ( MRK ) has signed a licensing agreement for a heart disease drug with Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals worth up to $2 billion, the latest in a series of deals U.S. drugmakers have recently signed with China-based firms. Large drugmakers including Merck ( MRK ) and Eli Lilly ( LLY ) have turned to Chinese biotechs for deals that...

(Reuters) - Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by Democratic lawmakers for a congressional investigation into the security breach. Under U.S. law, it can be a crime to mishandle, misuse or abuse classified information, though it is unclear whether those provisions might have...

08:20 AM EDT, 03/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Waymo One autonomous ride-hailing service will launch next year in Washington, DC, the company said Tuesday. The company said it began operating again in the US capital earlier this year and plans to confer with communities, emergency responders, and policymakers to formalize regulations in coming month ahead of the launch....

08:14 AM EDT, 03/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Starwood Property Trust ( STWD ) said Tuesday that it is launching a private offering of $400 million of senior notes due 2030. The company said it will use the net proceeds toward financing or refinancing eligible green and/or social projects. Starwood also said it plans to use the net proceeds for general...