11:08 AM EDT, 04/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals ( VNDA ) said Wednesday its board has adopted a rights plan to protect stockholder interests and maximize value for them. The stockholder rights plan is effective immediately and set to expire April 16, 2025. The company said the move is in response to a recent unsolicited acquisition proposal made by...

BRUSSELS, April 17 (Reuters) - The EU privacy watchdog is set to issue an opinion saying Meta Platforms ( META ) can't charge users a fee to ensure their privacy, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. Meta's no-ads subscription service launched in Europe in November, which requires users to pay a fee to ensure their...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was the Bungo Channel, a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. Ehime and Kochi prefectures were hit...

BRUSSELS, April 17 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) is set to be told by the EU's privacy watchdog that it cannot charge users a fee to ensure their privacy, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Meta's no-ads subscription service, which applies to Facebook and Instagram and launched in Europe in November, requires users to pay...