HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Country Garden ( CTRYF ) has picked Kroll to carry out a liquidation analysis, according to three sources, ahead of a court hearing in mid-May as the embattled Chinese developer pushes ahead with its offshore debt restructuring plan. Kroll, the New York-headquartered financial advisory firm, is expected to conduct an independent business review of Country Garden...

BALTIMORE, March 27 (Reuters) - Search divers were expected to return near dawn on Wednesday to the waters surrounding the twisted ruins of a bridge knocked down in Baltimore Harbor by a faltering cargo ship, leaving six workers missing and presumed dead. The disaster also forced the indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest on the...

March 27 (Reuters) - Following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) is in talks to acquire the medical-device maker Shockwave Medical ( SWAV ) and a deal could be completed in the coming weeks. - Wearable-camera maker...

(Reuters) -Viking Therapeutics' experimental tablet reduced weight by as much as 3.3% when tested in volunteers enrolled in a small early-stage trial, meeting Wall Street expectations and sending the company's shares up 15% in premarket trading on Tuesday. Popular market leaders from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are administered under-the-skin, with companies also testing oral versions that they hope will...