09:31 AM EDT, 07/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- WEX (WEX) said Monday it signed an accelerated share-repurchase agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank to buy back $300 million of WEX's common shares. The company said it signed the agreement under its $1.05 billion amended share-buyback authorization, which it disclosed in February. Final settlement of the accelerated share repurchase is expected in Q4,...

09:33 AM EDT, 07/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- New Gold ( NGD ) said Monday that it resumed day shift operations at its Rainy River mine in Ontario on Saturday. New Gold ( NGD ) said the resumption came after suspending operations at the mine on Wednesday due to a fatality incident. Shares of the company were up 2% in recent...

BENGALURU, July 29 (Reuters) - Restaurant Brands Asia , which operates Burger King and Popeyes chains in India and Indonesia, reported a narrower first-quarter loss on Monday as offers and discounts brought more customers to its outlets. The company's consolidated net loss narrowed to 493.6 million rupees ($5.90 million) in the three months ended June 30 from a loss of...

09:31 AM EDT, 07/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- NewAmsterdam Pharma ( NAMS ) said Monday that a phase 3 study of its potential cholesterol drug, obicetrapib, in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia met the primary endpoint. The study showed that patients, whose elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is not controlled despite maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapy, achieved 36.3% LDL cholesterol reduction compared with...