Aug 14 (Reuters) - Chilean industrial conglomerate Empresas Copec on Wednesday posted a second-quarter net profit of $288 million, up nearly five times compared to profits of $59 million in the same quarter last year. Copec's revenues during the April-to-June period grew 3% to total $7.1 billion. ...

05:49 PM EDT, 08/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Cantor Equity Partners ( CEP ) said late Wednesday that it closed its initial public offering of 10 million Class A ordinary shares at $10 apiece. The company said its shares began trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol CEP. ...

05:56 PM EDT, 08/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with comment from Alaska Air's ( ALK ) spokesperson in the fifth paragraph.) Alaska Air Group ( ALK ) flight attendants voted against a tentative labor agreement, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said Wednesday in a statement. In June, Alaska Air ( ALK ) and the association entered into a tentative agreement...

05:59 PM EDT, 08/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Incyte ( INCY ) and Syndax Pharmaceuticals ( SNDX ) said late Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved niktimvo to treat chronic graft-versus-host disease. The treatment is for patients who have endured failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy in adult and pediatric patients weighing at...