DUBLIN, May 2 (Reuters) - Smurfit Kappa's core profit fell 16% to 487 million euros ($522 million) in the first quarter despite a rise in volumes, Europe's largest paper packaging producer said on Thursday. Smurfit posted volume growth of 3% in Europe and 2% in the Americas yet its margin on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) fell...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk has seen the price of its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy fall in the United States as volumes and competition have increased, and it expects that to continue through the year, a senior executive said on Thursday. Wegovy prices in the United States were slightly down in the first quarter, Chief Financial Officer...

MOSCOW, May 2 (Reuters) - A Russian court cancelled the seizure of part of JPMorgan Chase's ( JPM ) funds in Russia in a dispute with Russian state-owned bank VTB, according to a court document. JPMorgan ( JPM ) said in a filing on Wednesday that its assets in Russia may be seized after lawsuits in Russian and U.S. courts....

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Shell on Thursday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $7.7 billion, sharply beating expectations, on the back of strong oil trading and higher refining margins. The oil major also announced it will repurchase a further $3.5 billion of its shares over the next three months, at a similar rate to the previous quarter. Its dividend remained...