Bluebird Bio, Inc. ( BLUE ) shares are trading higher on Wednesday following the news that Bluebird Bio ( BLUE ), Carlyle, and SK Capital Partners, LP, have amended their definitive agreement. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Bluebird stockholders can elect to receive either the original offer of $3.00 per share in cash plus a contingent value right...

01:28 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- PayPal ( PYPL ) entered a partnership with Perplexity to allow US consumers to place orders or avail of services via the Perplexity Pro platform chat interface starting in the summer, Perplexity said Wednesday. As part of the agreement, US consumers can check out with PayPal ( PYPL ) or Venmo when they...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

01:27 PM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AbbVie ( ABBV ) said Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Emrelis for treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer with high c-Met protein overexpression. The drug is authorized for adults who have received a prior systemic therapy, according to the...