Tempest Therapeutics, Inc. ( TPST ) said on Thursday it had retained MTS Health Partners as a financial advisor. The company plans to explore strategic alternatives to advance its clinical-stage programs and maximize stockholder value. Strategic alternatives may include M&A, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing arrangements or other strategic transactions. “Notwithstanding the positive randomized data set from the amezalpat Phase 2...

BERLIN, April 10 (Reuters) - German automaker BMW is considering adding shifts to its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina to boost output by up to 80,000 units, executives said on an analyst call on Thursday, as carmakers brainstorm ways to appease the Trump administration and ward off a mounting trade war. The premium carmaker had around 30 days' worth of...

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,...

April 10 (Reuters) - Four companies tapped the U.S. corporate bond market on Thursday after financial markets got a brief lift from the Trump administration's Wednesday pause on tariffs on some countries. After a week of nearly no new bond deals following President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement, at least four companies, including liquor maker Diageo Investment Corp ,...