06:57 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- KKR's (KKR) bidding war for Japanese software firm Fuji Soft may run longer as US investment fund Bain Capital plans to increase their tender offer to 9,600 Japanese yen ($62.91) per share from 9,450 yen previously, Nikkei reported Wednesday. KKR had raised its bid to 9,451 yen in response to Bain's previous offer....

06:57 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- PDD Holdings ( PDD ) executives are being pressed by China's top markets watchdog to fix the online retailing platforms' refunds policy, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. China's State Administration of Market Regulation and Ministry of Commerce recently told PDD officials its Pinduoduo online shopping platform's policy of allowing...

06:53 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Endeavour Mining ( EDVMF ) on Wednesday said it has completed a positive pre-feasibility study for the Assafou-Dibibango project in Cote d'Ivoire, confirming the project's potential to be a tier 1 asset and justifying advancing it to the definitive feasibility study stage. The study showed 329,000 ounces per year of production at an...

06:54 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Evotec (EVO) said Wednesday that LAB eN2, its translational drug discovery accelerator with Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) , has chosen its first three projects with Boston University, Harvard University, and the Joslin Diabetes Center. Financial terms of the projects weren't disclosed. The projects will focus on research for different cardiometabolic conditions and...