SAO PAULO (Reuters) - South Africa has advanced in talks for a potential purchase of Embraer's C-390 Millennium, the Brazilian planemaker said on Wednesday, after showcasing the military cargo aircraft in the African nation for the second time. The company voiced optimism about clinching a sale as South African authorities said they were advancing in the necessary steps for the...

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Merck ( MRK ) said on Wednesday its therapy did not meet the main goal of a late-stage trial evaluating it in patients with a type of colorectal cancer. (Reporting by Christy Santhosh; Editing by Varun H K) ...

Vertex Energy, Inc ( VTNR ) shares are tumbling lower at a premarket on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the company inked a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with full backing from its term loan lenders and filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Notably, the company has filed customary first-day motions and plans to...

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) has offloaded more shares in Bank of America ( BAC ), its latest filing showed on Tuesday, raking in about $9 billion since July. The conglomerate said it sold around 21 million shares between Sept. 20 and Sept. 24 for around $863 million, following sales of about 45.6 million shares in...