MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish bank Sabadell's board will meet on Monday to discuss an all-share offer from bigger rival BBVA that was worth around 12 billion euros ($12.9 billion) when it was announced last week, newspapers including La Vanguardia said. Sabadell was not immediately available for comment. La Vanguardia said the meeting would start around noon (1000 GMT), without providing...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's car industry will aim to ramp up electric car sales fourfold by 2027 under a strategy agreement to be signed with the government on Monday, just as the president of China embarks on a state visit in the country. French President Emmanuel Macron has set a goal for the nation's carmakers to produce two million electric or...

04:56 AM EDT, 05/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Calliditas Therapeutics ( CALT ) said Monday that data from a phase 2 trial of its drug candidate setanaxib in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with head and neck cancer met its secondary endpoints, including progress-free survival and overall survival. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of 55 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of...

05:09 AM EDT, 05/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Perficient (PRFT) reported Q1 adjusted earnings Sunday of $0.77 per diluted share, down from $1.04 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $0.80. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $215.3 million, compared with $231.4 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $216.5 million. In a separate...