TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco ( JAPAF ) agreed to acquire Vector Group ( VGR ), the fourth largest tobacco company in the United States, the Japanese company said on Wednesday, in an equity transaction estimated at around $2.4 billion. A JT-backed company will launch a tender offer for Vector shares at $15 per share to raise its...

06:05 AM EDT, 08/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Anew Medical ( WENA ) said Wednesday it signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Transfertech Sherbrooke for Nanoject. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nanoject is a needle-free, freeze-dried nanopowder autoinjector for medicines and vaccines. Shares of the company jumped over 48% in recent premarket activity Wednesday. Price: 1.53, Change: +0.50, Percent Change:...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad opposition. Here is background on the bill, known as SB 1047, and why it has faced backlash from Silicon...

Aug 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: ** Walmart ( WMT ), the biggest shareholder of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com ( JD ) , has sold its entire stake, according to a person familiar with the matter, exiting an eight-year investment to focus on its own operations in China....