Oct 21 (Reuters) - Regional lender Atlantic Union Bankshares ( AUB ) will buy smaller rival Sandy Spring Bancorp ( SASR ) in a $1.6 billion deal, the companies said on Monday. ...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk said on Monday the oral version of its drug semaglutide, Rybelsus, helped reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients by 14% in a late-stage study. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva) ...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly LLY.N said on Monday it sued three medical spas and online vendors for selling products claiming to contain tirzepatide, the main ingredient in its popular weight-loss medicine Zepbound, including in the form of dissolvable tablets. The new lawsuits, which name Pivotal Peptides, MangoRx and Genesis Lifestyle Medicine of Nevada, are the first related to...

By Aditya Soni Oct 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) will allow customers to build autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting in November, the software giant said on Monday, in its latest move to tap the booming technology. The company is positioning autonomous agents - programs which require little human intervention unlike chatbots - as apps for an AI-driven world,...