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(RTTNews) - Shares of Checkpoint Therapeutics Inc. (CKPT), which recently touched a 52-week high of $3.83, have gained more than 90 percent so far this year and trade around $3.

Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA aims to drill a total 100 wells by end-2021 in the Permian Basin of West Texas as global oil prices recover, Chief Executive Felipe Bayon said on Monday.

Dow Inc on Monday agreed to divest some of its U.S. Gulf Coast marine and terminal operations to a joint venture owned by Royal Vopak and BlackRock's Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund for $620 million.

(RTTNews) - Euronext (ENXB.BE, ENX.BR, ENX.AS, ENX.PA) Monday confirmed that it has submitted a non-binding offer to London Stock Exchange Group plc to acquire Borsa Italiana.

U.S. investor Ronald Perelman is expected to sell his near 40% stake in gambling products company Scientific Games Corp to Australia's Caledonia Investments, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The start of Australia's top basketball league has been pushed back to January due to financial concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Monday.

Chinese property software company Ming Yuan Cloud on Monday launched an IPO in Hong Kong to raise as much as HK$6.17 billion ($798 million), a deal term sheet showed, as the city gears up for its second busiest week for equity offerings this year.

Gold prices rose on Monday, supported by a weaker dollar and expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will adopt a dovish stance at its two-day monetary policy meeting later this week.

(RTTNews) - Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) said Sunday that it will acquire chipmaker Arm Limited from SoftBank Group Corp and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a deal worth $40 billion.

Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court on Monday approved Thai Airways International Pcl's request for restructuring and the formation of the airline's restructuring committee, Judge Kampol Roongrat said.

Citadel Group Ltd on Monday said an entity owned by the country's biggest private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) proposed to acquire the Australian software company for A$448.6 million ($326.49 million).

Dominic Thiem says he dedicated his whole life to winning a Grand Slam title and with his victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday the Austrian expects more of the sport's biggest prizes to come his way.

(RTTNews) - ByteDance Ltd, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has selected Oracle to be the social video app's U.S. technology partner, and Oracle will take a significant stake in the business, according to reports citing people familiar with matter.

China's commerce ministry said on Monday it launched an anti-subsidy investigation on some glycol ethers imports from the United States starting from Sept. 14.

(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are advancing on Monday despite the mixed cues from Wall Street Friday, as positive news on the coronavirus vaccine front boosted sentiment. Drug maker AstraZeneca said it has resumed the late-stage trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in th

Hong Kong's government stood fast in its refusal to interfere with the arrest of 12 residents seeking to flee to Taiwan by sea, despite pleas from families for assistance, saying the crime falls under mainland Chinese jurisdiction.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is looking to invest up to $2 billion in Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries' retail business, financial daily Mint reported on Monday, citing people aware of the development.

(RTTNews) - Higher SGX Nifty futures point to a positive start for the Indian stock market on Monday.

Asian shares firmed on Monday on renewed hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial though sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK, Japan and the United States.

Multiple drugmakers are in phase 3 clinical trials for their coronavirus vaccines -- the last stage before potential approval. Meanwhile, Merck (NYSE: MRK) is just now starting the first human study of its coronavirus vaccine, V591.