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: Merck paying $610 million for Caraway Therapeutics

Merck & Co. Inc. MRK said Tuesday it agreed to pay up to $610 million to acquire Caraway Therapeutics, a preclinical biopharmaceutical company pursuing new approaches for the treatment of genetically defined neurodegenerative and rare diseases. The com...
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: Hormel raises dividend by 3%

Hormel Foods Corp. HRL said late Monday that its board has authorized a 3% increase in the company’s annual dividend to $1.13 a share, from $1.10 a share. That’s the food company’s 58th consecutive annual dividend increase, it said. The first quarterly...
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: Palo Alto Networks gets OK to repurchase more stock

Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. PANW said in a filing Friday said that its board has approved the repurchase of up to an extra $316.7 million of the company’s stock. The OK from the board represents an increase to the company’s existing $3.3...
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: Nikola CFO’s Pasterick resigns

Shares of Nikola Corp. NKLA dropped nearly 1% in the extended session Friday after the EV maker said Chief Financial Officer Anastasiya “Stasy” Pasterick has resigned “to pursue other opportunities.” Pasterick will continue to serve as CFO and assist w...
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: Amazon to slash hundreds of Alexa jobs

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN is eliminating several hundred jobs related to its Alexa smart assistant and shifting resources toward generative AI, the e-commerce company said in a memo to employees on Friday. The company, which plans to eliminate positions in...
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