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Korsana Biosciences Completes Closing of Merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics and Previously Announced Private Placement of $380 Million automated-news
Korsana Biosciences Completes Closing of Merger with Cyclerion Therapeutics and Previously Announced Private Placement of $380 Million

Advancing lead program KRSA-028 toward the clinic, with Phase 1 healthy volunteer data expected mid-2027 and interim proof-of-concept data in Alzheimer’s patients anticipated by year-end 2027 or first quarter of 2028

08 Sep 2026
Chime Announces Agreement to Acquire Stride Bank automated-news
Chime Announces Agreement to Acquire Stride Bank

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chime® (NASDAQ: CHYM), America’s #1 choice for banking1, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stride Bank, N.A. (“Stride”) for $590 million in cash.2 Stride is a nationally chartered bank that has been Chime's bank partner for mor

08 Sep 2026
Iran Nuclear Threat Has Not Been Neutralized automated-news
Iran Nuclear Threat Has Not Been Neutralized

Remember the Iranian nuclear threat? It’s been growing.

08 Sep 2026
Putin welcomes Trump’s peace envoys but has no intention of ending the war automated-news
Putin welcomes Trump’s peace envoys but has no intention of ending the war

Trump’s envoys continue to discuss win-win scenarios, but Putin is playing a zero sum game. His invasion of Ukraine is not a land grab or a geopolitical real estate deal. It is an attempt to reverse the Soviet collapse and revive the Russian Empire, writes Peter Dickinson. The post Putin welcomes Tr

08 Sep 2026
Concentrix Strengthens Enterprise Risk and Compliance Capabilities with Acquisition of CastleHill automated-news
Concentrix Strengthens Enterprise Risk and Compliance Capabilities with Acquisition of CastleHill

Concentrix (NASDAQ: CNXC) today announced its acquisition of CastleHill Managed Risk Solutions.

08 Sep 2026
Chime Financial to buy Stride in $590M cash deal, raises earnings guidance; shares up automated-news
Chime Financial to buy Stride in $590M cash deal, raises earnings guidance; shares up

Chime Financial to buy Stride in $590M cash deal, raises earnings guidance; shares up

08 Sep 2026
Meta unveils AI personal assistant linked to WhatsApp and Instagram automated-news
Meta unveils AI personal assistant linked to WhatsApp and Instagram

New ‘agent’ called Muse designed to make customised suggestions based on chats and social media activity

08 Sep 2026
Japan’s Rising Yields Stir Debate Over Growing Repatriation Risk automated-news
Japan’s Rising Yields Stir Debate Over Growing Repatriation Risk

Japanese government bond yields near three-decade highs are giving fresh prominence to a long-discussed risk for global investors: the prospect of the nation’s vast pool of overseas capital returning home.

08 Sep 2026
Ukrainian drone strikes are disarming Russia’s energy weapon automated-news
Ukrainian drone strikes are disarming Russia’s energy weapon

For years, Russia wielded its energy capacity as a weapon against its neighbors to manipulate, coerce, and control. Ukraine’s strategic bombing campaign is now turning this energy weapon against Moscow itself, writes Ana Lejava. The post Ukrainian drone strikes are disarming Russia’s energy weapon a

08 Sep 2026
El Niño Causes Panama Canal to Restrict Traffic automated-news
El Niño Causes Panama Canal to Restrict Traffic

Ilya Espino de Marotta is the new head of the Panama Canal Authority and she is already tackling some tough challenges. She says a strong El Niño has led to restrictions on ship transits and talks about how this weather pattern is impacting the business. She speaks to Bloomberg's Romaine Bostick. (S

08 Sep 2026
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