Pfizer Inc. is planning to sweeten its bid for U.K. rival AstraZeneca Plc for a second time, people with knowledge of the matter said. Pfizer and its advisers are crafting a new offer that would increase the value modestly above the current 50 pounds-a-share (about $84) level while bumping the […]

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer pressed the scientific case for its controversial plan to acquire AstraZeneca on Monday as its chief executive prepared for a grilling from British lawmakers. In the latest phase of Pfizer’s campaign to counter critics of its proposed $106 billion deal, research head Mikael Dolsten said he had […]

Heineken (HEIN.AS) plans capital expenditure of 500 million euros ($690 million) a year in Africa over the next few years to maintain sales growth, a senior executive at the world’s third largest brewer told Reuters on Friday. The money will be used to upgrade production facilities and on training, said […]