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  • Philip Morris has raised its offer for Vectura to GBp 165 per share, compared to GBp 150 initially and a higher bid of GBp 155 from Carlyle.
  • Logitech boss believes a new revenue record is possible in the 2020/2021 financial year.
  • Exact Sciences is reportedly discussing a merger with Invitae, according to Bloomberg.
  • Continental Grain and Cargill are close to buying chicken giant Sanderson Farms for $4.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  • Aramco posted $25.5 billion in net income in Q2.
  • PostNL raises its 2021 forecast.
  • Sika strengthens its position in Mexico.
  • ByteDance relaunches its IPO project in Hong Kong despite Beijing's pressure on its technology sector. 
  • Citigroup - National Australia Bank will buy the U.S. bank's Australian consumer business for about $882.24 million, the two groups announced Monday.
  • Berkshire Hathaway said Saturday that many of its businesses were enjoying a strong recovery from the early lows of the pandemic, allowing its revenues and profits to rebound in the second quarter.
  • BioNTech on Monday reported a solid rebound in sales and posted a profit in the second quarter, and now expects, based on current delivery contracts, the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Pfizer to bring in 15.9 billion euros in sales.
  • Tyson Foods raised its annual sales forecast after enjoying strong demand for its beef products, buoyed by a recovery in U.S. restaurant and hotel business.
  • Johnson & Johnson - India has approved the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the health minister said Saturday on Twitter.
  • Alibaba loses about 1% in pre-market trading after the tardiness of the group's actions to address sexual harassment at the company drew criticism from state media, following the firing of a manager accused of sexual assault.
  • Veoneer said Sunday it would begin talks with Qualcomm after the latter's bid for the Swedish supplier last week beat out Magna International's rival offer.
  • Cisco Systems on Friday denied a report by The Information that the group was considering developing a service that would allow companies to switch from private to public data centers.
  • Facebook - U.S. lawmakers on Monday asked the tech giant why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying political advertising on the platform.