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BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), Germany’s policymakers are being warned that restrictions on oral nicotine pouches are depriving women of an innovation linked to one of the world’s sharpest declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a new report documenting how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards becoming smoke-free, particularly among women. “Sweden’s experience shows...

ISLAMABAD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), Pakistan’s policymakers are being warned that reluctance to embrace oral nicotine pouches is denying women access to an innovation linked to one of the world’s most dramatic declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report documenting how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards becoming smoke-free, particularly among women. “Sweden’s ex...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) 1. KEY INFORMATION   (a) Full name of discloser: Massachusetts Financial Services Company (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficia...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), South Korean policymakers are being warned that new restrictions on oral nicotine pouches risk limiting women’s access to an innovation linked to one of the world’s sharpest declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report showing how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards becoming smoke-free. “Sweden’s experience shows what h...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), Swedish policymakers are being urged to defend the innovation that has delivered one of the world’s fastest declines in female smoking, as Brussels considers EU-wide restrictions on oral nicotine pouches. The appeal accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report showing how tobacco-free nicotine pouches have transformed women’s ability to quit smoking in Sweden, placing the country on the brink of smoke-fre...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  6th March 2026 CRH plc Transaction in Own Shares CRH plc (“CRH”) announces that on 5th March 2026 it acquired the following number of its ordinary shares (the “ordinary shares”) in the United States through CRH’s broker Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The ordinary shares acquired (by way of redemption) will be cancelled. Aggregate number of ordinary shares acquired Daily volume weighted average price paid Daily highest price paid per share Daily lowest price per share...

CANBERRA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), Australian policymakers are being warned that the retail ban on oral nicotine pouches denies women access to an innovation linked to one of the world’s sharpest declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report documenting how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards becoming smoke-free, particularly among women. “Sweden’s exper...

BRASÍLIA, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), Brazil’s policymakers are being warned that failing to regulate oral nicotine pouches is denying women access to an innovation that has helped drive one of the world’s steepest declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of a new report, Empowerment in a Pouch, documenting how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress toward becoming smoke-free, particularly among women...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On International Women’s Day (March 8), UK policymakers are being warned that restricting nicotine pouches could deprive women of an innovation linked to one of the world’s most dramatic declines in female smoking. The warning accompanies the release of Empowerment in a Pouch, a report showing how access to tobacco-free nicotine pouches has accelerated Sweden’s progress towards becoming smoke-free, particularly among women. “Sweden’s experience shows what happens when w...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) 1. KEY INFORMATION (a) Full name of discloser: NATIXIS SA (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.   (c) Name o...