Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland’s PKN Orlen, Lotos management approve merger plan
GDANSK/WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen and number two player Grupa Lotos said on Thursday their management boards had approved a merger plan for the companies. Both refiners ...
Jun 02, 2022
Kenya’s Safaricom, Visa offer virtual card for global transactions
By Duncan Miriri NANYUKI, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom has launched a virtual payment card with Visa Inc, offering the more than 30 million users of its M-Pesa payment...
Jun 02, 2022
Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld by New York appeals court
By Kanishka Singh and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie producer's arguments that ...
Jun 02, 2022
Block to integrate Square payments with Apple iPhone’s ‘Tap to Pay’ feature
(Reuters) - Block Inc will work with Apple Inc to integrate Square payments with "Tap to Pay" feature on iPhones and launch it later this year, the fintech company said on Thursday. The San Francisco-...
Jun 02, 2022
Portugal aiming to protect young workers, interns in jobs market
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government is aiming to protect young people in the jobs market with a new law to cut the repeated renewals of short-term contracts, increase overtime...
Jun 02, 2022
U.S. EPA restores rights of states, tribes to block polluting projects
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday restored the right of states and tribes to block projects on environmental grounds through the fed...
Jun 02, 2022
Tennis-I was too emotional, says Kasatkina after Swiatek drubbing
By Sudipto Ganguly PARIS (Reuters) - Daria Kasatkina put her crushing defeat by world number one Iga Swiatek down to nerves on Thursday but the Russian will leave Roland Garros in confident mood havin...
Jun 02, 2022
Mcdonald’s will have a 15-year option to buy its restaurants in Russia back
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp will have an option to buy its restaurants in Russia back within 15 years, Russia's anti-monopoly service said in a statement on Thursday. The service approved a deal in wh...
Jun 02, 2022
Exclusive-Rosneft appoints Mandarin speaker to lead company’s global trading – sources
(Reuters) - Rosneft appointed a Mandarin-speaker to head global trading operations, six sources told Reuters on Thursday as Russia's top oil producer seeks to deepen ties with Asia after Western sanct...
Jun 02, 2022
Biden to deliver primetime address on guns on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address on guns at 7:30 p.m. (2330 GMT) on Thursday night, the White House said. His planned remarks follow a string of high-pr...
Jun 02, 2022
