Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Activist investor Blackwells criticizes new Peloton CEO, urges sale
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - The activist investor that pushed to oust Peloton Interactive Inc's co-founder and leader in January is now criticizing its new chief executive officer, argui...
Apr 13, 2022
Italy reports 62,037 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 155 deaths
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 62,037 COVID-19 related cases on Wednesday, against 83,643 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 155 from 169. Italy has registe...
Apr 13, 2022
Mexico plans vaccinations for more children, presses for COVAX doses
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will vaccinate more children against COVID-19, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, urging global health authorities to deliver the doses it had orde...
Apr 13, 2022
Benetton, Blackstone put finishing touches to bid valuing Atlantia at $50 billion
By Stephen Jewkes and Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) - The Benetton family and investment fund Blackstone are talking to banks to put the final touches to a bid for Italy's Atlantia, sources said o...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. sets up new Mideast naval task force amid strained Gulf ties
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it was establishing a new multinational task force that would target arms smuggling in the waters around Yemen, the latest Ameri...
Apr 13, 2022
Post-Ukraine, France’s Le Pen wants closer NATO-Russia links
By Elizabeth Pineau, Ingrid Melander and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that once the Russia-Ukraine war was over, she would propo...
Apr 13, 2022
ABN Amro apologises for Dutch bank’s role in slavery
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -ABN Amro apologised on Wednesday for the pain and suffering caused by the involvement of the Dutch bank's legal predecessors in the slave trade, plantation slavery and the trade i...
Apr 13, 2022
Yellen says China faces consequences if it fails to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday appealed to China to take action to help end Russia's war in Ukraine, warning in a landmark speech that Beijing's standing in t...
Apr 13, 2022
Outlook for Afghan economy ‘dire’ as household incomes shrink – World Bank
(Reuters) - The outlook for Afghanistan's economy is dire with per capita income having fallen by over a third in the last four months of 2021 after the Islamist Taliban seized power and foreign force...
Apr 13, 2022
Kremlin says Biden’s ‘genocide’ comments are wrong and unacceptable
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it categorically disagreed with U.S. President Joe Biden's description of Russia's actions in Ukraine as "genocide", and it accused Washington of hypocrisy. B...
Apr 13, 2022
