Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-France’s Macron faces two far-right candidates, an ‘Iron Lady’ and a left-wing firebrand
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - France's April presidential election will determine whether Emmanuel Macron stays on for a second term. Here is a rundown of pollsters' top five challengers. EMMANUE...
Mar 30, 2022
Exclusive-ICE considers relocating London CDS clearing, sources say
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Intercontinental Exchange is considering shifting the clearing of contracts that underpin gobal debt markets away from London, two industry sources said on Wednesda...
Mar 30, 2022
Who might upset Macron’s bid for a second term in office?
PARIS (Reuters) - France's presidential election in April is Emmanuel Macron's to lose. Most opinion polls show the incumbent president reaching the second round and winning re-election. However, afte...
Mar 30, 2022
Explainer-What’s at stake in France’s presidential election
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - The French will head to the polls in April for a presidential election that will determine who will run the European Union's second-largest economy, and its only m...
Mar 30, 2022
‘Euphoric’ Eddie Redmayne premieres third ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movie
LONDON (Reuters) - Eddie Redmayne returns for his third outing as magizoologist Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore", a highly-anticipated movie the Oscar winner said he fea...
Mar 30, 2022
Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarce
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Businesses and households in Sri Lanka faced 10-hour-long power cuts on Wednesday as a deepening economic crisis roiled markets and the electricity regulator u...
Mar 30, 2022
Analysis-Cost of living woes boost “phoenix” Le Pen in race for French presidency
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - For a far-right challenger whose past presidential campaigns have centred on pugnacious anti-immigration, eurosceptic rhetoric, Marine Le Pen has ...
Mar 30, 2022
Mariupol a strategic prize for Russia, symbol of resistance for Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets (Reuters) - The southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol has been under heavy fire from Russian forces since soon after the war began on Feb. 24. Nearly 5,000 people ha...
Mar 30, 2022
CVS Health reaches $484 million opioid settlement with Florida
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday it had entered into an agreement with the state of Florida to resolve claims related toprescriptions for opioid medications for $484 million to be paid ov...
Mar 30, 2022
Billionaire investor launches board fight at Athira, wants CEO replaced
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Richard (Ric) Kayne is seeking two board seats at Athira Pharma, arguing the biotech company needs a new chief executive officer to succe...
Mar 30, 2022
