Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German union announces another airport security staff strike for Tuesday
BERLIN (Reuters) - Security staff at several German airports will stage another one-day strike on Tuesday after four rounds of talks to increase wages failed to result in an agreement, trade union Ver...
Mar 21, 2022
Factbox-Warren Buffett’s dealmaking spree over the years
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a near-record high $146.7 billion cash pile despite the huge buybacks it made over the past couple of years. It struck a $11.6 billion dea...
Mar 21, 2022
State Street’s SSGA set to lose $14 billion Hong Kong ETF mandate -sources
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has decided to replace State Street Corp unit State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) as manager of the HK$111 billion ($14.2 billion...
Mar 21, 2022
Iran’s Khamenei says economy should not be tied to U.S. sanctions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday the country's economy should not be tied to U.S. sanctions. Iran and major powers have engaged in talks for the past 11 mo...
Mar 21, 2022
Israel’s OurCrowd set to open AI R&D centre in Abu Dhabi
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - OurCrowd, one of Israel's largest venture firms, plans to open an artificial intelligence-based research and development centre in Abu Dhabi by early June that w...
Mar 21, 2022
FMC’s U.S. division Health Partners in $2.4 billion three-way merger
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care has agreed to merge its U.S. unit Fresenius Health Partners with medical services groups InterWell Health and Cricket Health to expand in...
Mar 21, 2022
More than a million people in England could be borrowing from a loan shark – report
LONDON (Reuters) - As many as 1.08 million people in England could be borrowing from a loan shark, more than three times the government's most recent estimate, according to a report by a think-tank pu...
Mar 21, 2022
EU court to rule Sept. 14 on Google’s fight against record $4.8 billion EU fine
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's second-highest court will rule on Sept. 14 on Alphabet unit Google's challenge against a record 4.34 billion euros ($4.8 billion) EU antitrust fine levied...
Mar 21, 2022
UK aid worker Nazanin asks why she was left in Iran for six years
LONDON (Reuters) - British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said on Monday she should not have been left in Iran for six years and questioned why Britain had failed to get her home before ...
Mar 21, 2022
Yemen Houthis say U.N. calls for truce in Ramadan ‘a positive step’ -spokesman
RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group said on Monday that calls from the United Nations for a truce in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan were "a positive step". U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grun...
Mar 21, 2022
