Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Catering giant Compass on track to scale pre-pandemic growth
(Reuters) - Compass Group, the world's largest catering company, said on Thursday its first-quarter revenue had reached 97% of its pre-pandemic levels, largely boosted by new businesses and strong cli...
Feb 03, 2022
Sales of Nintendo Switch top 100 million, surpassing Wii’s lifetime figure
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million uni...
Feb 03, 2022
Ukraine reports record 39,620 COVID daily cases – ministry
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine registered a record daily high of 39,620 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. The previous high of 37,351 cases was reporte...
Feb 03, 2022
ING quarterly pretax profit surges 27%, lending and fees grow
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ING Groep NV, the largest Dutch bank, on Thursday reported a 27% rise in fourth-quarter pretax profit to 1.33 billion euros ($1.50 billion) on better fee income and strong loan g...
Feb 03, 2022
Soccer-Experience will stand Senegal in good stead for Cup final: Mane
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Senegal's experience of playing in the last Africa Cup of Nations final will be a "good asset" for them in Sunday's title decider, said forward Sadio Mane. Senegal, who beat Burkin...
Feb 03, 2022
Shell again boosts dividend, buybacks as profits soar
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell bossted its dividend and share repurchases on Thursday after its fourth quarter profits soared to $6.4 billion at the end of last year on the back of higher oil a...
Feb 03, 2022
Olympics-Snowboarding-Japan’s Yoshika suffers crash in slopestyle training
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -Japanese snowboarder Rina Yoshika suffered a heavy fall in training on the slopestyle course at the Genting Snow Park on Thursday and was taken away in...
Feb 03, 2022
Swisscom names Aeschlimann CEO, one-offs swell 2021 net profit
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swisscom named Christoph Aeschlimann as new chief executive on Thursday to succeed Urs Schaeppi when he steps down on June 1 after nine years in the post, the company said as it rep...
Feb 03, 2022
Container ship runs aground off German island
BERLIN (Reuters) - Container ship Mumbai Maersk has run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Thursday. The Denmark-f...
Feb 03, 2022
Streets of tsunami-hit Tonga empty on first day of COVID lockdown
By Stefica Nicol Bikes (Reuters) - The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously coronavirus-free nation after two wh...
Feb 03, 2022
