Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mimecast spurns Proofpoint’s higher take-private bid over antitrust concerns
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Mimecast Ltd, the email security provider that announced a deal to go private last month, has rejected a higher offer from Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint due to antitrust risk...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Energy Dept names 6 companies winners in sale of strategic crude reserves
(Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department said on Thursday that six companies were named winners in the sale of U.S. strategic crude reserves. The Energy Department sold 18.1 million barrels of Strategic...
Jan 13, 2022
Ford crosses $100 billion in market value for the first time
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's market value breached $100 billion for the first time on Thursday, as more investors bet on the Detroit automaker's electrification strategy. The company's shares, which ha...
Jan 13, 2022
Canadiens’ Chris Wideman receives one-game suspension
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Chris Wideman received a one-game suspension from the NHL for head-butting Boston Bruins forward Erik Haula. Wideman had a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safet...
Jan 13, 2022
Alec Baldwin will turn over cellphone in probe of movie set shooting -lawyer
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for Alec Baldwin on Thursday said the actor would hand over his cellphone as part of a probe into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the movie...
Jan 13, 2022
Olympics-Team GB could win seven medals in Beijing, says UK Sport
LONDON (Reuters) - British athletes could take a best-ever tally of seven medals at next month's Beijing Winter Olympics with the potential for more at the Paralympics, UK Sport said on Thursday. Team...
Jan 13, 2022
Equities hedge funds outperform in 2021 despite volatility and retail surge
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Stock-picking hedge funds globally outperformed the broader sector with double-digit returns in 2021, despite a year beset by volatility and a new force of unpredic...
Jan 13, 2022
Exclusive-Olympics-African slider’s hopes of competing in Beijing dashed by IOC
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - African winter sports athletes have suffered a blow after the International Olympic Committee denied a request to reinstate continental quotas in bobsleigh and skeleton for...
Jan 13, 2022
Son calls father’s pig-heart transplant a miracle of science
By Natasa Bansagi (Reuters) - The son of a transplant recipient who was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, called his father's procedure "a miracle." The s...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test policy for large businesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's pandemic-related vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses at a time of escalating COVID-19 infections...
Jan 13, 2022
