Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain tells EU on Brexit deal: it wasn’t going to last forever
LONDON (Reuters) - British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the European Union had been inflexible over renegotiating the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit divorce deal and cautioned Brussels ...
Jul 22, 2021
Factbox-Tokyo 2020 plagued by embarrassing scandals and gaffes
(Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday, a day before the Games were due to start, after past comments he made about the Holocaust spar...
Jul 22, 2021
Morrisons shareholders to vote on Fortress offer on Aug 16
LONDON (Reuters) -Shareholders in British supermarket group Morrisons will get to vote on a 6.3 billion pound ($8.7 billion) takeover offer from a consortium led by the SoftBank owned Fortress Investm...
Jul 22, 2021
UK government to sell up to 15% of NatWest via share sale
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Thursday that it plans to sell up to a 15% stake in NatWest over a 12 month window. The finance ministry said it had instructed Morgan Stanley to sell N...
Jul 22, 2021
Australian regulator to probe Amazon, eBay among online markets
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday began an inquiry into the local units of Amazon.com Inc, eBay Inc and other online markets to ensure fairness in a secto...
Jul 22, 2021
For deaf transgender athlete, Tokyo 2020 brings hope for change
By Sakura Murakami TOCHIGI, Japan (Reuters) - So Sato, a transgender pole vaulter, expects to represent Japan at the Deaflympics next year in Brazil. But for now, he's closely watching Tokyo 2020, whe...
Jul 22, 2021
Sweden’s NENT reports rise in streaming subscribers, income
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - NENT, the Swedish company challenging streaming giants like Netflix in the Nordics, reported a rise in subscribers and quarterly operating income as it expands beyond Scandinavia...
Jul 22, 2021
Vantage Towers Q1 revenue in line, confirms guidance
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vantage Towers, the telecoms towers business spun off and floated by Britain's Vodafone, on Thursday reported growth in first-quarter revenue that was in line with expectations and ...
Jul 22, 2021
Unilever second quarter underlying sales rise 5%, beats estimates
(Reuters) - Unilever Plc reported on Thursday higher-than-expected underlying sales growth for the second quarter as consumers cooked more meals at home but it reduced its full-year operating margin f...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-‘Whatever it takes’: Americans adapting to unorthodox Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Empty stands and a year-long wait for the Tokyo Games have done little to dampen enthusiasm among America's top track and field athletes, who told reporters on Thursday they were ada...
Jul 22, 2021
