Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former NZ corporate raider jailed for 14 months for possessing child pornography
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ron Brierley, the New Zealand-born former corporate raider who shot to fame by launching high-profile takeovers through the 1980s, was sentenced to 14 months in an Australian prison...
Oct 14, 2021
S.Africa’s NUMSA rejects new wage offer, engineering strike continues
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa's biggest engineering union, NUMSA, has rejected a new wage offer as a national strike that has already hit output at car maker BMW enters its second week on Thursday...
Oct 14, 2021
Taiwan’s TSMC posts 13.8% rise in Q3 profit on global chip demand surge
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan chip giant TSMC posted a 13.8% rise in quarterly net profit on Thursday, boosted by a surge in global demand for semiconductors for smartphones and laptops during the COVID-1...
Oct 14, 2021
Digital ad demand helps Publicis hike 2021 growth outlook
By Milla Nissi (Reuters) - French advertising group Publicis raised its outlook for 2021 on Thursday as a global shift towards digital media and e-commence helped its third-quarter organic growth exce...
Oct 14, 2021
ASEAN to meet to discuss possible exclusion of Myanmar leader from summit – sources
(Reuters) - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet on Friday to discuss an upcoming regional leaders' summit, during which the possible exclusion of Myanmar ...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. to ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the total number of doses sent to the South Asian country to about 18.3 mil...
Oct 14, 2021
Welcome to Britain, the bank scam capital of the world
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna's life. Within minutes of enterin...
Oct 14, 2021
Soccer-Mexico, Canada remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying
(Reuters) - Mexico claimed a 2-0 win at El Salvador on Wednesday while Canada thrashed Panama 4-1 at home as both teams remained unbeaten in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. Leaders Mexico ...
Oct 14, 2021
Japan’s main opposition calls for ‘wealth distribution first’ ahead of election
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), said on Thursday it would try to close the country's income gap with wealth redistribution if it were...
Oct 14, 2021
AUKUS deal to ensure peace and security in Indo-Pacific, says U.S. admiral
MANILA (Reuters) - A defence pact between Australia, the United States and Britain will ensure peace, security and stability in the region, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command said...
Oct 14, 2021
