Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Commodity rally, record factory growth lift European shares to new peak
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European stocks hit fresh record highs on Tuesday, as strong metal and oil prices boosted shares of big commodity companies, while data showed euro zone manufacturing act...
Jun 01, 2021
EU to decide on Astrazeneca’s $39 billion Alexion deal by July 5
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 5 whether to clear Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca's $39 billion bid for U.S.-based Alexion, a European Commission filing showed on...
Jun 01, 2021
New orders drive record surge in UK manufacturing in May – PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - A deluge of new orders helped to drive a record increase in British manufacturing activity last month as the economy began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey showed on ...
Jun 01, 2021
Russia reports 9,500 new COVID-19 cases, 372 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday reported 9,500 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 3,669 in Moscow, taking the national infection tally to 5,081,417. The government coronavirus tas...
Jun 01, 2021
China’s new three-child policy draws scepticism, cost questions
By Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - China's decision to allow families to have up to three children was met with scepticism on Tuesday, with doubts expressed on social media whether it would make much ...
Jun 01, 2021
EIB sees up to 10 billion euro investment shortfall in AI and blockchain
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's attempts to catch China and the United States in artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies are set to be hobbled by an investment sh...
Jun 01, 2021
Netanyahu legal challenge to rival’s PM bid is spurned
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party on Tuesday challenged the legality of a bid by a rival rightist to head a new Israeli government, but the last-gasp atte...
Jun 01, 2021
ProSieben CEO: better off alone but open to merger interest
BERLIN (Reuters) - The chief executive of ProsiebenSat.1 Media said on Tuesday he was aware of the interest of international media companies in merging with the German broadcaster, and would not close...
Jun 01, 2021
South Korea summons Japan envoy over islands on Olympics map
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea summoned Japan's deputy ambassador on Tuesday to protest over a map on the Tokyo Olympics website that showed a set of South Korea-controlled islands as J...
Jun 01, 2021
Bullish German job market data points to consumer-driven recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell more than expected in May as companies hired more staff in light of a recovery in Europe's largest economy helped by falling coronavirus infections and an e...
Jun 01, 2021
