Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Merck names Caroline Litchfield as new CFO
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said on Wednesday Caroline Litchfield will succeed Robert Davis as the company's chief financial officer from April 1. Litchfield, who joined the company's UK business in 19...
Mar 24, 2021
U.S. won’t force allies into ‘us-or-them’ choice on China, Blinken to say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to tell NATO allies later on Wednesday that China is a threat to the West but that it will not force anyone to choose sides between W...
Mar 24, 2021
Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya on Wednesday ordered the closure of two sprawling camps that host hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Somalia and gave the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) two wee...
Mar 24, 2021
Paris-Roubaix cycling race postponed due to COVID-19 – Le Parisien
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris-Roubaix one-day cycling race will not take place on April 11 as planned due to the COVID-19 situation, Le Parisien paper reported on its website on Wednesday. The 2020 edit...
Mar 24, 2021
ByteDance hires former Xiaomi exec as CFO
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ByteDance said on Wednesday it has hired former Xiaomi Corp senior vice president Shou Zi Chew as its new chief finance officer. (Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Ryan Woo, ed...
Mar 24, 2021
‘Once in a lifetime’: Torch bearers look forward to relay start
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chris Gallagher IWAKI, Japan (Reuters) - Masao Hashimoto has dreamed of holding an Olympic torch since 1964, the first time Tokyo hosted the Olympics, when he ran behind the to...
Mar 24, 2021
Bertelsmann’s BMG, KKR team up to acquire music rights
BERLIN (Reuters) - Global music publisher BMG said on Wednesday it was teaming up with private equity house KKR to acquire music rights, following on from its recent deal to acquire the back catalogue...
Mar 24, 2021
Silicon Valley self-driving truck startup Kodiak and China Hesai lidar partner up
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Silicon Valley self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics Inc and Shanghai-based lidar maker Hesai Technology Co Ltd on Wednesday announced a partnership ...
Mar 24, 2021
French minister hospitalised with COVID-19, a second is discharged
PARIS (Reuters) - France's culture minister has been hospitalised with COVID-19 but its employment minister has been discharged after receiving treatment over the past few days, amid a rapidly escalat...
Mar 24, 2021
Britain proposes mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by 2022
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a public consultation on Wednesday on proposals to require large companies as soon as 2022 to disclose the financial risks they face from climate change. The busine...
Mar 24, 2021
