Author Archives: Syndicated Content
LVMH, Tiffany agree on lower price in $16 billion takeover deal
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co has agreed with LVMH to slightly lower the price of its acquisition by the French luxury goods group, ending a bitter legal dispute between the two, the com...
Oct 29, 2020
Novartis buys Vedere Bio, whose founders helped blind mice see
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis is buying Vedere Bio, hoping gene therapy technology that has helped blind mice to see will produce similar results in people with inherited conditions that...
Oct 29, 2020
Philippines reports 1,761 new coronavirus cases, 33 more deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday recorded 1,761 new coronavirus infections and 33 more deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections had risen to 3...
Oct 29, 2020
A post-election crisis could scupper Ivory Coast’s economic gains
By Ange Aboa and Aaron Ross ABIDJAN (Reuters) - As sleek highway overpasses and shopping malls sprouted in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan following the 2010-11 civil war, investors often poi...
Oct 29, 2020
UK COVID researcher says any lockdown should come sooner not later
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should act sooner rather than later if it is going to follow Germany and France and take nationwide steps to slow a second wave of the coronavirus, said Steven Riley, author...
Oct 29, 2020
Panasonic second-quarter profit beats estimates on boost from Tesla battery business
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp reported an 11% increase in second-quarter operating profit on Thursday, beating analyst estimates, helped by solid performance from its Tesla Inc battery business. Pa...
Oct 29, 2020
Merkel aide: Upbeat that lockdown will prevent healthcare system being overwhelmed
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief on Thursday told broadcaster ARD he was optimistic that a circuit-breaker lockdown agreed for November would be able to prevent hospitals fro...
Oct 29, 2020
UK doing everything it can to avoid national lockdown, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will do everything it can to avoid putting the country into a second national lockdown and believes it can control the virus with tough local measures, housin...
Oct 29, 2020
StanChart flags improved loan loss outlook after quarterly profit beats estimates
By Sumeet Chatterjee and Lawrence White HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered posted a smaller-than-expected 40% slide in third-quarter profit as it lowered its loan loss expectations linked...
Oct 29, 2020
New French COVID lockdown may have to go beyond December 1: government adviser
PARIS (Reuters) - France's new national lockdown, aimed at curbing the resurgence of COVID-19, may have to be extended beyond its initial deadline of Dec. 1, government scentific adviser Professor Jea...
Oct 29, 2020
